The British M4 Sherman Firefly was based on America’s Sherman tank but had added improvements, like its powerful 77mm gun, to take down its German rivals. Fireflies became the most-used tanks in ...

U.S. Army Pvt. James G. Loterbaugh died in 1944. His family recently learned his remains have been positively identified thanks to DNA testing.

The StuG III, or Sturmgeschütz III, was the most produced German armored fighting vehicle ... this tank destroyer was based on the M4 Sherman chassis while mounting the 3-inch gun M7 in an ...

That replacement armor was the M4 Sherman, and it became the workhorse ... 75 mm guns had proven effective against German light and medium tanks, so outfitting it on the new tank design was ...