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M4A2(76)W HVSS – Upgraded with widetrack Horizontal Volute Spring Suspension (HVSS), fitted with the 76mm M1 gun. Users: USSR, Canada (post-WW2). Users: USSR, Canada (post-WW2). M4A2E4 – A prototype of the M4A2 featuring independent Torsion bar suspension and widened 24 in (61 cm) tracks.
Sherman Badger – Canada's replacement of its Ram Badger, the Sherman Badger was a turretless M4A2 HVSS Sherman with Wasp IIC flamethrower in place of hull machine gun, developed sometime from 1945 to 1949. The 150 imp gal (680 L) at 250 psi (17 bar) was effective to 125 yd (114 m), with elevation of +30 to −10 degrees and traverse of 30 ...
Later models of the M4A1, M4A2 and M4A3 Sherman tanks were equipped with the T80 turret developed for the T23 tank and the new 76 mm gun. This turret's armor was 63.5 mm (2.50 in) thick on the sides and rear, angled from 0 to 13 degrees from the vertical.
Sherman Badger – Canada's replacement of its Ram Badger Flame tank, the Sherman Badger was a turretless M4A2 HVSS Sherman with Wasp IIC flamethrower in place of hull machine gun, developed sometime from 1945 to 1949. The 150 gallons at 250 psi was effective to 125 yards, with elevation of +30 to -10 degrees and traverse of 30 degrees left and ...
Sherman M4A2E8 & M4A3E8 tank M4A2(76) W HVSS: Canada purchased 294 M4A2E8 tanks were purchased by the Canadian government in 1946 and another 20 M4A3E8 tanks acquired from US stocks already in Korea for Korean War service in 1951. Offered to Canada by the US from its arsenals, the tanks had been delivered too late for shipment as Lend Lease to ...
The 2nd Warsaw Armored Brigade, fighting in Italy, used M4A2 Sherman III, later also M4 Sherman I, M4 Sherman IC Firefly, M4A1 Sherman II and M4A3 (105) HVSS Sherman IVBY.) M4A3 (105) HVSS Sherman IVBY medium tank (The Sherman was the basic tank in Polish armoured units in the West 1943–1947.
The M4 Sherman was produced in greater numbers than any other U.S. tank in World War II. M1A2 Abrams with prototype TUSK equipment and Common Remotely Operated Weapons Station (CROWS), [ 92 ] with 0.50-inch caliber machine gun at the commander's station
Although Ordnance began work on the medium tank T20 as a Sherman replacement, ultimately the Army decided to minimize production disruption by incorporating elements of other tank designs into the Sherman. Later M4A1, M4A2, and M4A3 models received the larger T23 turret with a high-velocity 76 mm M1 gun, which reduced the number of HE and smoke ...