Think of history’s greatest tanks, and the M4 Sherman would seem to be an odd choice. ... such as the appearance of the Tiger I on the Eastern Front and in North Africa in 1942−1943.

The Grant’s baptism of fire was the battle of Gazala in North Africa in the spring of 1942. The British Army deployed 167 Grants against Panzer III and IV tanks from the German 15th Panzer Division.

The Grant’s baptism of fire was the battle of Gazala in North Africa in the spring of 1942. ... The United States built a staggering 49,234 Sherman tanks between 1942 and 1945.

KASOTA, Minneapolis -Thick, black diesel smoke coughs out of the M4A2E8 Sherman tank as I get a feel for the throttle. My father, a retired Army captain and tan ...

Be they trundling through the mud of Western Europe, kicking up dust on the plains of North Africa or forging a path through the snow of the Eastern Front; the tank defined the war on land between ...

The photo of his Sherman tank, taken in a field in the last days of World War II, ... American Locomotive and other companies between 1942-45 — it operated in North Africa, ...

Chrysler built M3 Grant tanks, used by the British to fight the Germans and Italians in North Africa, and later the superior Sherman tank as one of the primary military suppliers for the Allied ...

FORT DRUM, N.Y. (Dec. 2, 2013) -- A World War II-era M4A3 "Sherman" tank staged at the New York State Military Museum in Saratoga Springs for the past decade was transported Nov. 22, to Fort Drum ...

The Grant’s baptism of fire was the battle of Gazala in North Africa in the spring of 1942. ... The United States built a staggering 49,234 Sherman tanks between 1942 and 1945.