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The M4 Sherman tank was ... The turret of T20/T23 prototypes with its 76mm gun was adapted to the Sherman and entered production in February 1944; M4 variants with ...
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 ...
M30 cargo carrier (G158) based on M4 Sherman; M31 tank recovery vehicle (M3 Grant) M32 recovery vehicle (M4 Sherman) M32A1 recovery vehicle, medium, 16 1 ⁄ 2 inch full-track M32A1B1 recovery vehicle, medium, 23 3 ⁄ 4 inch full-track (M4A1 chassis) M32A1B2 recovery vehicle, medium, full-track; M32A1B3 recovery vehicle, medium, full-track
M3 Miscellaneous accessory units and parts; M4 Unassigned (1944 ORD2) M5 Component parts common to two or more groups. M6 Unassigned (1944 ORD2) M7 Unassigned (1944 ORD2) M8 Miscellaneous Chests, Kits, Racks, and tool rolls, cleaning materials, and small stores. (without contents) M9 Miscellaneous ordnance motor vehicle units and parts.
This was an internal gun/mortar mounted in the left side of the turret of the M4 Sherman tank. The M3 mortar was a conversion of the British SBML Ordnance 2-Inch Mortar that was used from 1943-1945. It could lay down a smoke cloud within 20 to 120 yards of the vehicle. R4AAA = Bomb, Smoke, Mk.I/L.
A T23 turret used on 76 mm gunned Shermans, here without the muzzle brake. With British Commonwealth designations in parentheses: 76 mm Gun Motor Carriage M18; Medium Tank M4A1(76)W (Sherman IIA) Medium Tank M4A1(76)W HVSS (Sherman IIAY) Medium Tank M4A2(76)W (Sherman IIIA) Medium Tank M4A2(76)W HVSS (Sherman IIIAY) Medium Tank M4A3(76)W ...
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