If there was an example of a well-designed machine that was also quite reliable, it was the M4 Sherman, particularly "Bomb," a Canadian Sherman. Bomb was an M4A2 Sherman tank, a diesel-powered Sherman ...

Tanks and tank destroyers from World War II showed off their firepower during Wednesday's Salute the Troops event at the ...

Focusing on the endgame of the European theater from the perspective of the eponymous M1 Sherman tank's crew, few movies have ...

The heart-stopping detonation and the toll of twisting metal reverberated across the stretch of Bourguébus Ridge. For a brief, terrifying moment, the crew of the M4A2 Sherman was ensnared in a ...

That called for a medium tank. World War II-era armies used a mix of armor ... high-velocity 75-millimeter gun that outranged the Sherman’s. To say Allied tank crews were dismayed would be an ...

The forward-most Sherman, in the spearhead position — an H Company tank — was struck by a German shell that killed or wounded four of the crew. Tank and artillery fire quickly suppressed this ...

It is a tank that helped the Allies win World War II. "There are only about 30 American Sherman tanks that are in running condition in America," said Bud Walker, a reenactor.

But the M3’s design was in fact based upon expediency. Entering World War II, the United States fielded only M2A4 and M3 Stuart light tanks and a few dozen M2 medium tank suitable only for training.

Manuel “Manny” Perez saw World War II through the periscope of a Sherman tank. It rumbled onto the beaches of Normandy a few days after D-Day as part of the 737th tank battalion.

Harold Kihn drives his restored Sherman tank at the Western Minnesota Steamthresher's Reunion in Rollag, Minnesota, on Thursday, Aug. 31. The tank is part of the salute to military veterans.