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Re: M4A3 76mm
« Reply #15 on: April 21, 2010, 05:25:44 PM »
unperkied sherman is better than the firefly and i know that ill be using these babies more than the pnzrIVH  :D
i really hope they up perk the firefly darnit, that thing is used way too much in the LW arenas... The 75mm and 76mm Shermans encountered the Tiger MUCH more than the firefly did... and i cant wait for those gvers being surprised when they say... "oh just another 76mm M4A3. (BANG) ...ow...that was a firefly huh?"

I'm wondering how hard its going to be for most people (including me) to differentiate all 3 different American tank models; especially at long range. When you get a kill credit, you don't know the type of the plane/tank you shot down and this could lead to some extra care required on your part because of the resemblance... probably some misjudgement and armor issues as well, like always.

I never thought it would come to this, but changing a standard kill message like "You have shot down Lepape2 #99" to --> "You have shot down Lepape2 driving an M4A3 75 #100" is starting to come to mind now.  :)
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Re: M4A3 76mm
« Reply #16 on: April 21, 2010, 05:30:10 PM »
As I sit here and type this.......................  I want to yell to you "We don't have ANY American tanks right now

I'm wondering how hard its going to be for most people (including me) to differentiate all 3 different American tank models; especially at long range. When you get a kill credit, you don't know the type of the plane/tank you shot down and this could lead to some extra care required on your part because of the resemblance... probably some misjudgement and armor issues as well, like always.

I never thought it would come to this, but changing a standard kill message like "You have shot down Lepape2 #99" to --> "You have shot down Lepape2 driving an M4A3 75 #100" is starting to come to mind now.  :)

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Re: M4A3 76mm
« Reply #17 on: April 21, 2010, 05:31:24 PM »
Pershing II (US tank comparable to Tiger) :pray

Super Pershing would be nice with the 90mm main gun but with only 3 being deployed in the ETO and seeing service, I don't think we'll get that one.

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Re: M4A3 76mm
« Reply #18 on: April 21, 2010, 05:33:01 PM »
As I sit here and type this.......................  I want to yell to you "We don't have ANY American tanks right now

The homepage is wrong.  Firefly is British / Canadian. 

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Super Pershing would be nice with the 90mm main gun but with only 3 being deployed in the ETO and seeing service, I don't think we'll get that one.

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Re: M4A3 76mm
« Reply #19 on: April 21, 2010, 05:34:25 PM »
As I sit here and type this.......................  I want to yell to you "We don't have ANY American tanks right now

The homepage is wrong.  Firefly is British / Canadian. 


Thanks for the correction. My knowledge of tanks is near abysmal. They still look alike to the untrained eye.  :cool:
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Re: M4A3 76mm
« Reply #20 on: April 21, 2010, 05:40:56 PM »
yeaaa, another GV for me to kill in my P-47
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Re: M4A3 76mm
« Reply #21 on: April 21, 2010, 05:58:52 PM »
I'm wondering how hard its going to be for most people (including me) to differentiate all 3 different American tank models; especially at long range. When you get a kill credit, you don't know the type of the plane/tank you shot down and this could lead to some extra care required on your part because of the resemblance... probably some misjudgement and armor issues as well, like always.

I never thought it would come to this, but changing a standard kill message like "You have shot down Lepape2 #99" to --> "You have shot down Lepape2 driving an M4A3 75 #100" is starting to come to mind now.  :)

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Re: M4A3 76mm
« Reply #22 on: April 21, 2010, 06:05:47 PM »
My question is   besides the rockets what are we getting that the Firefly doesnt do?    Im going to take a guess and say they are going to raise the perk on the FireFly...
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Re: M4A3 76mm
« Reply #23 on: April 21, 2010, 06:44:30 PM »
This continues to make me hopeful that the perked loadout system is on the way...
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Re: M4A3 76mm
« Reply #24 on: April 21, 2010, 10:21:37 PM »
do you mean the 76mm and 75mm versions?

     If you look closely, you'll see the 76mm has a completely different turret than the 75mm.
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Re: M4A3 76mm
« Reply #25 on: April 22, 2010, 05:50:13 AM »
     If you look closely, you'll see the 76mm has a completely different turret than the 75mm.
this is what i was thinking too i was just questioning the other person's post
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Re: M4A3 76mm
« Reply #26 on: April 22, 2010, 05:04:28 PM »
Don't ignore it.... E8 dagnabit. :D
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Re: M4A3 76mm
« Reply #27 on: April 22, 2010, 05:17:49 PM »
yeaaa, another GV for me to kill in my P-47

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Re: M4A3 76mm
« Reply #28 on: April 23, 2010, 10:05:01 AM »
75mm Sherman, 76mm Sherman; can the 105mm sherman be far away?


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Re: M4A3 76mm
« Reply #29 on: April 24, 2010, 10:27:34 AM »
75mm Sherman, 76mm Sherman; can the 105mm sherman be far away?
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