American armored divisions prioritized maneuverability for deep encirclements, influencing tank design like the M4 Sherman. However, its 75mm gun lacked sufficient armor-piercing capability. This led ...

Army quickly recognized the urgency of developing new, radical vehicles to stand a chance against these German behemoths. Delays in new designs prompted the British government to consider a more ...

The M4 Sherman was a staple of U.S. forces throughout the course of the war despite only being introduced to service in 1942. More than 50,000 units were produced between 1942 and 1945.

The Sherman tank’s short 75-millimeter gun was unable to penetrate the frontal armor of German Tiger and Panther tanks, which accounted for roughly half the Wehrmacht tank force by 1944.

Two months after German Panzer overran France in 1940, the U.S. began designing a new medium tank with a medium-velocity 75-millimeter gun that could tackle both tanks and infantry.

The 1943 Sherman Firefly, a model created by installing a 76.2 mm gun, was developed for the sole purpose of allowing it to compete with an emerging generation of more potent German tanks (an area ...

Moreover, their main guns are ill-suited for many targets on the battlefield. During World War II, 80% of targets engaged by the M4 Sherman tank were soft targets such as infantry, anti-tank guns ...

Close to 49,500 Sherman tanks were mass-produced in U.S. factories supplying not just our Army, ... 10 a.m.: Muskets and Machine Guns in Demo Field 2; Noon: Tanks! In Demo Field 1; ...