A Slightly Confusing Guide to The Sherman Tank

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Wait till you hear about the M-51 Sherman armed with a 105mm modern MBT cannon, M4A4 with the SA-50, an M4A1 with a heccin oscillating turret on it and a weird SO-122 with an IS-2 gun and a Klimov engine in it. Boy, your pain doesn't end there, because now, you need to talk about an Israeli modified Sherman, an Egyptian modified Sherman and a Yugoslav Frankenstein that can be considered to be the Ultimate Sherman (because no).

I love how rules 1->6 are literally just "this is not a reliable way to identify a sherman"

Sherman Grizzly Firefly existed in 2 examples. Sherman Grizzly being a Canadian made M4A1. Two Firefly turrets were sent to Canada & The U.S. for testing. A surviving model exists in Ontario.

i used to attempt to identify sherman variants by their suspension and the hull shape. i was about only 25% accurate. turns out that i was completely wrong on all of those things to base variants on. thank you for such a good and informative video.

Fun fact. There was an m4a4 variant called the "Crocodile", armed with a extra flamethrower to go along with it's cannon. It was very unpopular, more then the regular m4a4. Mainly with southerners who felt a bit uneasy giving Sherman a flamethrower

I always knew that Sherman variants were an impenetrable mess, so I never really got into it. But your video was the perfect antidote. Thanks. Also, shout out to the M4A1 for being the cuddliest tank ever made.

i hate how not alot of people watch these videos they are higher quality than most other history channles and go more in depth i love these videos

Wha- I know you couldnt cover all Shermans variant but you mention the E8 variant like it was just a normal tank that thing is imo the best evolution of the Shermans. It deserve its own segment.

Came here from the Sprocket discord, loved every second of this, awesome work broski

MAN. I thought I knew the Sherman, but I very quickly found that I knew NOTHING. You have shaken my mind, my perspective, and my ego. Very well done. I really hope this gets the attention it deserves.

Came for Sherman, stayed for questionable tabs

While the family metaphor didn't always make sense (who ever heard of the middle child getting all the attention) this video was really awesome and, as a Sherman peruser, completely changed my perspective on the American tank development. Clearly a lot of work went into this, and you have earned a sub.

As a fellow sherman connoisseur, this video is very good, altough some details are ommited (such as the prototype of the sherman with the T-23 turret being made on a M4 composite which technicaly classifies it as an M4 76 (w) ) Also dont forget about the pletra of vehicles based on the sherman such as the m10, m36, m7 etc If you want to, we can talk over on discord :) https://discord.gg/pag4EWb

5:59 it would've been funny if you had said "the Ten Shermandments" to go with the Sherman theme you were building up

one thing you could of mentioned, albeit im a bit late, as this is a year old, is how many countries actually used the M4A3, the Japan, Korea, Canada, etc, id also like to see a video on the ungodly amount of non-us sherman varients made post war, if you haven't already made one

The whole diesel vs Gas thing is covered in Operation think Tank. Basically the Army was fighting with the UK for Gas Shermans. The Marines found they could take the diesels 6 months early so they did. They like them so much that they didn't want to give them up. Operation think Tank is worth the watch.

Good video! I went on my own miniature rabbit hole when trying to identify the Sherman abandoned on a hiking trail in Guam (It was an M4A3 (75)). This was fun to watch, I am even more capable of being the guy who knows a little too much about tanks.

The Sherman is so iconic to me because of all the 70s-90s movies that they've been in. Also because of the classic green army men which one of the sets I got as I kid had one of these in it

Honestly i adore the Italian Semovente's. They always get overlooked when discussing Italian armor, but not only are they cute, but they were quite deadly for their time.