Between July and November 1950, the Sherman reportedly destroyed 41 enemy tanks. In Korea, the ‘Easy Eight’ would be involved in nearly half of all tank on tank engagements with enemy armour. Later models also used Horizontal Volute Spring Suspension (HVSS) and were designed to replace the vertical volute with tougher horizontal springs. The new M4A3E8/M4A3(76)W HVSS 'Easy Eight' was thus launched in late 1944.Īs well as the new gun, the 76mm version also had wet storage ammunition stowage to reduce fire hazards. This led to delays whilst a new turret was designed. The M1A1 76mm gun was an improvement but the turret on the original M4 Sherman was too small to take it. It was deemed that losses from superior German Panzers during WW2 were higher than expected. ![]() The M4 Sherman was originally fitted with an M3 75mm gun.
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