M2 medium tank
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The M2 medium tank, officially Medium Tank, M2, was a United States Army medium tank that was first produced in 1939 by the Rock Island Arsenal, just prior to the commencement of the Second World War
The M2A1 Medium at Aberdeen Proving Ground in 2008
An M2A1 Medium Tank on display at Aberdeen Proving Grounds.
An M3 medium tank, the successor to the M2
M4 Sherman
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The M4 Sherman, officially Medium Tank, M4, was the medium tank most widely used by the United States and Western Allies in World War II. The M4 Sherman was reliable and well adapted to mass productio
M2 medium tank
…features of the M2 series, especially the suspension and powertrain, provided the basis for later, important U.S. tank designs including the M3 Lee, M4 Sherman and other armored fighting vehicles. Rock Island Arsenal started work on a new medium tank, based on the design of the M2 light tank. Initially designated…
An M4 (105) Sherman tank with spare track-links welded on its front for additional armor protection, preserved at the Langenberg Liberation Memorial in Ede, Netherlands
Cutaway Sherman showing transmission and driver's seat
A Sherman DD amphibious tank of 13th/18th Royal Hussars in action against German troops using crashed Airspeed Horsa gliders as cover near Ranville, Operation Overlord, Normandy, 10 June 1944
The second production Sherman, Michael, displayed at The Tank Museum, Bovington, England (2010)