Tier VI Medium Tank Great Britain

Sherman VC Firefly

Firefly VC

Tank ID 57169

Vehicle description

Wargaming Tankopedia

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 British vehicles were engaged in that battle.

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Technical profile

Standard configuration

Hit points

840

Weight

33.2 t

Forward speed

40 km/h

Reverse speed

18 km/h

View range

370 m

Signal range

570 m

Armour

	Front	Sides	Rear
Hull	51	38	38
Turret	76	51	51

Engine: Chrysler A57 Multibank · 425 hp

Radio: WS No. 19 Special

Armament

Standard gun and ammunition

OQF 17-pdr Gun Mk. VII

Calibre 76 mm

Reload time 4.5 s

Aiming time 2.1 s

Dispersion 0.36

Rate of fire 13.33 /min

Ammo capacity 77

Shell types

AP · armour-piercing Damage 113 / 150 / 188

Penetration 128 / 171 / 214 mm

APCR · composite rigid Damage 113 / 150 / 188

Penetration 179 / 239 / 299 mm

HE · high explosive Damage 143 / 190 / 238

Penetration 29 / 38 / 48 mm

Marks of Excellence

Damage thresholds

Combined Damage (Damage + Assist + Tracking)

Combined damage

1 Mark ≥ 65 %

1,361

2 Marks ≥ 85 %

1,980

3 Marks ≥ 95 %

2,557

Approximation based on WN8 expected values — not an official Wargaming figure.

WN8 Expected Values

XVM reference

XVM Expected Values for WN8 calculation (per battle)

Per battle (avg.)

Avg. damage 825

Avg. spotted 1.00

Avg. kills 0.99

Avg. defence 0.86

Exp. win rate 52.56 %

Community stats

Measured, not estimated

Average across every profile stored on WG-Watch — real battles instead of expected values.

Win rate

56.13 %

Avg. WN8

2,084

Battles

5,015

As of Aug 31, 2026

Rank 16 of 91 at Tier VI

Best players on this tank

By WN8

From the stored profiles, minimum 50 battles on this vehicle. Updated daily.

#	Player	WN8	Battles	Win rate
1	Yzne eu	5,742	77	68.83 %
2	Rasierer32 eu	5,580	68	61.76 %
3	Xilense eu	4,735	81	70.37 %
4	skill4ltu eu	3,725	142	64.08 %
5	Ursid eu	3,715	108	83.33 %
6	deorum eu	3,153	163	63.19 %
7	Eastfront87 eu	2,770	189	61.90 %
8	SupremeMaster eu	2,684	99	53.54 %
9	bananak eu	2,581	52	55.77 %
10	Jensen303 eu	2,418	296	62.16 %