The M4 was named "Sherman" by the British after the American Civil War general W T Sherman, a practice adopted for US tanks delivered under Lend-Lease to Britain. The Sherman saw action on all war fronts, and significant numbers were provided under the Lend-Lease aid programme to British, French and Soviet armed forces. To produce this volume of tanks, manufacture was subcontracted to no fewer than ten locomotive and automobile works in the United States. Better known as the "General Sherman", or simply "Sherman", more than 49,200 of all versions were built between 19, a greater number than any other AFV. Tank, Medium, M4, to use the official US Army Ordnance Department parlance, underpinned American armoured forces during the Second World War and the Korean War, and is regarded as one of the most important military vehicles ever made.
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