Not counting prototypes, a total of 49,234 of these tanks were produced, a number surpassed only by the Soviet T-34. Officially the Medium Tank, M4, this iconic tank kept the U.S. Army’s then-common ...

For its part, the M-4 was good in 1942, adequate in 1943, and totally outclassed by 1944. Unfortunately for American tankers, the war lasted until 1945. Still—as maligned as the Sherman often is, it’s ...

Denis (centre), Tom (far right), and Bert (between them), on top of their Sherman. This picture was taken in Bremen in April 1945. (Eric Hoskins is on the left, next to him is Capt J (Wally) ...