I thought E8 was a Sherman A2/3 with the bigger gun and turret that just so happened to have HVSS but my Sherman book agrees with you. Thank you for correcting me yet again Mr Tiger6Tiger6 wrote:The E8 designation indicates the HVSS, not the 76mm gun. The VVSS version supplied to the Soviets would have been designated M4A2 76(w).Son of a gun-ner wrote:And just as a side note, the Americans shipped M4A2E8's with VVSS on lend lease to the Russians.
Bugger. Why don't they call that Tamiya M4 105 an M4E8
I guess because I'm not bothered about modelling a Sherman with HVSS, I didn't pay enough attention at Sherman school
I shall edit that drivel I came out with in my original post, but you may keep my embarrassing moment in your quote.