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Old 09-30-2011, 05:24 AM
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You know if I remember correctly during WW2 the M4 was not officially known as the Sherman. I think it was the Brits that gave it that moniker. Actually they may have started the naming of Tanks. Silly Brits.
Yep, the Brits named our tanks -- and aircraft* -- early on the war. I think the only US tanks named by the Americans in WWII were the M-24 Chaffee and M-26 Pershing. Not sure about the M-22 Locust.

*Some aircraft were named (and trademarked!) by the companies that built them before the war, for marketing purposes
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