Editing M4 Sherman (section)

===Other uses===
After World War II, the U.S. kept the M4A3E8 ''Easy Eight'' in service, with either the 76&nbsp;mm gun or a 105&nbsp;mm M4 howitzer. The U.S. Army replaced the M4 in 1957, in favor of the [[M47 Patton]], [[M48 Patton]] and, [[M60 Patton]]. The U.S. continued to transfer Shermans to its allies, which contributed to widespread foreign use.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

The Israeli Defense Force used Shermans from its creation in 1948 until the 1980s, having first acquired a single M4A2 lacking the main armament from British forces as they withdrew from Israel.{{sfn|Manasherob|2010|p=5-6, 26}} The popularity of the tank (having now been re-armed) compared to the outdated, 1934-origin French [[Renault R35]] interwar light tanks with their 37&nbsp;mm short-barreled guns, which made up the bulk of the IDF's tank force, led to the purchase of 30 unarmed M4(105&nbsp;mm)s from Italian scrapyards.{{sfn|Manasherob|2010|p=5-6, 26}} Three of these, plus the original M4A2, saw extensive service in the 1948-9 war of independence. The remainder were then serviced and rearmed with 75&nbsp;mm guns and components whenever these became available, composing a large part of Israeli tank forces for the next eight years. The 75&nbsp;mm-armed Shermans were replaced by M4A1 (76&nbsp;mm) Shermans imported from France before the 1956 [[Suez Crisis]] after it was realized that their armor penetration was insufficient for combat against newer tanks such as the IDF Centurions as well as the T-34-85s being delivered to Egyptian forces.{{sfn|Manasherob|2010|p=1-2}} During further upgrades, the French military helped develop a conversion kit to upgrade about 300 Shermans to the long high-velocity 75&nbsp;mm gun CN 75-50 used in the [[AMX-13]]. These were designated [[Super Sherman|Sherman M-50]] by the Israelis. Before the [[Six-Day War]] in 1967, the Israeli Army upgraded about 180 M4A1(76)W HVSS Shermans with the French [[105&nbsp;mm Modèle F1]] gun, re-engined them with Cummins diesel engines, and designated the upgraded tank [[Super Sherman|Sherman M-51]]. The Sherman tanks, fighting alongside the 105&nbsp;mm Centurion ''Shot Kal'' and M48 Patton tanks, were able to defeat the T-34-85, T-54/55/62 series, and IS-3 tanks used by the Egyptian and Syrian forces in the 1967 Six-Day War.{{sfn|Zaloga|1981|p=12–24}}

M4A3s were also used by British forces in Indonesia during the [[Indonesian National Revolution]] until 1946 when they were passed on to the [[KNIL]], which used them until 1949 before they were passed on to the [[Indonesian National Armed Forces]].<ref>{{cite web | title=M4A3 Sherman: Sejarah Tank Pertama Korps Marinir TNI AL |trans-title=M4A3 Sherman: The History Of The Navy's First Marine Corps Tank |url=http://www.indomiliter.com/m4a3-sherman-sejarah-tank-pertama-korps-marinir-tni-al/ |website=Indomiliter |date=17 August 2013 |publisher=Indomiliter.com |access-date=7 January 2016 |language=id |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118054103/http://www.indomiliter.com/m4a3-sherman-sejarah-tank-pertama-korps-marinir-tni-al/ |archive-date=2016-11-18}}</ref>