Lend Lease Complaints: M4A2 Sherman

Both the British Commonwealth forces and the Red Army used the M4A2 Sherman tank. Their Shermans fought in different theaters of war and encountered very different conditions, but the complaints about these tanks were shockingly similar. In this video I compare the shortcomings noted by the British and the Soviets, which ones were the same, and which ones were different. **Sources and further reading** P. Samsonov, Sherman Tanks of the Red Army https://www.tankarchives.com/2020/12/... https://www.tankarchives.com/2018/12/... https://www.tankarchives.com/2023/08/... https://www.tankarchives.com/2020/09/... https://www.tankarchives.com/2022/02/... https://www.tankarchives.com/2021/01/... https://tankarchives.blogspot.com/201... https://www.tankarchives.com/2018/07/... https://www.tankarchives.com/2015/03/... https://www.tankarchives.com/2014/09/... https://web.archive.org/web/202410151... https://web.archive.org/web/202501190... ** SECTIONS GO HERE ** 00:00 Intro 02:35 Fuel injectors 05:41 Manufacturing defects 08:06 Road wheels and tracks 11:28 Direct vision ports and gun sights 12:48 Thin side armour and vulnerable ammo racks 13:44 Unique complaints 17:24 Conclusions **My books** Hetzer vs SU-76M: Hungary 1945 Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Hetzer-vs-76M-... Direct from publisher: https://www.ospreypublishing.com/us/h... ACHTUNG TIGER! How the Allies defeated Germany's heavy tank Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/ACHTUNG-TIGER-... Direct from publisher: https://www.lulu.com/shop/peter-samso... British Tanks of the Red Army Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/British-Tanks-... Direct from publisher: https://www.mortonsbooks.co.uk/produc... Panzer III vs. T-34: Eastern Front 1941 Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Panzer-III-T-3... Direct from publisher: https://www.ospreypublishing.com/ca/p... IS-2: Design, Development, and Production of Stalin's War Hammer Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/2-Development-... Direct from publisher: http://is-2-tank.com/ Designing the T-34 Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Designing-T-34... Direct from publisher: https://www.mortonsbooks.co.uk/produc... E-book: https://pocketmags.com/mortons-books-... Sherman Tanks of the Red Army Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Sherman-Tanks-... Direct from publisher: https://www.mortonsbooks.co.uk/produc... **My sites** Blog: http://www.tankarchives.com/ Facebook:   / tankarchivesblog   Twitter:   / tank_archives   Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tankarchives... Email: tankarchives@gmail.com