Post–World War II Sherman tanks

Medium Tank M4A4 Sherman V (early)
Medium Tank M4A4 Sherman V, a major export type during World War II, in Yad la-Shiryon Museum, Israel.
Specifications
Weight	31.6 tonnes (67,000 lb)
Length	6.06 m (19.88 ft)
Width	2.62 m (8.58 ft)
Height	2.74 m (9 ft)
Crew	5 (Commander, gunner, loader, driver, co-driver)
Armor	13 - 76 mm (0.5 - 3.0 in)
Main armament	1x 75 mm M3 L/40 Gun 97 rounds
Secondary armament	1x .50 cal Browning M2HB machinegun 300 rounds 2× .30-06 Browning M1919A5 machineguns 4,750 rounds
Engine	Chrysler A57, 30 cylinder gasoline 425 hp gross @ 2850 rpm 370 hp net @ 2400 rpm
Power/weight	16.5 hp/tonne
Suspension	Vertical Volute Spring Suspension (VVSS)
Operational range	161 km (100 mi) with 160 gal/80 octane
Speed	40.2 km/h (25 mi/h) (brief level)

This article deals with Sherman tanks extensive use around the world after World War II and catalogues foreign post–World War II use and conversions of Sherman tanks and variants based on the Sherman chassis.

See Rocket artillery for rocket/missile tank photos.

See Armoured recovery vehicle for TRV/ARV photo.

After World War II, demilitarized Shermans were widely available and relatively cheap. Many were heavily modified for use in the construction, forestry, and mining industries. Often, the turret and upper hull were completely removed and replaced with whatever equipment was required for the vehicle's new role.

The Finning Tank Drill, a rock drill used in logging road construction, was produced for many years in British Columbia, with the models M32F and M40F using Sherman chassis. The M32F utilized the standard M4 VVSS suspension while the M40F used the HVSS system. The earlier M4 tank drill used the M4 High Speed Tractor as a carrier. Traxxon also produced a similar machine using the HVSS suspension. Also built and used in British Columbia was the Madill 071 minitower yarder. This was a Sherman undercarriage, either original or a new mild steel copy, with a 45 ft tower and 3 working cable drums mounted on top built for cable logging.

A Canadian company, Morpac Industries, Inc., still produces heavy-duty, off-road load carriers based on Sherman components. These vehicles are used in the construction of electricity transmission lines in remote areas.

In 1947 Vickers produced the Shervick which was a Sherman chassis converted into a heavy tractor. It was designed to be used in East Africa to clear land for peanut farming as part of the Tanganyika groundnut scheme.

Canada left all its wartime Shermans in Europe, giving them to the Dutch and Belgian armies. In 1946, Canada purchased 300 M4A2 76mm (W) HVSS Shermans. Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) operated a squadron of US-loaned M4A3(76)W HVSS in the Korean War. The Shermans were replaced in the Regular Force with the Centurion in the late 1950s, and remained in use in reserve armoured regiments until 1970.

Canada used Grizzly/Skink Kangaroo APC variants into the 1950s and beginning in 1954 transferred at least 40 to Portugal, some of which were found in a Portuguese scrapyard in 1995. When Canada's post–World War II M4A2(76)W HVSS Shermans were obsolete, it also converted some to Kangaroos and used them into the 1960s until replacement by M113s. A proposed purpose-built Canadian armored vehicle, the Bobcat, never materialized.