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Originally Posted by copeab
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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Yes, the Sherman name, IIRC, was actually a suggestion from the British. We did name the M-3, though -- the Grant for the American version and the Lee for the British version. (The Lee had a bigger turret because the British wanted to stuff more radios into some of their M-3s.)