Extraordinary numbers of Sherman tanks were created over the course of World War II. 6,281 M4A1s were built alone, and development of the broader family in the quantities needed would require more ...

The last time Clarence Smoyer rode in a Sherman tank, he was a 21-year-old corporal in the U.S. Army. That was in 1945. But in Boston this week, the now-95-year-old Pennsylvania native got a huge ...

Clarence Smoyer had not been inside a Sherman tank since 1945, when he occupied a gunner’s seat as the Third Armored Division blasted its way inside Germany at the tip of the American advance to ...

Although the M4 Shermans were made in the 1940s, the tank's reliability, one of the Sherman's great strengths, meant that it saw action with the Egyptian army even during the '50s and '60s.However ...

It was an unusual delivery to the Heinz History Center -- a 37-ton Sherman tank now parked outside the museum as part of the center's "World War II -- We Can Do It" exhibit.

The Sherman’s powerplant was a 400-horsepower gas engine that, combined with the ammo on board, could transform the tank into a Hellish inferno after taking a hit.

As the Sherman easily absorbs muddy ditches and busts over rocks on Drive A Tank's 23-acre, densely wooded driving range, my other senses stir. Diesel exhaust fills my nostrils.

The M4 Sherman tank was the standard U.S. tank in World War II. The tank displayed at Memorial Field was assigned to the 4th Armored Division and disabled by German gunfire during the Battle of ...

The M4A3E2 "Jumbo" Sherman tank sitting in front of the Minnesota Military Museum building is one of only eight that exist in the entire world. The "Jumbo" nickname comes from the fact that the ...

With silent efficiency, tank crewmen worked to rearm and refuel their tired Sherman tanks before the last hues of color fled the sky. ... M4A1 (75mm) Sherman tank. Ballantine Books ...