M4A3s of C Company, 4th Tank Battalion disabled during the fighting for Airfield 27 February 1945
M4 Cyuzie “36”
Marine Squad with M4 Sherman Dozer Iwo Jima 9 March 1945
M4 Coed – “40” Iwo Jima
Marine M4 Cyuzie 36 1945
Crispy Marine M4 Sherman Flame Tank on Iwo Jima
M4 and 3/28th Marine Assault Against Japanese Defenses on Iwo Jima February 1945
M4 20A named “Bed Bug” fighting for Iwo Jima’s Airfields
Remote controlled T10 mine exploder, July 1944
Shermans moving thru streets of Aachen 1944
2nd Armored Division (“Hell on Wheels”) Shermans column Fisenne Belgium, Bulge 21 January 1945
Sherman Crab of the 8th Armoured Brigade in Kevelaer March 1945
M4A1 and dummy M4
Destroyed M4 in Borgo Sabotino, Italy May 1944 3
2nd AD Sherman fires on Nieuwstadt Holland 29 September 1944
Destroyed M4 in Borgo Sabotino, Italy May 1944 2
Sherman tank of British Army, Caen Normandy Summer 1944
70th Tank Battalion Flame Throwing M4A1(76)W Sherman in action, 1944
Remote controlled T10 mine exploder, July 1944 2
Sherman named “Liberty” during maneuvers in England 1944
U.S. M4s ready to move against trapped German infantry near Gelin, Belgium 1944
M4A1(76) on railroad flat cars in transit to the front Holland 1944
3rd Army M4 Sherman tank in Metz 18 November 1944
M4 with hedgerow cutter in the front passes trukload of German prisoners in Normandy
Destroyed M4A1 in Fremifontaine, France 26 Ocober 1944. Registration number: 3067017
M4 painted white, Belgium January 1945
Crew atop White M4 at Rundstedt’s Salient Battle of the Bulge
Destroyed M4 in Borgo Sabotino, Italy May 1944
Sherman tank “Defiance” with bulldozer blade ETO 1944
M4A3 of the 774th Tank Battalion, 3rd AD passing a knocked-out German PzKpfw V Panther
Sherman recovering Wehramcht truck, Germany 29 March 1945
Sandbagged M4 tank with hedgerow cutter passing Flak 88 Normandy
Sherman tank of 3rd Armored Division (“Spearhead”) fighting in Nuremberg 19 April 1945
Up-armored M4A1 passing destroyed Panzer IV, Remagen 1945
U.S. troops with M4 Composite training for D-Day Invasion
Flame throwing M4A1(76)W blasts haystack in Belgium 1944
British M4 of the 79th Armoured Division with Jeffries plough 26 April 1944
British Sherman IC Firefly Putanges, France 20 August 1944
British Sherman III of the 26th Armoured Brigade Italy 1944
Crew members perform maintenance on the track of a M4 Sherman, Germany 1945
M4 Belle of Little Rock of 755th Tank Battalion Italy 1944
Canadian Sherman Firefly
Destroyed British M4 italy
M4 of the 37th Tank Battalion. 4th AD near Chateau Salinas France 26 September 1944
U.S. tanker performing maintenance on a M4A1(76) Sherman tank, 1944
Sherman tank of the 755th Tank Battalion mine damage Italy 1944
British Sherman of the 11th Armoured Division in Deurne Belgium 26 September 1944
Shermans of 12e regiment de chasseurs d’Afrique (RCA) in concentration after coming ashore in Normandy August 1944
Tank M4 in Holland 1944 2
M4 Sherman and M10 Wolverine 1944
Troops advance under cover of a Sherman tank, Metz September 1944
3rd AD medic treats wounded under fire Korbach Germany 5 March 1945
Troops on M4 watch artillery blast German position France 1944
M4 of the 14th Armored Division France February 1945
M4 (105) of the 3rd Armored Division, indirect fire mission Les Rouges Eaux France
Shermans of the 81st Tank Battalion, 5th Armored Division 1944
Gas Masked tank crew training in M4 1942
M4 tanks and other equipment loaded in a LCT ready for the invasion of France, June 1944
British Sherman Crab 24 November 1944
Soldiers examine a M4 tank after it flipped. 2nd AD Canisy France July 1944
A well hidden British Firefly, Gangelt 1 January 1945
Firefly IC Hybrid of the 11th Armoured Division in Gemert, Holland 26 September 1944
M4 Sherman Bulldozer tank and overturned trucks in Merode Germany
M4 and U.S. troops pass fallen Japanese soldier during advance on Leyte
44th Tank Battalion M4 Composite (Hybrid) named “Bloodthirsty” at depot in Manila 1945
M4A1 enter through the historic gate of Fort Santiago in Manila
M4A2 “Fire Ball” of the 4th Tank Battalion Saipan
M4 named Lucky of 5th Marines Tank Battalion Iwo jima
Shermans M4A2 with logs of 6th Tank Battalion Okinawa
M4A3 named “Cairo” of 4th Tank Battalion on Iwo Jima
Shermans during Battle of Kwajalein
M4 of 6th Tank Battalion USMC with extra hull side armor skirts Okinawa
USMC M4 of 4th Tank Battalion with improvised flail
US and Chinese manned Shermans on the Burma 1945
M4 Sherman on Iwo Jima February 1945
Shermans M4A3 of A Company, 6th Tank Battalion Okinawa
Crew atop M4A2 of 1st Tank Battalion on Okinawa
Chinese M4 Burma February 1945
USMC M4 of 4th Tank Battalion with improvised flail 2
Troops use M4A1 to drill Hill at Pacific base 1944
Burning M4A1 hybrid Saipan
Tribune artist Gary Sheahan sketches M4A1 tank crew in New Guinea 1944
Platoon Sergeant Clarence Charleston atop M4A1 Cape Gloucester 1944
Shermans in action, Naha Okinawa 27 May 1945
Sherman Composites (Hybrid) flame thrower in action Okinawa June 1945
M4A3E8(75)W HVSS lined up at depot near Manila 1945
M4 Sherman and M3 Lee in Burma
Field modified Marine M4A3 named “Davy Jones” of the 5th Tank Battalion, Iwo Jima February 23, 1945
Marine cleaning the 75mm gun of his M4, Cape Gloucester 1944
Six LSTs including USS LST-221, USS LST-456 and USS LST-452 loading men and equipment during a practice landing near Lae, New Guinea 10 April 1944. M4A1 in the foreground
M4 Dozer “3” of 4th Marines Tank Company pushing a destroyed Japanese tank
Marine Platoon Sergeant Clarence Charleston in turret of M4 on Cape Gloucester
M4 of Company C, 741st Tank Battalion burns at the intersection of Karl Heine Str. and Zschochersche Str. in Leipzig Germany, 18 April 1945
M4 named “Catalina Kid” of Company C, 745th Tank Battalion drives through the entrance of the Aachen-Rothe Erde railroad station during the fighting around the city viaduct on October 20, 1944
Marines following tank M4A1 “7” from the beach on New Britain toward the Cape Gloucester airfield 1944
Marine tank M4A2 “2” Guam
Marines sdvance behind Flame Throwing M4A2 on Okinawa
4th Marines M4A2 covers troops attacking pillbox on Guam
Marines and 1st Tank Battalion M4 advancing on Cape Gloucester 1944
Marines follow M4A1 Jungle Cape Gloucester
Marines advance on Peleliu air strip under cover of M4
Marine M4 tank crew rests after Battle in Agana Guam
French M4A2 “Lutzen” of 2e Compagnie, 501e RCC in combat on the junction Boulevard Saint Michel – Place de la Sorbonne, Paris 25 August 1944
Inhabitants of Tacloban Leyte chatting with American soldiers after being freed from Japanese occupation while M4 Sherman tanks of 1st Cavalry Division prepare to follow the retreating enemy October 24, 1944
Shermans III of 8th Troop, B Squadron, 20th Armored Regiment of the 4th New Zealand Brigade outside their billets on the Via Cicerone in Trieste May 1945
M4A3 (75) of the 1st Marine Battalion on Okinawa with additional track armour
Marine M4A2 Sherman of the 3rd Tank Battalion on Iwo Jima beach
Grinning 29th Division Marines riding atop M4 on Okinawa
M4 (composite hull) of the 6th Tank Battalion evacuates a casualty from the 29th Marines during the fighting near Sugar Loaf Hill on Okinawa
Marine points to hits scored on M4 tank on Cape Gloucester 1944
M4A2 and Sherman with dozer of the 4th Marines Tank Company
Sherman was most widely used medium tank by the United States and Western Allies in World War II.
M4 was a reliable tank, manufactured for the war in large quantities. When sherman was introduced to the battle in the autumn of 1942, Sherman dealt perfectly with the German tanks of that period. The situation deteriorated when, as the war progressed, Shermans had to fight with heavier German tanks like Tigers and Panthers, which had a significant advantage over them. The basic 75 mm gun mounted on the early versions of Shermans, had no chance to penetrate the front armour of these models of German tanks. Introduction of M1 cal. 76 mm and the anti-tank projectiles M62 and M79 have largely eliminated the problem – these projectiles penetrated the Tiger’s front armour effortlessly from 750-1000 metres. After the M93 projectile were introduced, the problem disappeared completely – they could have penetrated the enemy’s armor from a distance of up to 2500 meters. Firefly version of the M4 had no problems with penetrate of German tank armour, armed with an excellent 17-pdr gun, used by British and Canadian armies, where they accounted for about a quarter of all Shermans in the last year of the war.