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An M3 is lifted out of a Sherman tank at 5th Indian Division's tank workshop near Taungtha, Burma, 29 March 1945 A restored Mitchell aircraft showing a 75 mm M5 gun below the four machine guns. The 75 mm gun, models M2 to M6, was the standard American medium caliber gun fitted to mobile platforms during World War II.
A Waffenamt-Prüfwesen 1 report estimated [85] that with the M4 angled 30 degrees sideways and APCBC round, the Tiger I's 8.8 cm KwK 36 L/56 gun would be capable of penetrating the differential case of an American M4 Sherman from 2,100 m (6,900 ft) and the turret front from 1,800 m (5,900 ft), but the Tiger's 88 mm gun would not penetrate the ...
M2 light tank, .5" MG or 37 mm gun, 11-ton; M2 medium tank; M2 combat car (G38) M3 medium tank (Lee/Grant), 28-ton, 37 mm and 75 mm gun; M3 light tank, (Stuart)12-ton, M4 medium tank (Sherman), 30-ton, 75/76 mm gun; M5 light tank, (Stuart) M6 heavy tank, 60-ton; M7 medium tank (G137) M8 light armored car (Greyhound) M22 Locust tank, light ...
Download QR code; Print/export ... Pages in category "M4 Sherman tanks" ... 0–9. 75 mm gun M2–M6; B. Battle sled; C. Chrysler A57 multibank; Cobra King (tank) D.
The Lee was superseded by the Medium M4 Sherman. This originally carried a 75 mm gun; later versions of the Sherman were armed with a 76 mm gun or a 105 mm howitzer. On the Sherman hull, the M10 and M36 tank destroyers (officially called "Gun Motor Carriages") were produced.
The first standard-production 76 mm gun Sherman was an M4A1, accepted in January 1944, and the first standard-production 105 mm howitzer Sherman was an M4 accepted in February 1944. In June–July 1944, the Army accepted a limited run of 254 M4A3E2 Jumbo Shermans, which had very thick armor, and the 75 mm gun in a new, heavier T23-style turret ...
Manufactured by Ford Motor Company and reserved mostly for training units in the USA. After 1945, many were remanufactured and sent to ETO to make up shortages due to 1944 losses of M4 Mediums. M4A3(75)W – M4A3 with 75mm M3 gun. 47° glacis with large drivers' hatches. Shifted ammunition lockers to hull floor in water-glycol jacketed lockers ...
The first standard-production 76 mm gun Sherman was an M4A1, accepted in January 1944, and the first standard-production 105 mm howitzer Sherman was an M4 accepted in February 1944. In June–July 1944, the Army accepted a limited run of 254 M4A3E2 Jumbo Shermans, which had very thick armor, and the 75 mm gun in a new, heavier T23-style turret ...