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A more satisfactory mounting was found in August 1943 by utilizing the turret design of the T23 tank on the M4 chassis to carry the 76 mm gun. [14] The 76 mm M1A1 version of the gun was then created, having a longer recoil surface to also help with balance by permitting the placement of the trunnions further to the front. [14]
The first Sherman to enter combat with the 76 mm gun in July 1944 was the M4A1, then the M4A2, closely followed by the M4A3. By the end of the war, roughly half the U.S. Army Shermans in Europe had the 76 mm gun. The first HVSS-equipped Sherman to see combat was the M4A3(76)W in December 1944. [citation needed]
front cover G1 1930. This is the Group G series List of the United States military vehicles by (Ordnance) supply catalog designation, – one of the alpha-numeric "standard nomenclature lists" (SNL) that were part of the overall list of the United States Army weapons by supply catalog designation, a supply catalog that was used by the United States Army Ordnance Department / Ordnance Corps as ...
The turret of T20/T23 prototypes with its 76mm gun was adapted to the Sherman and entered production in February 1944; M4 variants with this armament had the suffix ...
Existing Shermans include an 'Easy Eight', with cast chassis (likely mid production M4A1), D82081 (T23) turret, 76mm gun (with muzzle brake), HVSS suspension, and sharp nosed differential cover. [8] The collection is expected to include all major Sherman variants and an M10 tank destroyer once restorations are complete.
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.
Fleischer's Auctions of Columbus offered the sword − part of a large collection of items belonging to Sherman − for $40,000 to $60,000 and Sherman House Museum purchased it for $157,950 ...
The US version in British service was the Lee (named after General Lee); the British specification version (a different turret) was the Grant (named after General Grant). M4 = Medium M4 Sherman with 75 mm M3 (L/38) gun; M4 (76) = Medium M4 Sherman with 76 mm M1-series gun; M4 (105) = Medium M4 Sherman with 105 mm howitzer