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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 ...
Català: Tall transversal d'un tanc Shermann M4A4 1 - Anella per a l'elevació, 2 - Ventilador, 3 - Trapa de torreta, 4 - Periscopi, 5 - Frontissa de la trapa de torreta, 6 - Seient de torreta, 7 - Seient de l'artiller, 8 - Seient del comandant, 9 - Torreta, 10 - Filtre d'aire, 11 - Protecció del vas d'expansió del radiador, 12 - Distribuidor del filtre d'aire, 13 - Motor, 14 - Tub d ...
The M4 high-speed tractor used M4 Sherman tracks, roadwheels, and drive sprocket. However, the suspension was of the HVSS type, first introduced on a light tank T6 project in 1938. One variant was designed to tow the 90 mm anti-aircraft gun , and another was for the 155 mm gun or 8-inch howitzer . [ 1 ]
Battle experience showed that the service life of the original vertical volute spring suspension (VVSS) of the late model M4 was shortening due to the tank's increasing combat weight with larger guns and heavier armor. Beginning in mid-1944, M4A3 models of the Sherman adopted a newly developed Horizontal Volute Spring Suspension (HVSS). [5]
They were considered the standard American tank guns. The M2 and M3 were used on the M3 medium tank, the M3 was used on the M4 Sherman tank, and the M6 was used on the M24 Chaffee light tank. The M3 was also used on M7 medium tank. The M4 variant was fitted on some North American B-25 Mitchell medium bomber aircraft. [1]
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... was used by the US Army on the M4 Sherman from late 1943 to early of 1945. The vehicle's combat ...
M4 Sherman Crocodile – M4 tank modified with the flamethrower and fuel trailer from a Churchill Crocodile. Four built and issued to 739th Tank Battalion, which was attached to the 29th Division for Operation Grenade in February 1945, where they cleared the Old Citadel in the town of Jülich .
The M36 tank destroyer, formally 90 mm Gun Motor Carriage, M36, was an American tank destroyer used during World War II.The M36 combined the hull of the M10 tank destroyer, which used the M4 Sherman's reliable chassis and drivetrain combined with sloped armor, and a new turret mounting the 90 mm gun M3.