Does Anyone Have A Pointer To The Sherman Tank Program?

Trump was talking about his campaign rally, AKA, the 4th of July military parade, explaining why there won't be any tanks rolling down Pennsylvania Avenue:

You've got to be pretty careful with the tanks because the roads have a tendency not to like to carry heavy tanks so we have to put them in certain areas but we have the brand new Sherman tanks and we have the brand new Abrams tanks. We have some incredible equipment, military equipment on display -- brand new. And we're very proud of it

Anyone know that the newest Sherman tank model is?

There will be 2 Abrams tanks, on display. They're being trucked in, and will be on a static display, somewhere.

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windinhishair · 70-79, M

The M4 Sherman was the main U.S. military battle tank during World War II. More than 50,000 Shermans were produced during the war. The tank proved to be inferior to most German panzers and it took the Army some time to develop tactics to make the best of the Sherman's limited protection and firepower.

Although the U.S. military stopped using Sherman tanks after the Korean War, Paraguay continued to use the M4 until 2018, according to the Army.

Defense officials were unclear what the president meant by "brand new Sherman tanks." A White House spokesman declined to elaborate on Trump's remarks.

It was unclear on Monday whether the Army has any Shermans left in its inventory of tracked vehicles.

Looks like he's off by about 70 years. Nothing new there.

Northwest · M

@windinhishair OK, that explains it ;-)

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You have to realize how limited his awareness is. The only way that they can communicate that a threat level has been heightened is by them explaining to him that they’re raising it from Bert to Ernie

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