Heroic US Marines under cover of an M4 Sherman medium tank storm Japanese defensive positions during the Battle of Peleliu Island. Pacific Theater of Operations, World War II.
Location: Peleliu Island, Pacific Ocean
Time of taking the photo: October-November 1944
M4 Sherman medium tank
The M4 Sherman medium tank is the main American medium tank of World War II. It was widely used in the American army at all battlefields, and was also supplied in large quantities to the allies (primarily Great Britain and the USSR). . In the US Army, the M4 was in service until the end of the Korean War. The name “Sherman” (in honor of the American General of the Civil War, William Sherman) received the M4 tank in the British army, after which this name was assigned to the tank in the American and other armies. The Soviet tankers had the nickname “emcha” (from M4).
The M4 Sherman tank became the main American tank platform during World War II, and a large number of special modifications, self-propelled guns, and engineering equipment were created on its basis.
A total of 49,234 tanks were produced between February 1942 and July 1945 (excluding Canadian-made tanks). The Sherman medium tank is the most mass-produced American-made tank.