Sherman M4A1 - COBI plastic kit

Model dimensions: 170 x 115 x 80 mm

The M4 Sherman (official designation of the US Army Medium Tank, M4) was the most famous American tank in and shortly after World War II. It was named by the British troops after the American General Sherman. With nearly fifty thousand produced, it was the second most numerous tank of the war, surpassed only by the Russian T-34. In addition to deployment in the US armed forces, it was supplied to other powers resisting Germany as part of a lend-lease program: More than a third of all Shermans produced went to the British Army, four thousand to the Soviet Union. At the time of the first battles, the Sherman was better armed and armored than any German tank, against the most widespread machines Panzerkampfwagen IV and Sturmgeschütz III it remained effective until the end of the war, but it could not measure up to the heaviest tanks of the enemy.