M-4 Sherman Medium Tank coloring page

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Today's new drawing is of an M-4 Medium Tank from World War II. 

M-4 Sherman Medium Tank

The M-4 Sherman was the most widely produced tank from World War II.  It was relatively cheap and performed well in combat.  It had a crew of 5 men including commander, gunner, driver, bow gunner, and loader.  Ir was 19 ft 4 in long and 8 ft 7 in wide.  It was 9 ft tall.  It weighed 66,900 lbs.  The Sherman tank had a fuel capacity of 175 gallons. Its maximum road speed was 24 mph and it had a range of 120 miles.  

The armament of the Sherman tank included:  75 mm main gun with 97 rounds on board, .50 caliber machine gun with 300 rounds and a .30 caliber machine gun with 4750 rounds.  

There were over 50,000 M-4 Sherman tanks produced between 1942 and 1945.  They were used by the USA, Great Britain, China, the Free French, and even by the Soviet Union.  The Sherman tank was often outgunned by opponents but it was so reliable and so easily repaired that it was a true asset.  

Sherman tanks were involved in the Battle of the Bulge and did well in the snow.  There were several variants of the Sherman tank.  

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