Editing M4 Sherman (section)

==Foreign variants and use==
{{see also|Lend-Lease Sherman tanks|Postwar Sherman tanks|Sherman Firefly}}
[[File:Советские танки M4 «Шерман» в освобожденном городе Брно.jpeg|right|thumb|M4A2(76)W in [[Brno]], April 1945]]
[[File:Harel Sherman.jpg|thumb|An Israeli Army Sherman tank during [[Operation Horev]], 1948]]
[[File:Prvomajski sprevod v Ljubljani 1961 (31).jpg|thumb|[[Ljubljana]], May Day 1961]]

The Sherman was extensively supplied through [[Lend-Lease]] to Britain, the Soviet Union, China, and [[Free France]]. Britain received 17,181 in various models, mostly M4А2s and M4A4s (5,041 Sherman III and 7,167 V, respectively), of which over 2000 were re-equipped with a more powerful gun to become the [[Sherman Firefly]]. The Soviet Union was shipped 4,065 M4 (M4A2s: 1,990 with 75&nbsp;mm- and 2,073 with 76&nbsp;mm-armed versions, 2 M4A4s),{{sfn|Baryatinsky|2006|p=66}} or 4,102 M4 (2,007 with 75&nbsp;mm- and 2,095 with 76&nbsp;mm versions).<ref name="lend-lease.airforce.ru">{{cite book |url=http://lend-lease.airforce.ru/documents/files/Part_3A_pages_1-26.pdf |date=1946 |publisher=War Department |author= Office of Chief of Finance |title=Quantities of Lend-Lease Shipments |chapter=Section III-A Ordnance General Supplies |page=8 |access-date=2018-04-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070707234859/http://lend-lease.airforce.ru/documents/files/Part_3A_pages_1-26.pdf |archive-date=2007-07-07 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Еnrolled 3,664.{{sfn|Baryatinsky|2006|p=67}} The Free French were the third largest recipient, being given 755<ref name="lend-lease.airforce.ru"/> during 1943 and 1944. At least 57 (or 157) Shermans were also delivered to other U.S. allies.{{sfn|Zaloga|2008|loc=Appendix C|p=346}}<ref name="lend-lease.airforce.ru"/>

A similar vehicle was developed in Canada from January 1941, known as the [[Ram tank]]. Like the Sherman, this was based on the M3 Lee's chassis and [[powertrain]] upgraded to have a turret, although it used a new turret of Canadian design.{{sfn|Chamberlain|Ellis|2004|pp=172–174}} One improvement was the use of all-steel 'CDP' (Canadian Dry Pin) tracks, which although an inch narrower than the early M4 steel and rubber pad tracks, were cheaper to produce and gave better traction. Suspension units and roadwheels remained the M3 vertical volute pattern, with the idler ''above'' the mounting bracket, rather than the M4 development with the idler moved behind the mounting bracket to give more room for suspension travel. The Ram had a distinctive turret with a bolted flat-faced mantlet and the UK 6-pounder gun, with the hull machine gunner housed in a rotating turret based on the M3 'Lee' cupola, rather than the simpler ball-mount that was becoming universal for tank hull guns. Production facilities for the Ram were constructed at the [[Montreal Locomotive Works]], with the aid of [[ALCO|Alco]], but the large armor castings for turret and hull were supplied by General Steel Castings in the US. Greater Sherman production and availability meant that the Ram was never used in action as a gun tank, being either used for training or converted to [[Kangaroo (armored personnel carrier)|Kangaroo armored personnel carriers]].{{sfn|Chamberlain|Ellis|2004|pp=172–174}}

A later Canadian medium tank, produced in late 1943, was the [[Grizzly I cruiser|Grizzly]], an adaption of the Sherman M4A1. This differed only in details, such as the CDP tracks, British radio equipment, and the British 2" smoke mortar in the turret roof. 188 were produced.{{sfn|Chamberlain|Ellis|2005|page=175}}
[[File:M4 Sherman 'Grizzly'.jpg|thumb|alt=An M4 Sherman "Grizzly" variant tank at the M4 Sherman Grizzly at the Museum of Military History in Vienna, Austria.|Canadian M4 Sherman "Grizzly" at the [[Museum of Military History, Vienna|Heeresgeschichtliches Museum]] in Vienna, Austria.]]
After World War II, Shermans were supplied to some [[NATO]] armies; Shermans were used by the U.S. and allied forces in the [[Korean War]].

After World War II, quite a few Shermans also went to [[Israel]]. The [[Israeli Ordnance Corps]], seeking an upgrade, up-gunned it using the 75mm [[SA 50|CN-75-50]] L/61.5 from the French [[AMX 13|AMX-13/75]] light tank and the [[105 mm Modèle F1]] from the French [[AMX-30]] [[Main Battle Tank]], designated the M-50 and M-51 respectively. These [[Super Sherman]]s, as they were often called, were remarkable examples of how a long-obsolete design can be upgraded for front-line use.{{sfn|Gelbart|1996|p=45}} They saw combat in the 1967 [[Six-Day War]], fighting Soviet World War II-era armor like the [[T-34-85]], and also in the 1973 [[Yom Kippur War]]. The M-50 and M-51 Super Shermans were eventually retired from Israel in 1980, and were replaced by the much more modern [[Merkava]] platform.

Paraguay retired three Shermans from the ''Regimiento Escolta Presidencial'' (REP, "Presidential Escort Regiment") in 2018, which marked the end of service of the final Sherman tanks in use anywhere in the world.<ref name=Rigas>{{Cite web |last1=Rivas | first1=Santiago | url = http://www.janes.com/article/79476/paraguayan-army-retires-last-m4-shermans-from-service | url-status=dead | title = Paraguayan Army retires last M4 Shermans from service | date=22 April 2018 | publisher = [[Jane's Information Group]] | access-date=23 April 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423201431/http://www.janes.com/article/79476/paraguayan-army-retires-last-m4-shermans-from-service |archive-date=23 April 2018}}</ref>

===Former operators===
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*{{ARG}}{{sfn|Tracol|2011|pp=4-7}}
*{{AUS}}: For testing purposes only.
*{{BEL}}: M4A3E4 Sherman was used.
*{{BRA}}{{sfn|Tracol|2012|pp=6-9}} 80 M4, M4A1 Shermans received
*{{CAN}}
*{{CHL}}
*{{PRC}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/china/m4a2-sherman-in-chinese-service/ | title=Medium Tank M4A2 Sherman in Chinese Service | date=7 April 2018 }}</ref>
*{{Flag|Republic of China (1912–1949)|name=Republic of China}}: Obtained through [[Lend-Lease Sherman tanks|Lend-Lease]].
*{{CUB}}
*{{DNK}}: M4A3E4 Sherman supplied by the US.
*{{EGY}}
*{{ETH}}
*{{FRA}}: 755
**{{Flagu|Free France}}
*{{GRC}}
*{{IND}}
*{{IRN}}
*{{ISR}}
*{{ITA}}: From post-WWII.
*{{IDN}}: Inherited from the Netherlands following independence in 1949.
*{{JPN}}: From post-WWII; M4A3E8 Sherman supplied by the US.
*{{KOR}}: 20 M4A3E8 ([[Republic of Korea Marine Corps|Marine Corps]], 1951), 388 M4A3E8 ([[Republic of Korea Army|Army]], 1954). Retired (1971, replaced by [[M48 Patton]]).<ref name="Korean War : Weapons of the United Nations"/>
*{{LBN}}
*{{MEX}}
*{{Flagu|Nazi Germany}}: As ''[[Beutepanzer]]'',<br />captured vehicles.
*{{NLD}}: The [[Royal Netherlands Army]] received 44 Sherman tanks in January 1952.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=3 January 1952|title= 44 Sherman-tanks |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010987794:mpeg21:a0051 |work= [[Amigoe|Amigoe di Curacao]] | language=Dutch}}</ref>
*{{NZL}}
*{{NIC}}: M4A3 (105)
*{{PAK}}: Received M4A1E6 Shermans from the US.
*{{PRY}}: Retired in April 2018.<ref name=Rigas/>
*{{PER}}
*{{flag|Philippines|1936}}
*{{POL}}
*{{POR}}: M4A3E4 Shermans used.
*{{Flagcountry|Union of South Africa}}
*{{USSR}}: 3,664.{{sfn|Baryatinsky|2006|p=67}}
*{{SWE}}: For testing purposes only.
*{{SYR}}: One turretless M4A1 Sherman.
*{{UGA}}<ref name="handbook">{{cite book | last=Copley | first=Gregory | title=Defense & Foreign Affairs Handbook 1999 | page=821}}</ref>
*{{TUR}}: 34 delivered in January 1945.<ref name="B&B41">{{cite magazine|language=fr|title=Le Blindorama : La Turquie, 1935 – 1945|magazine=Batailles & Blindés|issue=41|date=February 2011|publisher=Caraktère|issn=1765-0828|first=Yann|last=Mahé|pages=4–7}}</ref>
*{{GBR}}: 17,181.{{sfn|Baryatinsky|2006|p=66}}
*{{USA}}: Original operator, retired in 1957.
*{{YUG}}: 599 M4A3E4 Shermans received during the [[Informbiro period]].<ref>{{cite magazine|first1=Iztok |last1=Kočevar|title=Micmac à tire-larigot chez Tito: L'arme blindée yougoslave durant la Guerre froide|trans-title=The Yugoslav armored arm during the Cold War|magazine=Batailles et Blindés|language=fr|date=August 2014|publisher=Caraktère|issn=1765-0828|issue=62|pages=66–79}}</ref>

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