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The M4 Sherman, officially Medium Tank, M4,
was the most widely used medium tank by the United States
and Western Allies in WWII.
The M4 Sherman proved to be reliable, relatively cheap to produce,
and available in great numbers.
It was also the basis of several other armored fighting vehicles
including self-propelled artillery, tank destroyers, and
armored recovery vehicles.

The M4(75) Sherman would have had a cast nose,
turret and a welded hull, with a 75mm cannon.
It would have had applique armour welded in
front of the crew positions
and additional armour welded to the sides.

M4 was fitted a Continental R975-C1 or -C4 9 cylinder
radial gasoline engine.
The M4 would see service with other countries like
Britain, France and Poland.
Production would stop in 1944 after 6748 were produced.

This Sherman with serial number 30270, RN 3038800,
was manufactured by Pullman standard in May, 1943.

It was abandoned on December 19, 1944,
after it ran into a dung pit, and got stuck.
It was removed and placed on the Place Des Martyrs.

During the start of the Battle of the Bulge
this Command Sherman, commanded
by Lieutenant Colonel R. W. Ripple,
had to retreat from it's position at Erpeldange,
and moved to Wiltz.

Arriving at Wiltz, the Sherman came
under fire and Ripples driver reversed
the Sherman into a house,that collapsed
instantly, the tank was now stuck
under a lot of rubble,the Sherman made
it's way out but ran into a dung pit,
were it got stuck again.

The crew abandoned the Sherman, but were captured,
and send to a POW camp, for the remainder of the war.

Lieutenant Colonel Richard W. Ripple,
returned to the town of Wiltz in 1994, and was
pleasantly surprised, that his tank had
become a monument to the Battle.

Richard W. Ripple passed away at the age of 85 in 1998.

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