I am a Sherman guy, so for me this is the best army box Battlefront has ever made! I picked this up a few months ago and had a blast putting everything together.
About 20 pcs of Pershings saw action at the end of the WW2. Super Pershing - one of two prototypes saw action as well. Look for famous story : "Super Pershing vs. King Tiger - Dessau city" . This Super Pershing was uparmored in Germany with the improvised additional armor plates (hull , additional armor plate in front of turret mantlet = refurbished armor plate from destroyed Panther tank....etc....) Makeshift solution, the original Super Pershing prototype did suffer from a very weak mantlet - an 88 mm shell from a Tiger I’s KwK 36 able to go straight through. It would be even less of a match for the Tiger II’s KwK 43.
The 76mm turret for the Sherman was originally made for the T23 medium tank, you can actually see the old resin "Mid-War Monsters" M27 tank (what the T23 was supposed to become) for Flames of War 3rd Edition, using the same turret...
Really wish I liked FoW. This kit looks fantastic. Well thought out, and stuffed with beautiful plastic. Does not look like a set for a beginner, though. So much variety of how to build platoons.
Probably not a great place to start as a beginner modeller, but I would say if you are starting ww2 US it is great - play a small game with one or two types, then slowly size up.
@@ModellingforAdvantage the super pershing that you can build was uparmored by the crew. They took steel out of destroyed tanks and mounted it on the tank. It saw action late in the war and was scrapped after the war. Sorry for bad english
Qapla' Keiser (unless my aging eyes deceived me 😄) A really nice starter force, I don't know if there are spare track links included with the E8 kit, those could be glued on that "skirt", just like in real life, it might have provided some extra protection.
The Super Pershing wasn't Shipped. It was modified in Europe after comming in contact with germany biggest cats where the normal Pershing didnt match up, like Tiger II, JagdPanther, even panther, they wanted something to have an edge, only 2 were ever made, there are some info that it got into combat, and it's said it mannaged to defeat a Tiger of some sort, but highly unlikely since from german records where this took place no tigers remained, so it might been a Panzer 4 with the armour skirts on the turret, that was often mistaken for a tiger. The normal Pershing was great against the majority of german armour, remember the BIG bulk of tanks were still Stugs & Panzer 4, or mobile anti-tank guns, mostly with the german 75mm, those struggled to take out the Pershing, so it had the superiority in those situations!
I am a Sherman guy, so for me this is the best army box Battlefront has ever made! I picked this up a few months ago and had a blast putting everything together.
Everyone loves a sherman.
LOL, your rendition of NUTS! cracked me up! Comedy gold. Another great review, keep it up guys.
Thanks a ton! Glad you enjoyed it.
About 20 pcs of Pershings saw action at the end of the WW2. Super Pershing - one of two prototypes saw action as well. Look for famous story : "Super Pershing vs. King Tiger - Dessau city" . This Super Pershing was uparmored in Germany with the improvised additional armor plates (hull , additional armor plate in front of turret mantlet = refurbished armor plate from destroyed Panther tank....etc....) Makeshift solution, the original Super Pershing prototype did suffer from a very weak mantlet - an 88 mm shell from a Tiger I’s KwK 36 able to go straight through. It would be even less of a match for the Tiger II’s KwK 43.
Interesting, thanks.
The 76mm turret for the Sherman was originally made for the T23 medium tank, you can actually see the old resin "Mid-War Monsters" M27 tank (what the T23 was supposed to become) for Flames of War 3rd Edition, using the same turret...
I sort of half remembered that - I try not to make to much of anything I don;t know with a degree of confidence. Thanks for the info.
@@ModellingforAdvantage I could never do like what you do, I'd shoot my mouth off
This was a cracking unboxing. You really set the standard here for entertaining, informative and thorough. Thanks for this!
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks mate.
Great video, boys. Always love these large starter unboxings. Very informative as always.
Cheers mate, quite a chunk of wargaming waffle in this one...
My next purchase guys. Of course from you 👍
Why thank you.
Very interesting unboxing guys. Looks like a good box.
Pretty decent.
missed opportunity.. "Smells like FREEDOM!" ..
I can't say that word without getting all Mel Gibson...
Really wish I liked FoW. This kit looks fantastic. Well thought out, and stuffed with beautiful plastic. Does not look like a set for a beginner, though. So much variety of how to build platoons.
Probably not a great place to start as a beginner modeller, but I would say if you are starting ww2 US it is great - play a small game with one or two types, then slowly size up.
39:10 the the super pershing depicted in the game was fighting in Europe
Depicted where mate?
@@ModellingforAdvantage the super pershing that you can build was uparmored by the crew. They took steel out of destroyed tanks and mounted it on the tank. It saw action late in the war and was scrapped after the war. Sorry for bad english
You went in deep with your massive Bulge content I see - nice!
Massive bulge eh? Lol
@@ModellingforAdvantage Matron!
Nice set and nice unboxing
Thank you 🤗
Well I ordered it!
Its a great set, I am sure you will be happy with it.
Qapla' Keiser (unless my aging eyes deceived me 😄)
A really nice starter force, I don't know if there are spare track links included with the E8 kit, those could be glued on that "skirt", just like in real life, it might have provided some extra protection.
I think there are a few
@@ModellingforAdvantage Indeed, checked their site for a sprue picture.
Americans do love stowage on their vehicles.
Kuh-lai-uh-pee
And they were designed for D-Day but not used until December.
Makes sense.
And the accent was on the second syllable
Cal-lie-O-Pee.
Will try to remember that!
The Super Pershing wasn't Shipped.
It was modified in Europe after comming in contact with germany biggest cats where the normal Pershing didnt match up, like Tiger II, JagdPanther, even panther, they wanted something to have an edge, only 2 were ever made, there are some info that it got into combat, and it's said it mannaged to defeat a Tiger of some sort, but highly unlikely since from german records where this took place no tigers remained, so it might been a Panzer 4 with the armour skirts on the turret, that was often mistaken for a tiger.
The normal Pershing was great against the majority of german armour, remember the BIG bulk of tanks were still Stugs & Panzer 4, or mobile anti-tank guns, mostly with the german 75mm, those struggled to take out the Pershing, so it had the superiority in those situations!
Aye... not only were most tanks PZIV and STuG... most German tanks were lost by mid-January on the West.
Ist the Parachute rifel Platon HQ Card in this Box ?
Nice Video, best wisches from Germany.
Sadly not from recollection, unless we specifically mention it in the video; then no.
Ca-lie-ah-pee. Like Bruce Springsteen “the calliope crashed to the ground “.
Nuuuuts
#Fact!