1944 Chrysler M4 A3 'Sherman'

1944 Chrysler M4 A3 'Sherman' in A Bridge Too Far, Movie, 1977

Class: Others, Military armored vehicle — Model origin:

Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

Author	Message
garco ◊ 2006-08-18 11:33	Pokeoddsponge wrote Various Sherman tanks seen through the movie, 4 of them used are real the rest (usually in the background) are Volkswagen Beetles with fiberglass Shermans built over them.
Alexander ◊ 2006-08-18 21:34	Details are a bit hard to see but I would say it is a Ford M4A3 'Sherman' (1942-43) or later Fisher M4A3 'Sherman' (1944-45).
stronghold ◊ 2006-12-12 01:43	Pokeoddsponge wrote Various Sherman tanks seen through the movie, 4 of them used are real the rest (usually in the background) are Volkswagen Beetles with fiberglass Shermans built over them. I found this in a magazine recently:-
2491tj ◊ 2007-01-24 21:26	total garbage!!!!the plastic tanks were built on LWB Land Rover chassis!!
G-MANN ◊ 2007-01-24 21:50	That cutting is from the Radio Times when that film was shown on TV a little while ago.
Pibwl ◊ 2010-05-18 22:58	This isn't Ford M4A3 (Ford produced only early A3 with dry stowage), but most probably Chrysler M4A3 with 76 mm gun and wet stowage (Chrysler built 8 times more of this variant, than Fisher). Details of gun and turret aren't well visible, but it's not Ford anyway. -- Last edit: 2010-05-18 22:59:46
Pibwl ◊ 2010-05-19 16:52	Year should be 1944.