The M4 Sherman tank was one of the most iconic machines of World War II but what made it so good? | The War Rooms

“The Tank That Breathed Fire: The Untold Story of How American Engineers Turned the Ordinary M4 Sherman Into a Flamethrowing Nightmare That Terrified Entire Battalions, Changed the Face of Pacific Warfare Forever, and Became the One Secret Weapon the Enemy Never Saw Coming Until the Jungle Itself Started to Burn” It began, as most nightmares do, with silence. The jungle was quiet that morning—too quiet. The kind of silence that comes not from peace, but from anticipation. In the sweltering humid