![]() ![]() All 75mm and 76mm Shermans were designated M-50 Super Shermans. These were retrofitted with new turrets housing French 75mm/.62-caliber high-velocity main guns. Further, 40 former French Shermans equipped with French AMX-13 turrets were captured from Egypt in 1956. ![]() In order to accommodate the long, heavy French gun, the Sherman turrets were modified with gun braces forward and counterweights on the bustle. Over the years, many were refitted with an American 76mm main gun and the remainder with a French 75mm/.62-caliber high-velocity (3,200-feet/second) main gun. A large number of these were acquired from the French Army just before the 1956 Sinai Campaign. Over the years, the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) acquired hundreds of U.S.-manufactured M4A1 and M4A3 medium Sherman tanks. ![]()
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