The world would see weirder variants of the Sherman tank too. Israel, on becoming an official state in May 1948, lacked the capacity to develop its own formidable war machines and equipment.

The M4 Sherman Tank is one of the most storied military machines in U.S. history, as it helped the Allies defeat the Axis powers during World War II. These tanks are commonly on display at ...

The Normandy campaign involved a total of 7,000 tanks, being the last major armored battle of the war. The M4 Sherman tank played a major role in liberating France after that, perhaps second only ...

The Sherman on display at Rock Island Arsenal is an M4A3 variant. Many of these variants were produced by the Ford Motor Company and were powered by a Ford engine.

The Sherman’s powerplant was a 400-horsepower gas engine that, combined with the ammo on board, could transform the tank into a Hellish inferno after taking a hit.

KASOTA, Minneapolis -Thick, black diesel smoke coughs out of the M4A2E8 Sherman tank as I get a feel for the throttle. My father, a retired Army captain and tan ...

Three of the weirdest show cars ever conceived came together in 1983 in this Universal Studios snapshot: Martian Spyder (left, rear), powered by a Sherman tank engine; Sex Machine (right, rear), a ...

The Sherman’s powerplant was a 400-horsepower gas engine that, combined with the ammo on board, could transform the tank into a Hellish inferno after taking a hit.

WWII in 1942 saw the nation develop the M4 Sherman tank. ... and a GM 12-cylinder or Ordnance Engine nine-cylinder diesel engine was utilized in a few rare models.

Clarence Smoyer had not been inside a Sherman tank since 1945, when he occupied a gunner’s seat as the Third Armored Division blasted its way inside Germany at the tip of the American advance to ...

The M4A3E2 "Jumbo" Sherman tank sitting in front of the Minnesota Military Museum building is one of only eight that exist in the entire world. The "Jumbo" nickname comes from the fact that the ...