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Variants of the M4 and M4A3 were factory-produced with a 105 mm howitzer and a distinctive rounded gun mantlet, which surrounded the main gun, on the turret. The first Sherman variant to be armed with the 105 mm howitzer was the M4, first accepted in February 1944.
105mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M7 – self-propelled 105 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage (HMC) based on the M3, M4 and later M4A3 (M7B1) Sherman chassis. 155mm Gun Motor Carriage M12 – self-propelled 155 mm Gun Motor Carriage (GMC). Cargo Carrier M30 – cargo Carrier (an M12 with crew and ammunition space in lieu of the gun).
Sherman IVB – M4A3(105), Sherman IV with 105 mm M4 L/22.5 howitzer Sherman IVBY – M4A3(105) HVSS, Sherman IVB with HVSS Sherman V – M4A4 with 75 mm M3 L/40 gun and Chrysler A57 multibank 30-cylinder "cloverleaf" petrol engine in a longer rear hull with more widely spaced bogies
The M4 Howitzer was a modified version of the M2A1 used with the M4A3 Sherman Assault Support tank. R1QBA = 2 × 105 mm HE M1 with M48 or M48A2 Point-Detonating Fuze (0.5 second). Gross Weight: 119 Lbs. Volume: 1.8 cubic feet(?). R1QBS = 2 × 105 mm HE M1 with M48 Point-Detonating Fuze. Volume: 1.8 cubic feet(?).
Pakistani M4A1E6 Sherman on display at Ayub Park.. E4/E6 Shermans – Two of what would become the last of the US-produced Sherman tank variants. During the early 1950s, US Ordnance military depots and/or outsourced private civilian contractors installed the 76 mm M1 tank gun in the older small-type turret (designed for the original 75 mm M3 tank gun) of M4A1 and M4A3 Shermans.
Two versions of the American Sherman tank were armed with the M4 105 mm howitzer, the M4(105) and the M4A3(105); these were designated assault guns in US usage of the term. The M8 Scott, based on the chassis of the M5 Stuart light tank, was also an assault cannon and carried a 75 mm short howitzer.
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105 mm howitzer motor carriage M7B1 – self-propelled 105 mm howitzer motor carriage based on the M4A3 Sherman chassis; 155 mm gun motor carriage M12 – self-propelled 155 mm gun motor carriage Cargo carrier M30 – an M12 with crew and ammunition space in lieu of the gun.