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Sherman Firefly: The Tiger Killer

A look at the Sherman VC Firefly which is basically a sidegrade of the American Sherman just with a British 17-pounder gun. DISCLOSURE: I was invited by the Tank Museum at Bovington in 2017, 2018, 2019 & 2022. https://www.youtube.com/c/thetankmuseum Cover Design: vonKickass. »» GET BOOKS & VIDEOS «« » Stukabook - Doctrine of the German Dive-Bomber - http://stukabook.com » The Assault Platoon of the Grenadier-Company November 1944 (StG 44) - http://sturmzug.com » Army Regulation Medium Panzer Company 1941 - http://www.hdv470-7.com » Tank Assault - Combat Manual of the Soviet Tank Forces 1944 - http://stm44.com » IS-2 Stalin's Warhammer - http://www.is-2tank.com » StuG: Ausbildung, Einsatz und Führung der StuG Batterie - http://stug-hdv.de » Achtung Panzer? Zur Panzerwaffe der Wehrmacht - http://panzerkonferenz.de » Panzerkonferenz Video - http://pzkonf.de »» SUPPORT MHV «« » patreon - see videos early (adfree) - https://www.patreon.com/join/mhv » subscribe star - https://www.subscribestar.com/mhv » paypal donation - https://paypal.me/mhvis » YouTube Membership - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK09g6gYGMvU-0x1VCF1hgA/join »» MERCHANDISE «« » teespring - https://teespring.com/stores/military-history-visualized »» SOURCES «« Fletcher, David/Zaloga, Steven J.: British Battle Tanks: American-made World War II Tanks, Osprey Publishing: Oxford, UK, 2018. Hart, Stephen A.: Sherman Firefly vs. Tiger: Normandy 1944. Osprey Publishing: Oxford, UK, 2007. Buckley, John: British Armour in the Normandy Campaign, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Ltd: London, UK, 2006. Bird, Lorrin Rexford/Livingston, Robert D.: World War II Ballistics: Armor and Gunnery., Second Edition, Overmatch Press: Albany, New York, USA, 2001. Jentz, Thomas L. (Hg.): Panzertruppen II: The Complete Guide to the Creation & Combat Employment of Germany’s Tank Force; 1943-1945, Schiffer Publishing Ltd.: Atglen, PA, USA, 1996. Zaloga, Steven: Armored Champion: the top Tanks of World War II, Stackpole Books: Mechanicsburg, PA, USA, 2015. Chamberlain, Peter/Doyle, H.L.: Encyclopedia of German Tanks of World War Two: A Complete Illustrated Directory of German Battle tanks, Armoured Cars, Self-propelled Guns, and Semi-tracked Vehicles, 1933-1945, Rev. ed, Arms and Armour ; Distributed in the USA by Sterling Pub: London : New York, 1993. Hunnicutt, Richard Pearce: Sherman: A History of the American Medium Tank., ECHO POINT Books & MEDIA: Brattleboro, Vermont, USA, 2015. The Chieftain: The 17-Pounder's Accuracy, and other things. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM74wlQongo The Chieftain: Inside the Chieftain's Hatch: Sherman VC “Firefly" part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYRFpe27SnA https://panzerworld.com/relative-armor-calculator 00:00 Intro 00:05 Differences Firefly & Regular Sherman 01:05 The Name & Designation 01:52 Origin 05:32 Firepower 08:24 Problems of the 17 Pounder 09:11 Accuracy 10:05 Ammo Count & Reloading Speed 12:13 Armor Protection 13:37 Mobility 14:08 Ergonomics 14:20 Normandy & Beyond 15:53 Summary #firefly #sherman #m4 #shermanvc #tanks #ww2 #tankmuseum