Sherman VC Firefly

Sherman VC Firefly stats at a glance

The Sherman VC Firefly has 672 hit points , 50.8mm of frontal hull armor , and a top speed of 40.2 km/h. .

Hull & survivability

The front-to-side armor ratio is 1.3:1. Side armor is relatively comparable to the front, meaning the Firefly VC can absorb some side hits in close-quarters fighting.

Mobility

Forward-to-reverse speed ratio is 2.2:1. Reverse speed is limited, so pre-aim and exposure timing matter more on this vehicle.

Camouflage

Available guns (1)

How Firefly VC compares to its peers

There are 38 tier 6 medium tanks in WoT, including the Firefly VC. Its 672 HP places it in the top 78% for hit points among same-tier medium tanks (peer average: 700). Frontal hull armor of 50.8mm ranks in the top 81% for the class (peer average: 64mm). Top forward speed of 40.2 km/h is faster than 8% of peer vehicles in this tier and class.

Direct comparisons

• Firefly VC vs 40TP — tier 6 medium tank from Poland
• Firefly VC vs A-43 — tier 6 medium tank from USSR
• Firefly VC vs AC 4 Exp. — tier 6 medium tank from UK
• Firefly VC vs Bret. Panther — tier 6 medium tank from France
• See full tier 6 medium tank tier list — all 38 vehicles ranked

About this vehicle

The British Sherman VC Firefly (A Squadron of the 1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry) was named after the Soviet town of Velikiye Luki. On August 8, 1944, the British organized an ambush at the edge of the wood near Saint-Aignan-de-Cramesnil and Sento. Joe Ekins, the Sherman gunner, laid fire on moving Tigers and destroyed all three German vehicles within 12 minutes. As it turned out, one of the tanks under No. 007 was commanded by the most successful German tank ace, Michael Wittmann, also known as "The Black Baron". However, it still remains unclear who destroyed Wittmann's tank as several Britis...

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