The M4 Sherman, officially medium tank, M4, was the medium tank most widely used by the United States and Western Allies in World War II. The M4 Sherman proved to be reliable, relatively cheap to produce, and available in great numbers.

It was 30 of these M4A1 76 HVSS tanks that were the last Shermans ever produced. The M4A1 was also the first to see combat use with the improved M1 gun and T23 turret during operation Cobra. These tanks would also be the basis for the Israeli M51 Sherman.

It remains by far the most widely used tank on the Allied side during the war. It was derived into countless derivatives and had a very long postwar career which lasted well into the Cold War. It has been largely compared to the T-34, and had the …

Similar modification of the main armament would be done by the British, who received a number of Shermans through Lend-Lease during the course of the war, producing the Sherman Firefly tank (armed with a powerful 17-pounder tank gun).

2024年8月17日 · The M4A1 was armed with the standard 75mm Tank Gun M3, as well as a multitude of machine guns. The powerplant of the M4A1 consisted of the inconveniently large Continental Radial engine, rated at 350 to 400 hp.

The M4A1 76W tank was the first of the Sherman 76 tanks to see combat in US hands. These tanks were actually in depots in England, in time to be issued to units for D-Day, the Normandy Landings, but no one wanted them at the time.

2024年12月3日 · Medium Tank M4A1 Sherman. Details of the front of the early M4A1 are shown in this image. It features the combination gun mount M34, three-piece final drive and differential cover, direct vision slots for the drivers, and the rotor sight for the gunner.

It was 30 of these M4A1 76 HVSS tanks that were the last Shermans ever produced. The M4A1 was also the first to see combat use with the improved M1 gun and T23 turret during operation Cobra. These tanks would also be the basis for the Israeli M51 Sherman.

As an all-round, general purpose tank, the M4 Sherman was one of the best tanks of the Second World War. Used by the US, UK and USSR in WW2 and beyond.

2024年5月20日 · Arguably one of the most iconic tanks of the war, the M4 Sherman was the second most produced tank in the WWII era (after the Soviet T-34), and the most produced tank in American history. The M4A1 first saw combat with the British 8th Army in the Second Battle of El Alamein in Egypt in October 1942.