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Production of the M4A3 tank began in June 1942
it would have had a welded hull and one piece cast nose, with a 75mm cannon.
And was manufactured by Ford Motor Company. It would have had a Ford GAA V8 engine.
Chrysler Corporation was the sole manufacturer of 105mm armed Shermans.
The production started in February 1944 and ended in March 1945.

The M4A3 would be the base for what would be the final Sherman type in US Army
Several types were built and slowly upgraded.

Additional armor plate was often welded in front of the driver and co/driver’s position at the front of the tank and at the side to give them greater protection.

The M3A3 would be the preferred and most reliable Sherman tank in the US Army in both the 75mm and 76mm armed tanks.

In October, 1942, the Chrysler Corporation began work on the development of a gun mount that could be adapted to the Sherman's standard 75mm turret.
A prototype was done in January, 1943. but the first prototype was rejected and the second had a redesigned breechblock and would be accepted.

Chrysler produced its first 2 M4(105)s in February,
1944 and had completed 211 units by the end of April.

A total production was 800 M4(105) Shermans with VVSS, and 841 M4(105) Shermans with HVSS.

Later version would have had the E8 Horizontal Volute Suspension System.

The Horizontal Volute Suspension System was developed to reduce Ground Pressure and keep up with the Shermans additional weight.
The HVSS system had a much wider 23 inch track, but still remained a bolt on module.
It could replace the VVSS suspension on any version of the Sherman or anything based on its hull.
It was very well received and used on many late production Sherman models and a few of the variants. It solved the flotation problem with no drawbacks.

The 105mm would see action in the Korean war and would be used by several countries after the war, like the Netherlands.

The Sherman 105mm was used by the Dutch army and after it service was over it was send to the artillery shooting camp Oldenbroek in the late 1950s, to be used as a range target.

It was salvaged in 2018 together with another Sherman tank and send to Nieuwdorp.

Volunteers from the Liberation Museum spent 16 months restoring this tank.
It is made to look like a tank from A Squadron of The Fort Garry Horse (10th Armored Regiment).
On October 30, 1944, this Canadian regiment with Sherman tanks entered Nieuwdorp
and gave support fire from the seawall to the allied troops who crossed the Sloe to Eastern Walcheren.

On Tuesday, May 14, 2019, the restored tank was placed in the Liberation Park Zeeland.

The tank was moved to the movie theatre in Vlissingen for the promotion of the movie Slag om de Schelde in 2020.

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