Model Club: Sherman M4A3E8′s Concrete Armor

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Model Club: Sherman M4A3E8′s Concrete Armor

The set contains 3 resin pieces to build the M4A3E8′s Concrete Armor was issue by the 12th Armored Division in February-January 1945.

In order to strenght late Sherman’s anti-tank features the 12th’s ordnance officers decided to develop a local expedient using concrete applied over the glacis plate and the hull sides with steel rebar for internal reinforcement.