Sherman II ARV III - M32B1 TRV (M4A1 Sherman II chassis) recovery vehicle.Sherman VII - M4A6 with 75 mm M3 L/40 gun (delivered to British with Ordnance RD-1820 diesel engine).Sherman VI - M4A5 (paper designation to prevent confusion with Canadian production).Sherman V - M4A4 with 75 mm M3 L/40 gun.Sherman IVBY - M4A3(105) HVSS, Sherman IVB with HVSS.Sherman IVB - M4A3(105), Sherman IV with 105 mm M4 L/22.5 howitzer.Sherman IVA - M4A3(76)W, Sherman IV with 76 mm M1A2 L/55 gun.Sherman IV - M4A3 with 75 mm M3 L/40 gun (no Sherman IVs used operationally).Sherman IIIAY - M4A2(76)W HVSS, Sherman IIIA with HVSS (not used operationally by UK troops).Sherman IIIA - M4A2(76)W, Sherman III with 76 mm M1A2 L/55 gun (unlikely to have been used by UK troops).Sherman III - M4A2 with 75 mm M3 L/40 gun.Sherman IIAY - M4A1(76)W HVSS, Sherman IIA with HVSS.Sherman IIA - M4A1(76)W, Sherman II with 76 mm M1 L/55 gun.Sherman II - M4A1 with 75 mm M3 L/40 gun.Sherman IB - Sherman I with 105 mm M4 L/22.5 howitzer.Sherman Hybrid I - Sherman I with composite hull (cast front, welded rear).Letters after the mark number denoted modifications to the base model: "A" for the 76 mm L/55 gun instead of the 75mm, "B" for the 105 mm M4 L/22.5 howitzer, "C" for the (British) QF 17 pounder (76.2 mm) gun, and "Y" for the wider tracked HVSS type suspension. In the British naming system the major variants were identified by Mark numbers, the M4 being "Sherman I", the M4A1 "Sherman II" and so on. The US later adopted the name and the practice of naming tanks after generals. The British practice of naming American tanks after American Civil War generals was continued, giving it the name General Sherman after Union General William Tecumseh Sherman, usually shortened to Sherman. The British received far more M4 medium tanks, approximately 17,000 (roughly 34% of all M4s produced), than any other Allied nation.
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