M4 Sherman Tank
Medium tank
Origin United States
In service 1942–1955 (USA)
Wars World War II, Greek Civil War, Arab-Israeli War, Korean War, Suez Crisis,
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, Six-Day War,
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, Yom Kippur
War
Produced 1941–
Number built 49,234
Crew 5 (Commander, gunner, loader, driver, co-driver)
Armor 63 mm
Primary armament 75 mm M3 L/40 gun (90 rounds)
Secondary armament .50 cal Browning M2HB
machine gun (300 rounds),
2 × .30-06 Browning M1919A4 machine guns (4,750 rounds)
Range 193 km at 660 l
Speed 40 to 48 km/h
Number used by Australia 3
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