[jdmcm]

Also my understanding that they were used as "point" tanks as they could absorb more punishment than the standard M4 family, 208 of the 250 (4 were left stateside for testing) were shipped to the ETO by Sept. 8, 1944, they began arriving in the port of Cherbourg on Sept. 22, 1944. I have a glacis plate cut from another M4A3E2 assault tank, that we then removed the additional armor plate to use on the tank above when we get around to restoring it, I will take a few pictures of the original hull plate underneath, which is devoid of any attachment points or mounts, as well the Bow gun has a slightly different casting to allow the extra armor to sit flush against the glacis...not a view many have probably ever seen