A Lucky Discovery: Our M4A3 Sherman Tank ( National Museum of the Marine Corps ) : Check out the WWII "cope cagey stuff"

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Very cool video covering some of the extra protective measures done ( aka cope cage ) for the Pacific side of WWII ..
Wood planks on the side of tanks, nails and rebar offsets to prevent magnetic mine attachments


A Lucky Discovery: Our M4A3 Sherman Tank

Carissa Johnson - Original Pursuit
Aug 14, 2025

Follow Jon Bernstein, the Arms & Armor Curator for the National Museum of the Marine Corps, as he explains the investigative efforts to identify one of the M4A3 Sherman Tanks in our collection and reunite the tank with it's original driver in World War II.





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