[Sherman Tank Page Title]
Bart in the Fiesta Day parade

A total of 49,234 Shermans were built in the US during the Second World War, a quantity equalled by only one other wartime tank, the Soviet T-34. Many variations of the Sherman tank included flame throwers, rocket launchers, mine exploders (flails), swimming apparatus, and tankdozer conversions.

On December 11th, 1941, the two designs were standardized, the welded hull as the M4 and the cast hull model as the M4A1, and production of the latter began in February 1942 on an assembly line already established by British contract. (The first two Shermans ever made bore British Army numbers, T25189 and T25190).

Characteristics

Length:19'10"
Width:8'7"
Height:12'3"
Weight:31.75 t
Engine:Twin GMC diesel
Forward Speed:25 mph
Range:200 km
Armament:75mm
Crew:5
Quantity:49,234

Picture of our Sherman

When our Sherman first Arrived they told us it wouldn't start. With a little help from our Chaffee tank it Rumbled to Life.

Driven Off the Flatbed Trailer
Pulling the Engines
Ken Lee Heads up the Task of Removing the Engines From "BART" so they can be Rebuilt.
Engines on Floor
The Sherman's Engines out and on the Floor.

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