M4 Sherman - Foreign Variants and Use

Foreign Variants and Use

See also: Lend-Lease Sherman tanks, Postwar Sherman tanks, Sherman Firefly, and Grizzly I cruiser

The Sherman was extensively supplied through Lend-Lease to Allied countries. Britain took nearly 80% of Lend-Lease deliveries, some of which was passed on to other allies. Soviet Union between 1942 and 1945 years has received 3664 tanks M4A2 with diesel engines. Some of these remained in service for many years. After World War II, Shermans were supplied to some NATO armies; Shermans were used by U.S. and allied forces in the Korean War.

Shermans also went to Israel. The Israeli up-gunned 75 mm M-50 and 105 mm armed M-51 Super Shermans are remarkable examples of how a long obsolete design can be upgraded in front-line use. They saw combat in the 1967 Six-Day War, fighting Soviet World War II-era armor like the T34/85, and also in the 1973 Yom Kippur War, proving effective even against newer, heavier Soviet tanks like the T-54 and T-55.

Foreign users

Argentina Australia Brazil Canada Chile Cuba Denmark Egypt Empire of Japan (captured tanks) Free France Nazi Germany (captured tanks)

India Iran Israel Italy (post war) Lebanon Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Pakistan Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland

Portugal Republic of China Saudi Arabia South Africa South Korea Japan (post-war supply) Soviet Union Turkey Uganda United Kingdom Yugoslavia Indonesia