Lend-Lease Sherman tanks - Wikipedia
The first Shermans to see battle in World War II were M4A1s (Sherman IIs) with the British Eighth Army at the Second Battle of El Alamein in October 1942. The tanks had been supplied in a hurry from the US, which had removed them from their own army units.
M4 Sherman - Wikipedia
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.
Category Archives: British Shermans - The Sherman Tank
2016年1月29日 · The M4A1 was named the Sherman II and in most cases just that. It wasn’t until late in the war the Brits took some M4A1s with 76mm guns, and those they gave to the poles or other commonwealth allies. An M4A1 76 would be called a Sherman IIa, or an IIay for an M4A1 76 HVSS tank. These M4A1 76 HVSS tanks made it to depots in Europe during or ...
Medium Tank M4 Sherman - Tank Encyclopedia
They were designed on British specs (local denomination “Sherman AY”), and were produced from March 1944 to April 1945, with 4542 units total. Many had upper side skirt protection. They were fast, with the Ford V8 500 hp, giving a maximum 47 km/h (29.2 mph) speed.
Sherman Firefly - Wikipedia
It was based on the US M4 Sherman but was fitted with the more powerful British 76.2 mm (3.00 in) calibre 17-pounder anti-tank gun as its main weapon. Conceived as a stopgap until future British tank designs came into service, the Sherman Firefly became the most common vehicle mounting the 17-pounder in the war.
M4 Sherman - The Tank Museum
As an all-round, general purpose tank, the Sherman was one of the best tanks of the Second World War. In 1940, the British established a Tank Mission in Washington, under the leadership of Michael Dewar, to persuade the Americans to build British tanks.
M4 Sherman (1942) - tank-afv.com
The M4 Sherman (named after the famous American Civil War general William T. Sherman) is one of the few really iconic fighting equipment of the Allies during Word War Two, and one of the most famous tanks in history.
The M4 Sherman Medium Tank - RDG Museum
The Sherman entered combat in October, 1942, and was, at the time, superior to most Axis armoured vehicles. It provided a great boost in capability to British units so equipped, which had previously relied on 6-pounder armed variants of the Crusader cruiser tank, or the cumbersome and tall M3 Lee Medium tank.
M4 Sherman - WW2 Weapons
US M4 Sherman medium tank series with 75 mm gun of WW2. History, development, service, specifications, statistics, pictures and 3D model. A posed picture of a Sherman of the US Army with infantry fighting from the tank. Infantry fought only rarely from tanks. Usually they followed it and used it as a shield. Only the Red Army made an exception.
Sherman 'Tulip' Rocket Firing Tanks - Tank Encyclopedia
2016年4月28日 · During WW2, men of the Canadian 12th Manitoba Dragoons, part of the 18th Armoured Car Regiment, were looking for a way to increase the firepower on their American built Staghound Armored Cars. They were only armed with a 37 mm (1.46 in) anti-tank gun.