Chrysler built M4A4 Sherman Tank Photos

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Chrysler Built M4A4 Sherman Tank Photos
Built at the Detroit Tank Arsenal
1941-Present

This page updated 11-2-2022.

The M4A4 was just one of several types of tanks that Chrysler Warren built during WWII. It was powered by the Chrysler designed and built A57 multibank engine. Chrysler was the only manufacturer of the M4A4. The M3, M4 and M4A3 were also included in Chrysler's tank output during WWII.

The M4A4 can be identified by the protrusion for the radiator behind the turret on the engine deck. There is also a wider spacing of the bogies compared to the other types of M4 tanks, due to having to make room for the radiator in the engine bay. All of the M4A4 tanks were small hatch.

Chrysler marked its serial numbers on the rear towing eyelets. I have included photos of the serial number for those M4A4s that I was able to photograph. In some cases the paint was too thick over the numbers or was nothing legible. For many there was no evidence of a serial number. For the remaining, the readability of the numbers ranges from minimal to excellent.

Most of the M4A4 tanks were given to the British. The US Army used some for desert training at Fort Irwin, CA and in China and Burma.

The M4A4 Sherman tank is defined by the Chrysler A57 multibank engine. Author's photo taken at Chrysler Museum.

Serial Number: 18108
US Registration Number: 3018414
Date Built: June 1943
Location: Patton Museum, Fort Knox, KY
Nickname: Storm
Date of Photo: 10-15-2016
This tank was previously used as a target in the United Kingdom before coming to the Patton Museum, which accounts for all the pot marks on it. The turret was from another tank on the range, and when the turret was installed on the hull, the barrel was intentionally made to look like it had blown up. Some docents at the Patton Museum will say this tank is a D-Day combat veteran, and that a round exploded in the barrel because it became too hot during a fire fight. This is not true.

Note that the Patton Museum has misidentified this as an M4A2. Author's photo.

Author's photo.

Note the wider spacing between the bogies. Author's photo.

The air intake and the top of the radiator and radiator cap. Author's photo.

Author's photo.

Serial Number: 18688
US Registration Number: 3018994
Date Built: February 1943
Location: Evansville Wartime Museum, Evansville, IN
Nickname: Cheyenne
Date of Photos: 10-29-2022
This M4A4(75) was put on display at the Museum on July 1, 2022. It served with British forces under Lend-Lease and was marked T147946.

Author's photo.

Serial Number: 21169
US Registration Number: 3021475
Date Built: June 1943
Location: Arnhem War Museum, Schaarsbergen Netherlands
Date of Photo: 9-17-2016

Photo courtesy of David D Jackson, Jr.

Serial Number: 21424
US Registration Number: 3021730
Date Built: July 1943
Location: Canadian War Museum, Ottawa, CA
Nickname: Forceful III
Date of Photo: 6-26-2016

Author's photo.

The serial number 21424 is plainly evident on the tow lug. Author's photo.