Later M4 and M4A3 were factory-produced with a 105mm howitzer and a new distinctive mantlet in the original turret. The British offered the QF 17 pounder (76.2 mm) anti-tank gun with its significant armour penetration but a significant initial (later rectified) HE shortcoming to the Americans but the US Ordnance Department was working on a 90mm tank gun and declined.

Later M4A1, M4A2, and M4A3 models received the larger T23 turret with a high-velocity 76mm gun M1, which traded reduced HE and smoke performance for improved anti-tank performance. While it was no match for the German Panther or Tiger tanks, the Sherman soldiered on, using its weight in numbers to wrest control of Europe from the Wehrmacht.Įarly Shermans mounted a 75mm medium-velocity general-purpose gun. Eleven different US plants manufactured six basic models of the Sherman, and by June 1944 over 49,234 battle-ready vehicles had been produced.

In fact, virtually all of the Allied armies employed the Sherman in their armed forces, including the British, who developed an upgunned variant called the 'Firefly'.

The M4 Sherman medium tank was regarded by many as the workhorse of the US Army during World War II. 'The only way you can win a war is to attack and keep on attacking, and after you have done that, keep attacking some more.' Dragon DRR60403 Captured M4A2 Sherman 75 Medium Tank - 14.Panzer Division, Eastern Front, 1944 (1:72 Scale)

Panzer corps 2 captured equipment