README FOR M4A3E8 Sherman

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Civilopedia Text Entry:

#PRTO_M4A3E8
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^This tank was the mainstay of U.S. armor during World War II. There were many models and 
variants of the basic design, including dozers, 105-mm howitzers, rocket launchers, retrievers,
flamethrowers, etc. M4A3E8 models carried a small metal box affixed to the right rear, containing
an EE-8 sound-powered telephone, enabling an infantryman to communicate with the tank commander.
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^A city must have both $LINK<oil=GOOD_Oil> and $LINK<iron=GOOD_Iron> in its
$LINK<Strategic Resource=GCON_ResourcesS> box to build the M4A3E8 Sherman.
#DESC_PRTO_M4A3E8
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^The M4A3E8 Sherman carried the 3-inch, or 76mm gun, which fired its 15.4 pound armor piercing projectile at a muzzle velocity of 2,600 feet per second (or almost 27% faster than the 75mm gun M3 equipping many of the M4A3s). When equipped with this weapon, Shermans were more than a match for the German Panzer IV or any other German armored vehicle equipped with the standard German caliber-length 46 or 48 main gun. (such as the Hetzer tank destroyers or Sturmgeschtz III or IV assault guns.) Even with this 76mm main gun, however, crews who were fortunate enough to be so equipped were outgunned by Panther tanks, which mounted a 75mm gun with a much higher muzzle velocity (3,066 feet per second). They were grotesquely outgunned by the behemoth 128mm guns mounted on the Hunting Tiger(Jagdtiger) tank destroyers. Aside from its improved main gun, the only other significant difference of this variant of the Sherman is reduced ammo storage; due to the larger bulk of the 76mm projectile, it could only carry 71 rounds. 





PediaIcons Text Entries:

#ICON_PRTO_M4A3E8
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art\civilopedia\icons\units\M4A3E8Small.pcx

#ANIMNAME_PRTO_M4A3E8
M4A3E8


Suggested Stats:

Prerequisite:  Atomic Theory
Shield Cost: 10
Moves: 2
A/D: 16/8
Required Resources:  Oil, Iron
Unit Abilities:  Ranged Attack, Wheeled
AI Strategies:  Offence, Explore
Special Actions:  Load, Airlift, Pillage, Capture


