M4 Sherman part 1
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12th Armored Division M4 Sherman and Soldiers Advance into Krautosheim Germany, 11 April 1945
1st Armored Division M4 Sherman in Piazza del Duoma Milan Italy 1945
1st Armored Division M4 Sherman wreck, Littoria Italy April 15, 1944
1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry M4 Firefly Tanks Operation Totalize 1944
1st Tank Battalion M4A1 Offloads from USS LST 202 at Cape Gloucester 1944
1st Tank Battalion, 1st Armored Division M4 Sherman with shaken crew. Gothic Line Italy September 19, 1944.
24th Infantry Regiment with M4 Sherman Fighting in Northern Solomons August 1944
2nd Armored Division M4 Sherman Debarks LST Normandy June 1944
2nd Free French Armored Division M4A2 Sherman "Tarentaise" debarks from LST at Utah Beach, 2 August 1944
2nd Free French Armored Division M4A2 Sherman debarks from LST at Utah Beach Normandy, 2 August 1944
30th Infantry Division M4A1 Sherman passes 2 German Panzer IV tanks on a road between St. Fromond and St. Lo, Normandy 9 July 1944 "Operation Cobra"
3rd Armored Division M4A3E2 Sherman Jumbo Tank and 83rd Infantry in Lierneux Belgium 1945
3rd Armored, 23rd Armored Engineer Battalion M4 Dozer in Normandy Hedgerows 13 July 1944
3rd Marine Division Troops and M4 Sherman Tank Moves thru Agana Guam
3rd Platoon Company A 812th Tank Battalion M4 Shermans 1945
45th Infantry Division M4 Sherman Blasts Sniipers from House Aschaffenburg 1945
45th Infantry Division Troops and M4 Sherman Fighting in Nuremburg Germany 1945
45th Infantry Division Troops and M4 Sherman Fighting in Nuremburg Germany III
45th Infantry Division Troops and M4 Sherman Fighting in Nürnberg (Nuremberg) Germany 1945
4th Armored Division M4A3(76)W Sherman Cross French National Canal Bayonne France 1944
5th Armored Division M4 Sherman tank and Jeep Passing German 75mm AT Gun Dreux France, August 16, 1944
5th Army M4 Sherman Tank named "Hell's A Fire" near San Vittore Italy
75th Infantry Division M4 Sherman Trucks Relief in Place 82nd ABD Bulge Belgium
771st Tank Battalion M4 Shermans Supports 17th Airborne Division into Muenster
771st Tank Battalion M4 Shermans Supports 17th Airborne Division Muenster II
7th Armored Division M4 Sherman Tanks in action Grevenstein Germany 1945
96th Infantry Division M4 Flame Thrower Tank Attack On Big Apple Ridge Okinawa
96th Infantry Division M4A2 Sherman Tank 14 Attack Against Japanese On Okinawa
9th Army M4 Sherman tank near Alsdorf Germany December 1944
9th Army M4 tank and infantry team Germany November 1944
American M4 Sherman Tanks and Jeeps Enter Rome Italy June 1944
Beautepanzer M4 Sherman tank Battle of the Bulge Luxembourg
Bodies of US Infantrymen by M4 Tank in Santa Maria Infanta Italy 1944
Body of Civilian by US M4 Sherman Tank in Canisy France 1944
British M4 Sherman
British M4 Sherman named War Admiral in Action Italy 1943
British Manned Sherman Tanks Advancing in Belgium 1945
British Sherman Firefly Tanks with 17 Pounder Guns Normandy June 1944
Burning M4 Sherman tank Oberkirchen Germany 1945
Burning M4 Sherman Tank Saarburg Germany 1945
Burning M4A3 76 Sherman Tank 1st Armored Division February 1945
Camoflauged British M4 Sherman Mk III of the Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons), tank named "Sheik". Italy September 1943.
Captured German POW with M4 Sherman Tanks Battle of the Bulge Luxembourg
Captured M4 Sherman 76 tank
Captured M4 Sherman and german soldiers
Captured M4 Sherman Firefly
Churchill and M4 tanks in winter camouflage at Lindern Germany 1945
Crew Inspect Bomb Damage to M4A1 Sherman Tank in Nettuno 1944
Crewman Adjusts Boggie Wheel on M4 Sherman Tank in Tunisia 1943
Crowd by US 2nd Armored Division M4 Tank at Opel Hotel in Berlin July 1945
Destroyed German M4 Sherman tank
Destroyed M4 Sherman of the 1st Armored Division. Anzio Italy 24 May 1944
Destroyed M4 Sherman tanks
Destroyed Sherman Firefly Vc and soldier from 101st Airborne Division During Market Garden Campaign. Erf Netherlands.
Duplex Drive M4 Sherman DD Donald Duck Amphibious Tank
Field Modified M4 Sherman From 29th Infantry Division 747th Tank Bn 1945
French Armored Division M4 Sherman Tank at Arc de Triomphe in Liberated Paris
French Civilians Greet First American M4 Tanks Entering Le Lavandou
French M4 Sherman Advancing with Infantry Belfort 20 November 1944
Gen George Marshall inspects troops and M4 Sherman 76 tanks of the US 2nd Armored Division near Berlin 1945
German M4 Sherman
German M4 Sherman
German M4 Sherman 75
German M4 Sherman 75
German M4 Sherman 75
German M4 Sherman 75 tank
German M4 Sherman 76
German M4 Sherman 76 tank
German M4 Sherman and crew
German M4 Sherman Firefly
German M4 Sherman Firefly - crew
German M4 Sherman Firefly 21
German M4 Sherman Firefly 23
German M4 Sherman Firefly 26
German M4 Sherman Firefly 27
German M4 Sherman Firefly 28
German M4 Sherman Firefly 7
German M4 Sherman Firefly 9
German M4 Sherman Firefly moving along a field road
German M4 Sherman Firefly tanks
German M4 Sherman Firefly VC
German M4 Sherman Firefly VC 10
German M4 Sherman Firefly VC 12
German M4 Sherman Firefly VC 2
German M4 Sherman Firefly VC 8
German M4 Sherman Firefly, frontal view
German M4 Sherman Italy 1944
German M4 Sherman tank
German M4 Sherman tank 13
German M4 Sherman tank 15
German M4 Sherman tank 3
German M4 Sherman tank 4
German M4 Sherman tank number 513
German M4A1 Sherman captured by Panzergrenadier-Division 3 in Italy 1944
German Sherman Firefly
German Sherman Firefly 2
German Sherman Firefly 32
German Sherman Firefly VC 29
German Soldiers Surrender to 1st Army M4 Sherman Tank Crew in Aachen 1945
HQ 13th/18th Royal Hussars M4 Sherman Tank Balaclava in Action near Ranville, 10 June 1944.
King George Inspects Line of M4 Sherman Mk III Tanks in North Africa 1943
Knocked Out American M4 Sherman Tank in Ruins of Castelforte Italy 1944
Knocked out M4 Sherman tank
Knocked Out M4 Sherman Tank Normandy 1944
Knocked Out M4 Sherman Tank with hedgerow cutters Normandy
Long row of M4A3(76) W Sherman HVSS tanks enter Eichstatt Germany 25 April 1945. Shermans of the 25th Tank Battalion, 14th Armored Division
M36 Tank Destroyer Recaptures M4A3(76) from Germans in Aschaffenburg 1945
M4 105 mm Sherman Tank Crew Makes Repairs
M4 75mm gun tank destroyed
M4 76 mm Sherman Tank Sandbagged and Camouflauged
M4 Sherman "Lucky Legs II" Bougainville March 16, 1944. Tank supporting 37th Inf Division.
M4 Sherman 4th Armored Division 3rd Army in Gotha Germany 1945
M4 Sherman 75
M4 Sherman 75
M4 Sherman 76 of the 2nd Armored Division with concrete armor. Gelsenkirchen, Germany on March 19, 1945
M4 Sherman and Marines
M4 Sherman and New Zealand Tank Crew Rests beside US tank in Africa desert
M4 Sherman and troops Advance on Japanese Pillbox at Orote Point Guam
M4 Sherman captured in Italy 1944
M4 Sherman color photo
M4 Sherman crab flail tank
M4 Sherman Crosses Rhine River In Landing Craft Germany 1945
M4 Sherman Dozer named Apache Equipped with Pusher Blade Co A 746th Tank Battalion France July 1944
M4 Sherman Flail Scorpion mine clearing track undergoes testing in North Africa 1943
M4 Sherman HVSS Of 752nd Tank Battalion In Field Italy
M4 Sherman in german service
M4 Sherman in Snow Battle of Bulge
M4 sherman Iwo Jima 1945
M4 Sherman named "Com'in Home" US Army 40th Inf GI's bathe Negros
M4 Sherman named Hurricane of 2nd Armored Division, Normandy Le Teilleul 16 August 1944
M4 Sherman of the 1st Armored Division in Ponsacco, Italy. Gothic Line 1 September 1944
M4 Sherman of the 3rd Armored Division Crossing Dragons Teeth of Siegfried Line September 1944 Roeten
M4 Sherman of the 751st Tank Battalion Moves Inland from Nettuno Invasion Beach January 1944
M4 Sherman of the 7th Armored Division fighting for Deekenbach Germany 1945
M4 Sherman Okinawa 1945
M4 Sherman Scorpion Going through Barbed Wire North Africa
M4 Sherman Tank #30 96th Division Big Apple Ridge Battle 1945 Okinawa
M4 Sherman Tank #86 Blasts Flame thrower Japanese Cave Okinawa 1945
M4 Sherman Tank Aid Advance of US Infantrymen on Leyte
M4 Sherman tank and M26 Dragon Wagon Tank Recovery Unit
M4 Sherman Tank and M3A1 Halftrack 1942
M4 Sherman Tank Berg Ehingen Donau Bruckenstrasse 23 April 1945
M4 Sherman Tank Bougainville March 1944
M4 Sherman Tank Destroyed
M4 Sherman tank destroyed
M4 Sherman Tank Heavily Camoflauged
M4 Sherman Tank Ile de France Landing on Normandy Beach
M4 Sherman tank in burning Neumarkt Germany April 21, 1945
M4 Sherman tank in Cologne 1945
M4 Sherman Tank knocked out at La Haye Du Puits Normandy July 1944
M4 Sherman tank named Buck Private detracked France 1944
M4 Sherman tank of the 1st Army and Sniper with Scoped M1903 Springfield St. Fromand France Normandy 1944
M4 Sherman tank of the 746th Tank Battalion supports Company I, 60th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division. Belgian border, September 9, 1944
M4 Sherman tank Peleliu airfield 1944, Company A, 1st Tank Battalion USMC
M4 Sherman Tank soldiers cleaning 105mm gun Luxembourg 1945
M4 Sherman tank test
M4 Sherman tank with German Cross Battle of Bulge Luxembourg 1945
M4 Sherman Tank with winter camo Hennig Germany Battle of the Bulge January 1945
M4 Sherman tank without turret
M4 Sherman tanks - winter camo
M4 Sherman Tanks 3rd Armored Div
M4 Sherman Tanks About To Mop Up Japanese Troops Hollandia Dutch New Guinea
M4 Sherman tanks Equipment for Battle coming ashore - 4th tank battalion Marines Iwo Jima 3 February 1945
M4 Sherman Tanks Fighting Japanese At Subic Bay Philippines February 1945
M4 Sherman tanks in Cologne 1945
M4 Sherman tanks in Cologne 1945 2
M4 Sherman Tanks Knocked Out Normandy Beach D Day 1944
M4 Sherman Tanks on Production Line at Ford Plant 1942
M4 Sherman tanks on railroad flat cars Ledo Burma 1945
M4 Sherman Tanks Phillipines 1945
M4 Sherman vs Panther 6 March 1945 - Panzerduell Komodienstrasse Koln
M4 Sherman with 76mm Gun Toeven Holland 1945
M4 Shermans and US Army 40th Inf GIs in mud at Negros Philippines 1945
M4 Shermans HVSS of 752nd Tank Battalion Mountains Italy
M4 Tanks of U.S. 9th Army Troops Advancing toward Loverich 1944
M4A1 Sherman Dozer of the 16th Engineers, attached to the 1st Armored Division. Italy Gothic Line 12 September 1944
M4A1 Sherman of the 2nd Armored Division, tank Named "Eternity" Leaves Red Beach Sicily Italy 10 July 1943
M4A1 Sherman tank destroyed
M4A1(76) Sherman Tank with hedgerow cutters in Pont Herbert Normandy
M4A2 Sherman of company A, 1st Tank Battalion Advancing on Peleliu 1944
M4A2 Sherman of the 5th Tank Battalion Marines - Iwo Jima
M4A2 Sherman of the Marine 1st Tank Battalion Peleliu 1944
M4A3 76mm Sherman tank
M4A3 Sherman tank St Andreasburg Germany 1945
M4A3 Sherman with winter camouflage and Soldiers in Riedwihr France January 1945
M4A3(76)W Sherman of 14th Armored Division Rittershofen Germany 1945
M4A3E2 Jumbo Sherman Tank Bastogne Battle of Bulge 4th Armored
M4A3E2 Sherman Jumbo France
M4A3E8 Sherman HVSS with 76mm gun of the 21st Tank Battalion, 10th Armored Division. Rosswalden Germany April 20,1945
Marine M4 Sherman tank of the 2nd Tank Battalion gets ammo Tinian 1944
Marine M4A2 Sherman tanks of the 3rd Tank Battalion Advance off Beach Iwo Jima
Marine M4A3 Sherman "Tokyo Express" of the 5th Tank Battalion in ditch Iwo Jima
Marines Follow M4A1 Sherman tank #7 Cape Gloucester
Russian M4 Sherman
Sherman Calliope 14th Armored Division France 1944
Sherman Firefly front view
Sherman tank with 105mm gun of 8th Tank Battalion, 4th Armored Division, supporting operations in Avranches on August 1st, as the division passes through the city on the way to Brittany
Shermans and Jeep of the 34th Infantry Division in Livorno, Italy, 19 July 1944.
Smiling British Soldiers in M4 Sherman Tank 1943
Soviet Lend-Lease M4 Sherman Eastern Front
Soviet M4 Sherman Eastern Front
T34 Sherman Calliope Rocket Launcher 14th Armored Division 1945
Tank Crew Atop M4 Sherman Tank named "Atom Atlas" near Cisterna 1944
U.S. 3rd Army, 11th Armored Division Sherman in Wernberg, Germany
U.S. M4 Sherman tank with concrete armor
US 11th Armored Division Sherman Tanks during Maneuvers 1944
US 3rd Armored Division M4 Sherman Tanks in Action in Belgium 1944
US 6th Marine Division M4 Sherman Tank Under Fire at Naha Okinawa
US 7th Army Troops and M4 Sherman Tanks Move thru Captured German Town
US Army 40th Inf GI's and M4 Shermna tank towards Bago River bridge Negros 1945
US M4 Sherman Tanks Battle of the Bulge January 1945
US Troops and M4 Sherman Tank Moving thru Ruins of Coutances 1944
USMC M4 Sherman tank #4 Doot It Guam 1944
USS LST-77 off loading M4 Sherman Tanks of the 1st Armored Division at Anzio Italy 23 May 1944
Wrecked US M4 Sherman Tanks at Ordnance Depot in France 1945
After the introduction into series production M3 Lee tank , it became clear that this type of vehicle will be only temporary construction until the introduction to the U.S. Army wholesome type of medium tank with main armament placed on rotating turret, and not in the hull of the vehicle, because this location of the cannon was giving very limited field of fire. In April 1941, after the completion of work on the tank M3 Lee, Rock Island Arsenal presented four preliminary projects of the new M4 tank. For implementation was chosen project using many components of M3 tank , among others, suspension wheel drive, driving wheel, engine, gearbox. New were escape doors placed on both sides of the hull (same as in the Canadian tank Ram Mk I). In May 1941 there was built a wooden mock-up of the vehicle called as T6 and prototype was completed in September 1941, and T6 tests were started since September 17 in Aberdeen. Despite some similarities tank T6 was not derived from a Canadian tank RAM. They were two different constructions that were developed independently. In October 1941, the new tank was incorporated to the US Army under the name Medium Tank M4. It was planned that the production of the tank will be held at 11 plants (including Pacilic Car & Foundry, Fisher, Ford, Federal Machine & Welder, Lima Locomotive Works ). Production prototype was created in Lima plant in January 1942. First to mass production was enter M4A1 version. Tank differed from T6 by lack of a side door. While remained additional equipment in form of two fixed machine guns placed in the hull. Summer of 1942 M4A1 tank entered serial production. M4A1 tanks (called “Sherman”) passed baptism of fire during the battle of El Alamein in October 1942. Despite deficiencies resulting from inadequate armor, the obsolete weapons and the average off-road traction , M4 tank due to its technical simplicity, reliability and above all, the huge scale of production (over 49000 units) was next to the Soviet T-34 main Allied tank. Tanks M4 in all versions have essentially the same basic components, the differences resulted from modifications to chassis components, weapons (guns caliber 76.2 mm and howitzers 105 mm) and equipment. Two types of hulls we used: one a cast structure and the second of welded construction, also made a number of tanks with mixed hull with welded casting so called Composite Hull. Tanks were driven with carburation engine (tanks for the US Army) or diesel (mainly tanks for export). Basic production versions :
- M4 – welded hull, gasoline engine Continental R975 radial 400hp. Total production: 6748 (July 1942 - January 1944)
- early: three-piece bolted differential cover, and vision slots (later eliminated) for driver and hull gunner, narrow M34 mantlet
- late: one-piece cast differential cover, cast/rolled hull front and wide M34A1 mantlet
- M4(105) – howitzer 105 mm
- M4A1 –First model. M4 but with cast hull, gasoline engine Continental R975 radial 400hp. Total production: 6281 (February 1942 – December 1943).
- early: M2 gun with counter weight, two machine guns in hull front, M3 bogies, hull vision slots, three-piece bolted differential cover
- late: M3 gun, one-piece cast differential cover, M34A1 mantlet
- M4A2 – welded armor, twin General Motors 6-71 diesel engines. Used only by USMC. Most went into Lend-Lease stocks. Total production: 8053 (April 1942 – May 1944)
- M4A3 – welded armor, engine: gasoline Ford GAA V8 500hp engine. Total production: 1690 (June 1942 – September 1943).
- M4A3(75)W - improved M4A3 75mm with vision cupola for the commander, a loader's hatch, 47° hull front, and "wet stowage" (water+glycerine mixture) for the ammunition. Total production: 3071 (February 1944 – March 1945).
- M4A3(105) – howitzer 105 mm
- M4A3R3 - flame thrower
- M4A3E2 "Jumbo" - thick welded armor
- M4A3E8 "Easy Eight" – HVSS suspension , 76 mm gun
- M4A4 – welded armor, engine: gasoline Chrysler A57 5x6-cyl inline, 420hp
- M4A6 – engine: diesel Caterpillar D200A radial
- Sherman ARV - recovery tank
- Sherman DD - amphibious tank
- T-34 Calliope - rocket launcher