All three vehicles have stronger cannons than the Sherman, and the Sherman can be used as bait, while the other vehicles defeat heavier units.

To counter heavier vehicles, it is best to either use numbers and overwhelm the enemy with the Sherman's manoeuvrability and attack through the side and rear or to used mixed combat methods by incorporating the M36 Jackson tank destroyer, M26 Pershing tank, or the M10 Wolverine tank destroyer.

Sherman tanks are equipped with a 75mm M3 cannon which can use both AP and HE rounds, and this allows Sherman tanks to engage light and medium tanks with ease however against heavier tanks such as the Panther, Tiger I, Tiger B, IS-2 and other heavy units, the Sherman would be easily defeated. A normal M4A3 Sherman costs 340 manpower, 110 fuel and 12 population, which means that it is a very cost effective and efficient unit to have, yet is more expensive and overall superior to the Soviet T-34/76 Medium Tank, yet overall slightly weaker than the Ostheer Panzer IV.

The M4 Sherman is the main tank used by the US Forces, and can be unlocked after upgrading the Battalion Command Post.

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