M4A3E8 Sherman Tank

M4A3E8 Sherman Tank Height 2.97 meters Length 6.27 meters Targets Mysterians Varan Mothra Godzilla Mu Empire Gamera Gaira Anguirus Megalon Titanosaurus Piloted by Multiple

The M4A3E8 Sherman Tank is an American battle tank manufactured by Ford Motor Company. It appears in the 1957 Toho film, The Mysterians and several kaiju films.

History

• The Mysterians (1957)
• Varan (1958)
• Mothra (1961)
• King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
• Atragon (1963)
• Gamera the Giant Monster (1965)
• The War of the Gargantuas (1966)
• Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972) [stock footage]
• Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) [stock footage]
• Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975) [stock footage]
• Godzilla Final Wars (2004) [stock footage]

Showa era

The Mysterians

The M4A3E8 Sherman Tanks appeared to attack the Mysterian Dome, but they were melted by the Dome's weaponry.

Varan

The tanks appeared again to attack Varan.

Mothra

The tanks appeared to attack Mothra.

King Kong vs. Godzilla

As Godzilla made landfall, he arrived near a military base. A group of Sherman Tanks rolled into battle but were set on fire by Godzilla's atomic breath, the heat is given off by the beam being intense enough to literally melt the heavily-armored vehicles.

Atragon

The tanks appeared to fight the attacking Mu Empire.

Gamera the Giant Monster

To be added

The War of the Gargantuas

The tanks fought against Gaira.

Godzilla vs. Gigan

The tanks appeared to fight Anguirus.

Godzilla vs. Megalon

The tanks appeared to fight Megalon.

Terror of Mechagodzilla

The tanks appeared to fight Titanosaurus.

Capabilities

Cannon

The M4A3E8 is armed with a 76 mm M1A2 main cannon.

Machine gun

The M4A3E8 is equipped with a .50 cal Browning M2HB heavy machine gun and two .30-06 Browning M1919 medium machine guns.

Land speed

The M4A3E8 is able to travel up to 42 kilometers per hour.

Comics

• Godzilla: The Half-Century War #1 (2012)

Gallery

Mothra

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  An M4A3E8 Sherman in Mothra

Gamera the Giant Monster

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  An M4A3E8 Sherman in Gamera the Giant Monster

Trivia

• Over 50,000 Shermans were made during World War II, with numerous countries using them since then. The last country to use Shermans was Paraguay, which retired them in 2018.
• Due to the Sherman being designed for average-sized American men during World War II, Japanese tankers who operated the vehicles after the war found them to be very roomy and comfortable but a bit hard to operate.^{[citation needed]}

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