M4A2 Sherman

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Michael R.

'Haliburton' is a 'large hatch' M4A2E8 76(w) HVSS made at the Fisher Tank Arsenal, Production Order T-13901. Serial number 69162, R/N USA 30129641. The 76mm M1A2 main gun was made at Oldsmobile.

This tank was produced under the Fourth Russian Protocol of the Lend Lease agreement. It did not ship from the USA to Russia before the cancellation of the Lend Lease program. It was purchased by Canada in 1946 and used a training tank.

All this information is posted on-line, the better source is the fine work done by Mr. Baun, et al (including Hanno Spoelstra and Joe DeMarco.)

Thanks for sharing, but to be totally correct - it is a M4A2(76)W HVSS. E8 was the experimental designation of the HVSS suspension. When taken in production "HVSS" was added to the designation, rather than E8.

From my website: http://www.mapleleafup.nl/g104/cdn.htm:

In 1946 the Royal Canadian Corps was equipped with 300 M4A2(76)W HVSS Shermans, bought from the US for $1,460.00 each. They were used for training only. After being replaced by Centurions, the Shermans were passed down to various Militia regiments. The Lord Strathcona's Horse Regiment which served in Korea used M4A3(76)W HVSS Shermans supplied by the USA.