M4 Sherman - U.S. Variants

U.S. Variants

Vehicles that used the M4 chassis or hull:

  • 3in Gun Motor Carriage M10 - Wolverine Tank Destroyer
  • 90 mm Gun Motor Carriage M36 - Jackson Tank Destroyer
  • 105 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M7B1 - self-propelled artillery, aka Priest
  • 155 mm Gun Motor Carriage M12 - GMC M12 with Cargo Carrier M30 (both used Sherman components)
  • 155/203/250 mm Motor Carriages - 155 mm GMC M40 (armed with the Long Tom artillery piece), 8 in. (203 mm) HMC M43, 250 mm (10-inch) MMC T94, and Cargo Carrier T30
  • Flame Tank Sherman - M4A3R3 Zippo, M4 Crocodile, and other flame-throwing Shermans
  • Rocket Artillery Sherman - T34 Calliope, T40 Whizbang, and other Sherman rocket launchers
  • Amphibious tanks - Duplex Drive (DD) swimming Sherman. A British variant used by U.S. forces.
  • Engineer tanks - D-8, M1, and M1A1 dozers, M4 Doozit, Mobile Assault Bridge, and Aunt Jemima and other mine-clearers
  • Recovery tanks - M32 and M74 Tank Recovery Vehicles
  • Artillery tractors - M34 and M35 prime movers

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