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  • The Sherman Tank Site: The Place For All Things Sherman Tank.
    • About the Author
    • Sherman Tank Art
    • Sherman, Lee, and variants, Gun Data Page.
      • 75MM M3 Gun Information Page
      • M1A1, M1A1C, M1A2 Gun Page
      • 3 Inch Gun M7 Information Page.
      • 90MM M3 Gun Information Page.
      • 105 mm M4 Howitzer Information Page
      • 17 Pounder Mk IV and VII Gun Information page
      • M4 Series Fire Control: How the Sherman aimed its gun
      • M4 Sherman Tank Small Arms Page: The Machineguns and their mounts, used on the M4 series
      • Reading the Pen Charts from OOTCOR-Terminal Ballistic Data V.III
    • The Links Page: An easier to find place for Links.
    • The Sherman Tank Engine Page.
      • The Continental R975 Page: The Main Engine in the Beginning.
      • The GM 6046 Page
      • The Chrysler A57 Page
      • The Ford GAA Data Page: More info and technical Drawings and Manual photos than anyplace on the Internet.
    • Sherman Suspension and Tracks, the Page: An Easy to Find Place for Sherman Suspension Info
      • The Vertical Volute Suspension Page: Both early and late VVSS will be covered.
      • Horizontal Volute Suspension System: 23 Inches of Ground Pressure Reducing Goodness
      • Tracks: They Are a Weapon Too!
    • The Sherman Tank Powertrain Page.
      • The Sherman Transmission: A robust, and advanced Transmission for the time.
      • The Sherman Differential: Normally just Lumped in with the Final Drives, BUT NOT HERE!
      • The Final Drives: The Panthers Achilles Heel, the Shermans Gibraltar
    • The Sherman Makers: Ten in the US, one in Canada.
    • Sherman Tank Hull Components.
      • Sherman Tank Fire Suppression system: The stuff to put out fires!
      • Sherman Tank Fuel Systems: Fuel tanks, Lines, and Valves, plus Carbs and Injectors
      • M4 Series Driver and Co Driver’s position page.
    • Sherman Tank Turrets and Turret components
      • M4 Series Commander’s Position: Where the Commander did his work.
      • M4 Series Gunner’s position: Where the gunner did his job.
      • M4 Series Loader’s Position: Where the loader loaded from.
    • The Sherman Tank Glossary.
  • The Sherman Tank Variant Page: Pages for each type of Sherman tank.
    • The Sherman M4 Medium Tank: Not the First Type into Production
    • The Sherman M4A1 Medium Tank: First and Last Produced.
      • The Sherman M4A1 76W: This first 76 Sherman into Combat in US Hands
    • The Sherman M4A2 Medium Tank: Major Sherman Model rarely used by the US Army.
      • The Sherman M4A2 76w: The most common Soviet Sherman
    • The Sherman M4A3 Medium Tank.
      • The Sherman M4A3 76W: The tank that would grow into the ultimate Sherman
    • The Sherman M4A4 Medium Tank: Proof Americans can make even crazy motors reliable.
    • The M10 GMC: The first good American TD
    • The M36 90mm GMC: A very good TD.
    • The Firefly VC
    • The M3 Lee Medium Tank Page: All on one page, because Menu space is at a Premium.
    • Tank Recovery Vehicle M32
  • Downloads Page: The Place For Things Too Big To Post, Like Field Manuals And Tech Manuals, and Large Reports.
    • Airplane Stuff: Pilots Manuals, Reports, Surveys and Books
      • F4U Corsair Page: The Bent Wing Bird
      • Ships Page
  • The Sherman Tank Store Page: Item Previews and News.
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Recent Posts

  • Takom 1/35 M103A2 Longstreet Build log (Updated)
  • The Model Gallery, Post 1
  • Sherman Tank Site Post 75, From the Army Motors Archive: Your M4 Tank Steering Brakes Should Work Gentle’n Easy
  • Sherman Tank Site News Post 17: 
  • Sherman Tank Site Post 74: From the Army Motors Archive! The Maintenance Maze
  • #1 Sherman Tank Info Site: Introduction
  • #2 Basic Sherman History: The Rodney Dangerfield of tanks, The M3 Lee.
  • #3 The Sherman Variants: The Design Matures
  • #4 Sherman Builders: Just How Many Tank Factories Did the US Have Anyway?
  • #5 Combat Performance: How Well it Killed Stuff.
  • #6 WWII Variants Other than Tanks: Things Built Using the M4 Chassis, Like the M10 and M36
  • # 7 More Things Built On The Sherman Chassis: ARVs
  • #8 Sherman Accessories: Pimp Your Sherman YO!
  • #9 The Crew And Their Stations: The Human Part Of The Tank, How They Lived, Worked, And Fought
  • #10 Tank Infantry Communication: They Couldn’t At First, Shocking But True!
  • #11 The Radios: The Sherman Tank Had Some Of The Most Advanced Radios In The World At The Time
  • Armor: Yeah, the Sherman had it, and it was better than the German armor of comparable weight.
  • Suspensions and Tracks: What makes for a smooth and comfortable ride
  • #14 Main Guns: Things That Go Boom, Some Bigger than Others, but None Bad
  • # 15 Turrets: They Are The Combat Power Of The Tank
  • The motors: Four motors made it into production?
  • #17 The WWII Medium Tank Battalion: The Heart Of An Armored Division, Or The Heavy Gun Support To An Infantry Division
  • USMC Sherman Use: They became a key part in victory in the Pacific.
  • Tarawa: The USMCs first use of M4 Medium tanks
  • #20 How The Sherman Compared To Its Contemporaries:  Well, it did very well!
  • Tanks were knocked out far more often by mines and AT guns. The Sherman was no different here.
  • #22 British Shermans: Is It A Tank Or A Teapot?
  • The Firefly: The Teapot with Teeth.
  • #24 Silly Myths and Fun Facts About the Sherman and Lee: The Same Old Falsehoods can be Combated by Facts
  • #25 The Conclusions: Was The Sherman Good Enough? Hell Yes It Was
  • Sherman Data: The place for charts, tables, and reports
  • Sherman Books: The place I got most of my Sherman info.
  • #28 Sherman Use Around The World
  • # 29 Shermans On The Silver Screen: That’s Movies just in case you didn’t know!
  • #31 Links: Places On The Internets About The Sherman
  • #32 Sunken Shermans: Shermans That The Nazis Sent To The Bottom Of The Sea
  • #30 Sherman Model Specifications: Data, and Lots of It.
  • #33 The Sherman Of The Future: Advanced Sherman UpGrades That Almost Made It Into Production.
  • #34 Israeli Shermans: The Most Powerful Shermans Ever To See Action.
  • #35 Shermans In Motion
  • #36 The Transmission, Differential, and Final Drives: Called the ‘Powertrain’ and It Was Great On The Sherman!
  • #37 Dozers: The M1 and M1A1 Dozer Blade Kit.
  • #38 The Shermans Flaws:  What Was Wrong With The Tank, and Stayed Wrong.
  • #39 The LST or Landing Ship Tank, a Ship That Could Land Tanks
  • #40 The Small Arms Of The US Army Tanker: What They Were Issued And What They Actually Carried.
  • #41 Gallery I, Mixed High Res Sherman Photos, With Comments.
  • #42 Sherman Tank Site Gear!
  • #43 Gallery II: More Random High Resolution Sherman Photos with Comments.
  • #44 Gallery III: Even More Random High Res Sherman Photos With Comments.
  • #45 Gallery IV: You Guessed It, More High Res Photos!
  • #46 Gallery V, More Sherman Photos, Some Maybe Not As High Res
  • #48 Jungle Tanking: The Sherman Saw Combat In Almost All Terrain, Including The Steaming Jungles Of The Pacific.
  • #49 The Tank Divisions: US Armored Divisions
  • #50 Computer Games That Have Sherman Tanks in Them: The Sherman Has Been In A Lot Of Games
  • #51 Rocket powered, or Recoilless AT Weapons: The Nazi Man Portable AT Threat
  • #52 Soviet Shermans: The Soviet Union Used and Liked the Sherman
  • #53 Bibliography and sources: Yeah I Know Sources on Each Post Would be Nice, I’m Working on it
  • #54 The Escape Hatch, Interior Lighting, Exterior lighting and Auxiliary Generator: They had to go somewhere.
  • #55 City Tanking: The Tank Infantry Team in Cities and Towns
  • #56 Special Gallery 1: Shermans of the Fort Benning Digital Archive
  • #57 Civilian Sherman Use: Hollywood, Loggers, Farmers and Frat Boys
  • #58 Special Gallery 2: Shermans at Fort Benning
  • #59 Subjugated Shermans: Shermans in Nazi hands
  • #60 The Sherman Tank Site Glossary: Because sometimes words are confusing
  • Post 62: DRIVETANKS.COM, The most Magical Place on Earth, if you like Sherman tanks!
  • #61 Storage Ammo and Everything Else: The Army packed a lot of Gear and Tools into the Sherman, along with the Ammo, Guns and Men
  • #63 Security On the March: How a WWII Sherman Tank unit prepared for an attack on march.
  • #64 Sherman Fire Control: How the Gun Was Aimed, not Putting Out Fires!
  • Sherman Book News: A book on Egyptian Shermans!
  • #64 Sherman Tanks of the US Army Official History books: The “Green Books”, had three picture editions!
  • #65 Sherman Tanks of the US Army Official History books: This one Covered the MTO
  • Post # 68 The Chieftain’s Hatch does the M4A1, we review it.
  • #66 Sherman Tanks of the US Army Official History books: This time the Pacific!
  • #69 Shermans you can see running: The Planes of Fame of fame Air Museum
  • #67 The RAM: The Shermans awkward Canadian Cousin.
  • #68 The Chrysler Engine that could have been: The A-65 V12, Chrysler’s home designed tank motor.
  • #68 The Chrysler Engine that could have been: The A-65 V12, Chrysler’s home designed tank motor.
  • #69 Shermans you can see running: The Planes of Fame of fame Air Museum
  • Post #70: Report on the New Weapons Board
  • Post #71, War Thunder PART II: A more fair review after an extended time playing the game.
  • Sherman Tank Site Post 72: Army Motors, the Magazine of the Army Mechanic!
  • Sherman Tank Site Post 73: Articles from Army Motors Episode one, Give Your Tank a Brake!

Recent Posts

  • Takom 1/35 M103A2 Longstreet Build log (Updated) 08/19/2023
  • The Model Gallery, Post 1 04/23/2019
  • Sherman Tank Site Post 75, From the Army Motors Archive: Your M4 Tank Steering Brakes Should Work Gentle’n Easy 07/15/2018
  • Sherman Tank Site News Post 17:  07/14/2018
  • Sherman Tank Site Post 74: From the Army Motors Archive! The Maintenance Maze 07/08/2018

Recent Posts

  • Takom 1/35 M103A2 Longstreet Build log (Updated)
  • The Model Gallery, Post 1
  • Sherman Tank Site Post 75, From the Army Motors Archive: Your M4 Tank Steering Brakes Should Work Gentle’n Easy
  • Sherman Tank Site News Post 17: 
  • Sherman Tank Site Post 74: From the Army Motors Archive! The Maintenance Maze

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  • Emerson Macvitie on The Sherman Tank Site: The Place For All Things Sherman Tank.
  • Brian on #47 Gallery VI, More Photos, More Captions.
  • 온라인홀덤순위 on # 7 More Things Built On The Sherman Chassis: ARVs
  • thca flower on #60 The Sherman Tank Site Glossary: Because sometimes words are confusing
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Recent Posts

  • Takom 1/35 M103A2 Longstreet Build log (Updated)
  • The Model Gallery, Post 1
  • Sherman Tank Site Post 75, From the Army Motors Archive: Your M4 Tank Steering Brakes Should Work Gentle’n Easy
  • Sherman Tank Site News Post 17: 
  • Sherman Tank Site Post 74: From the Army Motors Archive! The Maintenance Maze

Recent Comments

  • RobertTus on Post 62: DRIVETANKS.COM, The most Magical Place on Earth, if you like Sherman tanks!
  • Emerson Macvitie on The Sherman Tank Site: The Place For All Things Sherman Tank.
  • Brian on #47 Gallery VI, More Photos, More Captions.
  • 온라인홀덤순위 on # 7 More Things Built On The Sherman Chassis: ARVs
  • thca flower on #60 The Sherman Tank Site Glossary: Because sometimes words are confusing

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