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WWII Question

Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2004 5:12 pm
by kenhil2
Heres a question for you WWII buffs since i dont know all that much, was wondering if there was a different paint scheme for marine shermans in the pacific,

or were they just regulat OD green with USMC markings, or did they even have tanks in the pacific, seems that tanks are to jungle ready,

curious becuase i am wondering if 21st might put out a marine/pacific theater sherman repaint with the up coming release of the marines.

Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2004 5:20 pm
by KWR190
I think they had one already in camo with coed on the side.
Kurt

Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2004 5:44 pm
by aferguson
there has been both a pacific (Bushmaster) sherman and a marine one (COED). The Pacific sherman is in a different shade of green than the Europe one, which fairly accurately reflects the different shade of green that was used on Pacific army shermans.

Both are pretty tough to find these days...

WW II Question

Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2004 7:48 pm
by donnieboy
kenhil2:
The board is right about Pacific Shermans.
21 C made a Pacific Theatre mottled camo Sherman with "coed" on the side-try Evil-Bay, if you want one. Shermans and M3/M5 Stuarts all served in the Pacific and were invaluable in covering troop advances and blowing up Japanese pillboxes, etc. A flamethrower Sherman proved particularly lethal. Japanese tanks were not much of a problem 'cause they were small and not deployed en masse to oppose U.S. tanks. Nothing like the problems Shermans encountered in Europe against Panthers and Tigers!

BUSHMASTER

Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2004 7:51 pm
by digger
The BUSHMASTER is sweet - it has the Japanese kill marks on it, and a lot of 'em.

Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2004 3:26 pm
by kenhil2
thanks for the info, anyone think they might release these when they release the marines?