M4A1(76) Sherman - Walkaround - Memorial de Montormel.

Production of the M4A1 tank began in February 1942 after the British placed an order, it would have had a cast nose, turret and a one-piece cast hull, with a 75mm cannon. And was manufactured by Lima Locomotive Works. These tanks were designed on British specs and were fitted with the Continental R-975 air-cooled radial engine. The M4A1 would be replaced on December 1943, by the M4A1(76)w, which received a more recent 76 mm M1 main gun, A new turret with a new commander cupola featuring 6 prismatic vision blocks and a new modernized Continental R975-C1 engine. Additional armor plate was often welded in front of the driver and co/driver’s position at the front of the tank and at the side to give them greater protection. Later version would be identical to the M4A1(76)W, but had the E8 Horizontal Volute Suspension System. The M4A1(76)w Sherman was a pretty successful vehicle and had an efficient gun. After the war, it would be used by countries like The Netherlands and France. This M4A1 76w Sherman has no historical information and was probably a postwar French vehicle It was placed here with several other vehicles at the Memorial Montormel The Memorial de Montormel in Normandy Situated on hill 262 was built in 1965 The success of Operation Cobra provided the Allies with an opportunity to cut off and destroy most German forces American British Polish and Canadian armies converged on the area around Falaise trapping the German 7th Army and elements of the 5th Panzer Army in what became known as the Falaise pocket The site and the summit of Hill 262 was were the Polish tanks took position and this is were the pocket was officially closed on 21 August 1944 A museum was added to the site in 1994 just in time for the 50th anniversary of the battle Situated on hill 262 ■ So want to help keep me and the channel going? Please consider buying a cup of coffee! supporting me on Patreon and Buymeacoffee will get you access to extra content for three channels in total. ■ Support me on my Patreon  ■ Or buy me a Coffee on ■ Store: ■ Information obtained from several sites. ■ Wikipedia ■ tanks-encyclopedia ■ ■ preservedtanks ■ ■ ■ Some music is from the YouTube Audio Library. ■ Music used: Copyright fair use notice All media used in this video is used for the purpose of education under the terms of fair use. All footage and images used belong to their copyright holders.