M4 Sherman tank

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World War II tank medium tank

The M4 Sherman tank was the primary American medium tank of World War II, widely used by Allied forces for its reliability, ease of production, and versatility in combat roles.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II tank → medium tank →
armorThickness	approximately 12–75 mm →
countryOfOrigin	United States of America → surface form: "United States"
crew	5 →
designed	1940 →
designedBy	United States Ordnance Department → surface form: "U.S. Ordnance Department"
engine	Continental R975 radial engine → Ford GAA V8 engine →
enginePower	approximately 400–500 hp →
enteredService	1942 →
height	2.74 m →
introduced	1942 →
length	5.84 m →
manufacturer	American Locomotive Company → Baldwin Locomotive Works → Chrysler → U.S. Army Detroit Arsenal → surface form: "Detroit Tank Arsenal" Federal Machine and Welder → Fisher Tank Arsenal → Ford Motor Company → Lima Locomotive Works → Pacific Car and Foundry → Pressed Steel Car Company → Pullman-Standard →
massProduced	true →
maximumSpeed	about 38–48 km/h →
notableBattle	Battle of El Alamein → Battle of Iwo Jima → Battle of Okinawa NERFINISHED → Battle of the Bulge → Normandy landings NERFINISHED →
notableVariant	M4 Sherman tank → surface form: "M4A1 Sherman" M4 Sherman tank → surface form: "M4A2 Sherman" M4 Sherman tank → surface form: "M4A3 Sherman" M4 Sherman tank → surface form: "M4A4 Sherman" M4 Sherman tank → surface form: "M4A6 Sherman" M4 Sherman tank → surface form: "M50 Super Sherman" M51 Isherman → M4 Sherman tank → surface form: "Sherman Firefly"
numberBuilt	approximately 50000 →
operationalRange	about 160–240 km →
predecessor	M3 Lee tank →
primaryArmament	105 mm howitzer → 75 mm M3 gun → 76 mm M1 gun →
retired	1957 →
role	main Allied medium tank in World War II →
secondaryArmament	.30 cal Browning M1919A4 machine guns → surface form: ".30 cal Browning M1919 machine guns" .50 caliber M2 Browning machine guns → surface form: ".50 cal M2 Browning machine gun"
successor	M26 Pershing tank →
suspension	Horizontal Volute Spring Suspension → Vertical Volute Spring Suspension →
usedBy	Brazilian Expeditionary Force → British Army → Canadian Army → Free French Forces → Polish Armed Forces in the West → Red Army → surface form: "Soviet Red Army" United States Army → United States Marine Corps →
usedInConflict	Arab–Israeli War of 1948 → Korean War → Six-Day War → Suez Crisis → World War II →
weight	approximately 30 tonnes →
width	2.62 m →

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

1st Tank Battalion → equipment → M4 Sherman tank →

2nd Armoured Division (France) → equipment → M4 Sherman tank →

2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade → equipment → M4 Sherman tank →

this entity surface form: "Sherman tank"

2nd Marine Tank Battalion → equipment → M4 Sherman tank →

6th Armored Division → equipment → M4 Sherman tank →

7th Armoured Division → equipment → M4 Sherman tank →

this entity surface form: "Sherman tanks"