WE ARE BACK! And this time around we have yet another Sherman variant to show off. Going mostly off of the gun mantlet and the welded playing on the front; from my understanding, most E2s were sent to the front with the regular 75mm, and the 76mm conversion was pretty much a field modification done by tank crews because they felt that the standard M3 gun wasn't enough for tank-on-tank engagements.

Afaik, the M4A3E2 made its debut after the initial landings of D-Day; whether right after the landings of sometime later (maybe Operation Cobra, at the latest) is not something I know offhand. I do know the E2 wasn't called the Jumbo until after the war ended. The only logical answer I can think of as to why they started calling it the Jumbo was because it was a heavier Sherman with more armor.

Not many were made; about 250 or so, although they were considered pretty successful in the role they were made for (which basically amounts to being an angry moving wall that can support the infantry in battle, while also eating 88mm shells like they were Hershey bars.). Compared to other Sherman tanks, you probably aren't going to be finding many still intact; most of the surviving vehicles will likely be found among private collections; I would consider myself pretty lucky to get the chance to seeing one of these in person.