Didn't you say there was going to be tips & tricks?

Apart from the tip of corner creeping & peaking there really isn't much else to say that isn't common sense.I load 40 APCBC rounds and 15 APCR rounds. This fills up the bottom portion of the tank without storing any in the crew compartment. With a 6 second reload rounds can go by pretty fast and I've actually ran out of them in long matches. The only time I use APCR is when I'm trying to get a mantlet shot on a Panther F or if a Tiger pushes up close. The M62 shot (APCBC) has enough pen to go in just about anything at combat distances.Never stay out in the open and never assume you can take a hit. If the options are retreat to cover or try to get one more shot off then you should take the former. If the tank fires first you wont be able to survive it.Three fires are just as good as a kill shot. If you see the butt end of a tank sticking out as you peak around that corner shoot it. Wait for him to put it out then shoot it again. Then do it one more time and leave it alone. Don't peak him again even if it means you will get an assist. It isn't worth risking.Leaving cover to get a better shot isn't always worth it. Staying safe behind cover and pelting a tank with rounds in the same spot over and over can actually be a good idea.Don't be aggressive; wait for them to come to you. If you see a tank heading your way let them come into your cross hair. Don't overextend and expose your tank. Be as passive as you can.Learn the map because it's your best friend. Friendly tanks don't even compete with the help that the map gives you.You have a fiddie cal and you need to use it. That think will melt SPAA trucks and even damage some of the more fortified SPAA vehicles like the ZSU and wirbly/osty. It can even destroy that cute little Soviet ASU tank destroyer or the PT-76b float tank. Heck it is even good at taking down planes.Other than that there really isn't much to know. Just play the M4A3 (76) W HVSS Sherman as passively as you can. It can't take a hit and it doesn't do much damage. It's a rolling heap of pure suffering that can spin you down into a pit of despair that you wont ever climb out of.