Airfix Sherman Firefly Vc 1:72 Scale Plastic Model Tank Kit A02341 Note: Painting is required. Paint is not included. As Allied forces began to move off the D-Day
beaches and into the Normandy countryside, they knew they would be
facing strong opposition from German Panzer units, including the feared
Heavy Tank Battalions. Fortunately, they now had a tank which was
capable of taking on the Tigers and Panthers, in the form of the Sherman
Firefly, a British designed marriage of the M4 Sherman and their famous
17-pounder anti-tank gun. Usually deployed in a ratio of one
Firefly to four standard Shermans, German tank commanders soon learned
to look for the longer barrel of the Firefly and attempt to knock these
tanks out first. In order to make identification more difficult, British
crews would camouflage the front of their guns with light colored
paint, giving their tank the appearance of a standard 75mm equipped
Sherman, hoping this deception would give them enough time to get in the
first shot during any engagement.
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