Arguably the most famous Allied tank of the Second World War, the American built M4 Sherman medium tank was produced in vast quantities, with almost 50,000 being built by the end of WWII. Fast and extremely reliable, the Sherman featured innovations such as an automatic gearbox and gyro-stabilised gun elevation.It was also built for ease of transportation, with four hoist points at each corner of the tank, allowing it to be loaded to and from cargo ships with ease. The Sherman may not have been a match for the mighty German Tigers and Panthers they faced following D-Day, but numerical superiority ensured they would ultimately prevail.