tank, Forceful III
Report a Mistake- Object Number 20040043-001
- Event 1939-1945 Second World War
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer --
- Date Made --
- Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - Canada
- Category Distribution and transportation artifacts
- Sub-category Land transportation, motorized
- Department Arms and Technology
- Museum CWM
- Brand Name / Model M4A4 (Sherman V)
- Materials Metal
- Service Component Canadian Army
- Unit 4th Armoured Division21ST CANADIAN ARMOURED REGIMENT
- Person / Institution Associated Military Personnel, Conlon, Mr. Cleve W.Associated Military Personnel
- Measurements Height 274.0 cm, Length 606.0 cm, Width 262.0 cm
- Caption Medium Tank, M4A4 Sherman
- Additional Information Sherman Tank. The American-made M4 Sherman tank was the workhorse of the Canadian Armoured Corps from 1943. With a crew of five, its armament consisted of a 75mm millimetre gun and a number of machine guns. Normandy Veteran "Forceful III," an M4A4 Sherman tank of the Governor General's Foot Guards, landed in France in July 1944. Although damaged on several occasions, it was the regiment's only tank, of the 69 issued before D-Day, to fight through France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany without being put out of action. It was brought back to Canada in 1946.