The M4A3E8 "effortless Eight" ended up being a smooth-riding horizontal volute spring suspension (HVSS) variation for the Allied workhorse Sherman medium tank. It was an improved hazard over predecessors because of a more effective, 76mm weapon, and employed a V8 gas engine in its welded hull. As perhaps the finest for the Sherman variants it played an important role inside ultimate Allied WWII victory, but its service failed to end here: When conflict flared again in June 1950, now regarding the Korean peninsula, Easy Eights had been refurbished and implemented once again, accepting enemy T34/85 tanks operated by the Korean individuals Army through the invading North, and serving till the armistice of 1953. The distinctive marking pattern shown however picture with this web page is thought to were employed in an effort at mental warfare.
