M4 Sherman

 См. также категории: M4 Sherman и M4 Sherman variants.

English: The M4 Sherman was a US medium tank in World War II

中文：M4雪曼中戰車是第二次世界大戰時美國開發、製造的坦克。

Français : Le Sherman M4 était un char d'assaut américain produit lors de la Deuxième Guerre mondiale et la Guerre de Corée

Historic photos

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  M4 tank crew, Fort Knox, 1942
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  Sherman in Sicily, 1943
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  M4A1 tank and infantry, heading for the Cape Gloucester airdrome.
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  M4A1 tanks at Cape Gloucester.
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  M4A1 tank crosses Suicide Creek, Operation Dexterity.
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  Kwajalein Atoll, 02 Feb 1944
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  Kwajalein Atoll.
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  Sherman tank using a Churchill 'Ark' armoured ramp carrier to climb over an escarpment, 13 Feb 1944.
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  U.S. Army Soldiers on Bougainville advancing at dawn in the cover of a M4 Sherman tank, clearing out Japanese forces that had tried to infiltrate the U.S. lines at night; March 1944
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  Bougainville, 1944
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  Sherman crab flail tank under test, 27 April 1944.
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  Sherman DD (Duplex Drive) amphibious tank with waterproof float screens, 1944
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  US Army M4 Sherman tanks loaded in a LCT, circa late May or early June 1944.
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  A Sherman BARV and Sherman tanks of 13th/18th Royal Hussars during the regiment's move from Petworth to Gosport, 2 June 1944.
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  1st Hussars tanks on a crowded beach at Courseulles-sur-Mer, 6 June 1944.
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  Near Carpiquet, 6 June 1944.
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  Sherman DD tanks advancing towards Ouistreham, 6 June 1944.
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  House to house fighting with the Germans at Riva Bella, near Ouistreham. Sherman DD tanks are providing fire support and cover. 6 June 1944.
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  German prisoners wait for collection in the shadow of a disabled Sherman Crab flail tank, 6 June 1944.
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  Sherman tank near St Leger, 11 June 1944.
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  Mired M4 Sherman tank on a Normandy invasion beach, 12 June 1944.
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  Sherman and Cromwell tanks of the Royal Marines Armoured Support Group near Tilly-sur-Seulles, 13 June 1944.
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  Canadian crew of a Sherman-tank south of Vaucelles, June 1944.
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  Marines take cover behind one of their medium tanks, Saipan, July 8, 1944.
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  Sherman tanks during Operation 'Charnwood', the attack on Caen, 8 July 1944.
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  Sherman tanks and 6-pdr anti-tank gun in the centre of Caen, 10 July 1944.
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  A Sherman Firefly crosses 'Euston Bridge' over the Orne as it moves up to the start line for Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.
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  Infantry and tanks wait to advance at the start of Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.
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  Sherman tanks carrying infantry wait for the order to advance at the start of Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.
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  Sherman tanks pass through Caumont, 30 July 1944.
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  A French Army "Sherman" tank lands on a Normandy beach from USS LST-517, 2 August 1944.
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  The crew of a Sherman tank receives rations before the start of Operation 'Totalise', 7 August 1944.
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  A Sherman tank moves through Bois Holbout, during the advance to Falaise, 15 August 1944.
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  Sherman tank of 3rd Royal Tank Regiment, 15 August 1944.
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  Sherman cuts through the bocage.
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  Sherman in Normandy, 1944
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  Sherman in Normandy, 1944
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  Sherman in Normandy, 1944
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  Sherman in Paris
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  Invasion of Noemfoor Island, 1944.
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  Tinian, September 1944
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  Sherman covering Infantry, Belgium, 1944
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  Sherman tanks of the Irish Guards Group advance during Operation 'Market-Garden', 17 September 1944.
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  A Sherman Firefly tank of the Irish Guards Group advances past Sherman tanks knocked out earlier during Operation 'Market-Garden', 17 September 1944.
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  SSM William Parkes, killed when his Sherman tank was knocked out during the advance towards Eindhoven, Operation 'Market-Garden', 17 September 1944.
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  Tanks of British XXX Corps cross the road bridge at Nijmegen during its capture, Sep 1944
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  Battle of the bulge - Tankmen of the US First Army near Eupen, Belgium, 30 Dec 44
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  Battle of the Bulge - Shermans of the 6th Armored Division near Bastogne, Belgium, 31 Dec 1944.
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  Battle of the bulge - Troops of the 82nd Airborne Division advance in a snowstorm behind the tank in a move to attack Herresbach, Belgium, 28 Jan 1945
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  Sherman DD tanks crossing the Rhine, 24 March 1945.
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  Sherman tank disabled by a land mine at Iwo Jima.
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  Two M4 on Burma road, 1945
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  Fighting toward Hill 89, tanks of the 769th Tank Battalion attack a bypassed Japanese strong point, Okinawa, 1945
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  Sherman in the Battle of Okinawa, 1945
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  Bloody Ridge, Okinawa , 1945
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  A tank sunk in 5 feet of water waits for towing equipment, Okinawa, 05/1945
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  On the Ginowan road, men and armor of the 382d Infantry, 96th Division, move through a wooded area.
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  M4 burning in Leipzig, 18 April 1945
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  Sherman in Germany, 1945
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  Sherman in action, ETO
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  Sherman tanks in China.
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  M4A3 "Ronson" Shermans equipped with the Navy Mark 1 flame-thrower, Iwo Jima.
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  Cpl. Carlton Chapman...is a machine-gunner in an M-4 tank, attached to a Motor Transport unit near Nancy, France.
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  The Assault on Biak, Infantrymen Moving Up - May 1944
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  American armoured forces race through Ballon
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  Battle of the bulge - Belgium
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  Schopen, Belgium, 21 Jan 45.
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  The crew of a Sherman tank of the 9th Royal Deccan Horse, 255th Indian Tank Brigade, encounter a newly liberated elephant on the road to Meiktila, 29 March 1945.
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  The crew of a Sherman tank of the 9th Royal Deccan Horse, 255th Indian Tank Brigade, encounter a newly liberated elephant on the road to Meiktila, 29 March 1945.
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  Firing T-34 multiple rocket launcher, 14th Armored, France.
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  M4A3E8 Sherman tank fires its 76mm gun at enemy bunkers on "Napalm Ridge", in support of the 8th ROK Division, Korea, 11 May 1952.
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  M4A3E8 "Easy eight" of the 89th Tank Battalion, Korea.
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  M4A3E8 "Easy eight" tanks of the 89th Tank Battalion, Korea.
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  Abandoned Firefly, Lebanon, 26 Feb 1984.
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  Abandoned Firefly, Lebanon, 26 Feb 1984.
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  Destroyed Soviet Sherman tank, somewhere in the Soviet Union

Sherman today or in museum

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  Driver seat Sherman cut-away Museum of War Ottawa Canada.
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  M4(105) in Yad la-Shiryon Museum, Israel.
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  M4(105) with dozer blade in Yad la-Shiryon Museum, Israel.
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  M4(105) with dozer blade in Yad la-Shiryon Museum, Israel.
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  M4(105) with dozer blade in Yad la-Shiryon Museum, Israel.
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  M4A1 (model).
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  M4A1 Grizzly at CFB Borden
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  M4A1 in museum (Germany)
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  M4A1 in museum (Germany)
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  M4A1 in Bayeux (France)
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  M4A3(76) Sherman tank "Champagne", from the 2nd French Armoured Division, hit on 13 September 1944, and still preserved at Ville-sur-Illon, near Dompaire (France)
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  M4A4 in Mulhouse (France)
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  M4A4 in Mulhouse (France)
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  M4 Sherman in Saint Mere Eglise - D-day (France)
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  M4 Sherman at Utah Beach - D-day (France)
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  M4A1(76) on Panzermuseum Munster, Germany.
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  M4A1E8.
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  M4A1(76) in Batey ha-Osef Museum, Israel.
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  M4A1(76) in Batey ha-Osef Museum, Israel.
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  M4A1(76) in Batey ha-Osef Museum, Israel.
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  M4A1(76) in Yad la-Shiryon Museum, Israel.
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  M4A1(76) in Yad la-Shiryon Museum, Israel.
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  Sherman M4A2 at CFB Borden (Canada)
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  Sherman M4A2 at CFB Borden (Canada)
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  Sherman II A M4A2E8 at CFB Borden (Canada)
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  Sherman II A M4A2E8 at CFB Borden (Canada)
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  Sherman II A M4A2E8 at CFB Borden (Canada)
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  Sherman M4A2E8 in London, Ontario
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  M4A3E2 Jumbo at Museum of the Army Brussels.
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  Sherman M4A4 at Airborne Museum Hotel Hartenstein (Oosterbeek, Gelderland, Netherlands)
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  Sherman M4A4 at Airborne Museum Hotel Hartenstein (Oosterbeek, Gelderland, Netherlands)
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  Sherman M4A4 at Airborne Museum Hotel Hartenstein (Oosterbeek, Gelderland, Netherlands)
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  Sherman M4A4 (flail) at CFB Borden (Canada)
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  Sherman M4A4 (flail) at CFB Borden (Canada)
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  M4A4 Sherman at the Imperial War Museum in London
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  M4A4 Sherman at the Imperial War Museum in London
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  Sherman Firefly
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  Sherman in Overloon War Museum (Netherlands).
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  Sherman (early production M4A4 hull, HVSS suspension, 105 mm howitzer and engine from M4/M4A1 ?).
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  Sherman (hull of M4A4, engine of M4A2 ?) in Yad la-Shiryon Museum, Israel.
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  Sherman (hull of M4A4, engine of M4A2 ?) in Yad la-Shiryon Museum, Israel.
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  Sherman (hull of M4A4, engine of M4A2 ?) in Yad la-Shiryon Museum, Israel.
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  Sherman (hull of M4A4, engine of M4A2 ?) in Yad la-Shiryon Museum, Israel.
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  Yad Mordechai battlefield reconstruction site, Israel.
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  Yad Mordechai battlefield reconstruction site, Israel.
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  Yad Mordechai battlefield reconstruction site, Israel.
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  Sherman (hull of M4A4, engine of M4A2 ?) with AMX 13 tank turret in Yad la-Shiryon Museum, Israel.
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  Sherman (hull of M4A4, engine of M4A2 ?) with AMX 13 tank turret in Yad la-Shiryon Museum, Israel.
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  Sherman (hull of M4A4, engine of M4A2 ?) with AMX 13 tank turret in Yad la-Shiryon Museum, Israel.
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  The first Sherman M4A1 land lease tank.
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  A Sherman in a private collection.
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Miscellaneous

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  Cutaway of an M4A4 Sherman tank.

Sherman-based vehicles

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  Sherman-based medevac vehicle (VVSS version) in Yad la-Shiryon Museum, Israel.
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  Sherman-based medevac vehicle (VVSS version) in Yad la-Shiryon Museum, Israel.
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  Sherman-based medevac vehicle (HVSS version) in Yad la-Shiryon Museum, Israel.
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  Sherman-based medevac vehicle (HVSS version) in Yad la-Shiryon Museum, Israel.
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  Eyal observation post vehicle in Yad la-Shiryon Museum, Israel.
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  Monster live target in Yad la-Shiryon Museum, Israel.

See also

More vehicles based on M4 Sherman chassis:

• M10 Wolverine and M36 Jackson tank destroyers.
• 155mm Gun Motor Carriage M40 and 8-inch Howitzer Motor Carriage M43.
• M32 armored recovery vehicle.
• Sherman BARV (Beach Armoured Recovery Vehicle).
• Sherman M-50 and M-51 - Israeli upgunned variants.
• M-50 and L-33 Roem Israeli 155 mm self-propelled howitzers.
• Makmat 160 mm Israeli 160 mm self-propelled mortar.
• Kilshon / Kachlilit, MAR-240 and MAR-290 Israeli missile launchers.
• Trail Blazer Israeli armored recovery vehicle.