Thank you on the M4A3!

[Lusche]

uh little lost here but were are the pic's? i do not see them on the main page? or is my browser messed up agian?

Try to refresh the page. You may be still see your cached version.

[RipChord929]

Well Hmmmm?  Are you sure the main gun couldn't fire with the pantograph arm installed?  I thought it could...  Also, if memory serves, the Caliopi could be jettisoned from inside the vehicle, necessary because the rocket motors would sometimes explode if hit while loaded.. It wasn't made to be carried into a tank fight, lol!   Or straffed by airplanes..  Again, if my memory works?
Lusche would know..

COOL addition tho!  Will be very versatile in game even without the launcher, like rollin out of an LCM(1), or an LST(5) at the shoreline     lots of other duties for the good ole Sherman..

WTG HTC!

[Chilli]

thats not rockets
its a Beer chiller

"Rocket maa........................n
I'm a rocket man........... oh..woh" 

[lyric1]

Spawn camping just took on a new whole new meaning.

[Krusty]

Are the PT boat rockets also 4.5"?

I once spawned offline and sped up to match a fleet's speed. The GVs float along with the field but since it's a CV they're on water. I used the PT rockets to try and take out one of the tanks. Can't recall which. Most of them ricochetted up into the air. Unless you had a perfect 90-degree angle they wouldn't kill the offline drone.

I'm thinking not so useful against other GVs. More of a town busting tool.

[Soulyss]

I sure hope it's modeled accurately, I've got hundreds of driver accounts saying the thing could turn inside a spitfire easily.

 

[E25280]

Are you sure the main gun couldn't fire with the pantograph arm installed?  I thought it could...  

It stands to reason that since the linkage to elevate the tubes was attached to the gun barrel, firing the gun and the resulting recoil would break the linkage rendering the rockets useless.

[RipChord929]

I believe the pantograph was connected at the trunnion/mantlet and not the actual gun barrel...
Also, it was an area fire weapon, so don't expect pinpoint accuracy.. And the warheads were smaller than the nebelwerfer style rockets on the 251, just sayin..  This is from memory tho, I will accept more recent info than my creaky old memory, lol!

RC

[1carbine]

With 7 M4A3 variants which one will it be?

[E25280]

I believe the pantograph was connected at the trunnion/mantlet and not the actual gun barrel...
Also, it was an area fire weapon, so don't expect pinpoint accuracy.. And the warheads were smaller than the nebelwerfer style rockets on the 251, just sayin..  This is from memory tho, I will accept more recent info than my creaky old memory, lol!

RC

That could be . . . but I found a site that said the T-40 system with 20 7.2in rockets allowed the gun to be used, but the range of the rockets was only 276 yards.  The 60 tube T-34 system (the one that appears to be modeled) did not allow the main gun to be fired.

The T-34 Rockets are the same 4.5 inch air-to-ground rockets as was fitted on aircraft, so they should have the same relative effect.

[1701E]

With 7 M4A3 variants which one will it be?

From Wiki (hate the site, but it's convenient):

# M4A3 - Ford GAA V-8 engine; welded hull; 75-mm, 76-mm, and 105-mm guns. Users: US, France (small numbers), Nicaragua (small numbers). The M4A3 was the preferred US Army vehicle.

    * M4A3(75) - M4A3 w/ 75mm M3 gun.

    * M4A3(105) - M4A3 w/ 105mm M4 howitzer.

    * M4A3E2 Assault Tank - postwar nickname "Jumbo"/"Cobra King" - extra armour (including 4" on front), vertical sided turret, but about 3-4 mph slower. Built with 75 mm gun but frequently re-armed by the using units with 76-mm guns. Grousers fitted to the tracks. Users: US, France (one vehicle)

    * M4A3E4/M4A3(76)W - M4A3 w/ 76mm M1 gun.

    * M4A3E8/M4A3(76)W HVSS (Easy Eight) - Upgraded with widetrack Horizontal Volute Spring Suspension (HVSS), fitted with the 76mm M1 gun. The new suspension allowed for more armor to be added.

    * M4A3E9/M4A3(105) HVSS - Upgraded with widetrack Horizontal Volute Spring Suspension (HVSS), fitted with the 105mm M4 howitzer.



From front page:

M4A3 75mm.


So I'd have to guess the 75mm version.

[1carbine]

From Wiki (hate the site, but it's convenient):

# M4A3 - Ford GAA V-8 engine; welded hull; 75-mm, 76-mm, and 105-mm guns. Users: US, France (small numbers), Nicaragua (small numbers). The M4A3 was the preferred US Army vehicle.

    * M4A3(75) - M4A3 w/ 75mm M3 gun.

    * M4A3(105) - M4A3 w/ 105mm M4 howitzer.

    * M4A3E2 Assault Tank - postwar nickname "Jumbo"/"Cobra King" - extra armour (including 4" on front), vertical sided turret, but about 3-4 mph slower. Built with 75 mm gun but frequently re-armed by the using units with 76-mm guns. Grousers fitted to the tracks. Users: US, France (one vehicle)

    * M4A3E4/M4A3(76)W - M4A3 w/ 76mm M1 gun.

    * M4A3E8/M4A3(76)W HVSS (Easy Eight) - Upgraded with widetrack Horizontal Volute Spring Suspension (HVSS), fitted with the 76mm M1 gun. The new suspension allowed for more armor to be added.

    * M4A3E9/M4A3(105) HVSS - Upgraded with widetrack Horizontal Volute Spring Suspension (HVSS), fitted with the 105mm M4 howitzer.



From front page:

M4A3 75mm.


So I'd have to guess the 75mm version.

There can only be one!

[fudgums]

Ther can only be one!

Fail 

[RipChord929]

That could be . . . but I found a site that said the T-40 system with 20 7.2in rockets allowed the gun to be used, but the range of the rockets was only 276 yards.  The 60 tube T-34 system (the one that appears to be modeled) did not allow the main gun to be fired.

The T-34 Rockets are the same 4.5 inch air-to-ground rockets as was fitted on aircraft, so they should have the same relative effect.

OK, that may be where the confusion is at..  I haven't read up about this thing in a long time, have to do some pokin around for fresh info..

LOL, I wonder how it felt to have an unarmored ammo dump right over your hatch? LOL!

  RC

[1carbine]

Fail 

Fixed