RUBICON MODELS – M4A3(75)W / M4A3(105) SHERMAN MEDIUM TANK

Plastic kit

ABS cement is required

M4A3(75)W / M4A3(105) Sherman

Medium Tank

The M4A3Shermanwould be the base for what would be the final Sherman in US Army use, seeing action all the way out to the Korean War in US Army hands. This tank had a welded hull just like theM4,M4A2, andM4A4, but used a new motor. The Ford GAA V8, this motor took some time for its bugs to be worked out, the US Army didnt use it until it was ready for serious production. When it was, it became the preferred US Army version of the tank in both the75mmand76mmforms. It would see all the improvements, and be the first hull type to take theHVSSsuspension system into combat for the US Army. It would be produced in three factories with all turret types,12,596built in total between June 42 and June of 45.

The first run of M4A3 tanks were small hatch tanks made by Ford, most were used in the USA for training, and many never saw combat. Some were rebuilt and sent to Europe to help make up for higher than expected tank losses after the Normandy Campaign. These are the rarest version of the M4A3 Sherman in Europe, but they are pretty common around the Midwest USA as monument tanks.

TheM4A3(75)W had a 75mm M3 gun, 47 glacis with large driver hatches. It shifted ammunition lockers to hull floor in water-glycol jacketed lockers to decrease risk of fire, known as wet stowage. A total of2,420were build between February and December 1944, and an additional of651being built asM4A3(75)W HVSSbetween January and March 1945.

TheM4A3(105) had an 105mm howitzer used for infantry support. A total of500were built between May and September 1944, and another2,539being built asM4A3(105) HVSSbetween September 1944 and June 1945.

Product Highlights:

– Choice to build a M4A3 with 75mm gun with VVSS or HVSS

– Choice to build a M4A3 with 105mm howitzer with VVSS or HVSS

– Choice to build a POA-CWS-H5 (M4A3(105) Flamethrower)

– Large hatch M4A3 chassis for above possible builds

– British Sherman IV, IVB, IVBY choices

RUBICON Product Code:280111

Number of Parts:127 pieces/4 sprues

PROD. CODE : RUA280111