Airfix - 1:76 Sherman M4A2 Tank

The best known of all the American Tanks, the M4 Sherman was designed in 1941 as an improvement on the earlier Lee and Grant meduim tanks, and embodied the results of careful study of tank warfare in the first years of World War II. The M4 Sherman was the primary tank used by the Allies during World War II. Thousands were also distributed via lend-lease, including the British Commonwealth and Soviet armies. Britain named the M4 (MkI) after General William Tecumseh Sherman, following the British practice of naming their American-built tanks after famous American Civil War generals. Subsequently the British name found its way into common use in the U.S. Over 50,000 were