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M4A3E8 Mobile Friendly

45 GeneralSherman  4.4 years ago
Auto Credit Based on GeneralSherman's M4A3E8 Sherman Easy 8

Now mobile friendly! No mods required.
This is a replica of the M4A3E8 or M4A3 76 (w) HVSS tank from WWII, also known as the Sherman Easy 8. It is built slightly bigger than 1:1 scale. (I calculated that the body would be 4.5 blocks wide so I scaled it up to be 5 blocks wide for ease of construction.) This tank was used in late WWII and in the Korean war. While the original Sherman was a controversial design, most of the problems it had were corrected by the time this version was designed and it is considered by and large a good tank.
Controls:
Pitch for forward and reverse, roll to steer
With no activation groups active, you can drive and fire the gun on the roof.
AG1: Enable the coaxial and bow guns; enable the "76mm" gun. (Technically it's closer to 150mm on this model, but that's because the walls are much thinner on the SimplePlanes cannon than on the real gun. You will need to switch to ground targeting mode to fire the cannon.
AG2: Enable turret rotation and elevation. VTOL to rotate, Trim to elevate. I chose to have these separate from the gun's control so you could lock them in place and rotate the roof gun (AG7) and still fire the main gun.
AG3: Activate headlights.
AG4: Activate roof spotlight. Use trim to elevate this as well.
AG7: Enable rotation and elevation of roof gun. VTOL to rotate, Trim to elevate. You may need to turn off AG2 to rotate it independently of the turret.

I hope you enjoy my replica of one of the greatest tanks of all time, I worked very hard on it and it is loads of fun to drive. The PC version is better as it behaves more like a real tank would, but this version works nicely as well. In fact, since this version has space in the track area that isn't wasted by the giant hotbox of the Tracks 2 mod tracks, I may update it later for even more detail and realism. Anyway, have fun, and good hunting!

General Characteristics

  • Predecessor M4A3E8 Sherman Easy 8
  • Created On Mac
  • Wingspan 9.6ft (2.9m)
  • Length 27.1ft (8.3m)
  • Height 14.8ft (4.5m)
  • Empty Weight 6,767lbs (3,069kg)
  • Loaded Weight 11,975lbs (5,431kg)

Performance

  • Wing Loading 118.7lbs/ft2 (579.4kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 100.9ft2 (9.4m2)
  • Drag Points 7475

Parts

  • Number of Parts 110
  • Control Surfaces 0
  • Performance Cost 797
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    @SouthwestAir747 It was a quick mobile conversion; it wasn’t meant to be fancy. Also I don’t know how to do the fancy tracks everyone else uses.

    I was planning to go back and do a nicer mobile version later, but I kind of forgot about that, so maybe I’ll have to work on it one of these days.

    4.4 years ago
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    141 Olileoli

    Oh.

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    @Oliverburg0610 It should have 100 shells. Activate AG1 to enable the cannon and switch to ground targeting mode to fire. Sorry for the confusion; I should have put that last part in the instructions.

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    141 Olileoli

    I just realized there is no cannon ammo ;-;

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    @Oliverburg0610

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    141 Olileoli

    YAYYYYY

    4.4 years ago