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| 01 M4A3E8 Sherman Easy Eight Bulldozer Tank | 02 M4A3 Easy 8 Sherman Tank | 03 M4A3 Easy 8 Sherman Tank | 04 Sherman Bulldozer Tank |
M4A3E8 Sherman Easy Eight Tank Specifications:
More M4 Sherman Tanks at other Military Museums in the Northeast |
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| A cutaway Sherman Tank where you can view its interior can be found in the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa, Canada | Another nicely restored M4A2E8 Sherman Tank at the West Point Military Museum in West Point, NY |
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| Another M4A3E8 Easy Eight Sherman Tank at the Patton Museum in Fort Knox, KY | A restored M4A2 Sherman Tank at the US Army Ordnance Museum in Aberdeen, MD |
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| M4A3 Sherman Tank at the Patton Museum in Fort Knox, KY | M4A3 Sherman Tank at the Militia Museum of NJ in Sea Girt, NJ |
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| M4A1 Sherman Tank at the Pennsylvania Military Museum in Boalsburgh, PA | |
Length: 19 feet 5 inches
Width: 8 feet, 4 inches
Height: 8 feet, 0 inch
Crew: 5
Weight: 32 Tons
Max Speed: 29mph
Range: 100 miles
Armor: 2 inch frontal
Powerplant: One Ford V8 Gas Engine 450hp
Fuel Capacity: 158 gallons
Armament:
76mm M1 main gun
One 7.62mm coax Machine Gun
One 7.62mm bow Machine Gun
One 50 cal Machine Gun
Entered Service: April 1945
Unit Cost: $
Amazingly this Sherman Tank had been buried on the grounds of a hospital in NY State for 21 years. According to the museum, the Central Islip Psychiatric Center used the Sherman Bulldozer Tank for moving coal and and rail cars on the hospital grounds after WWII. When the museum switched from coal to gas the tank was no longer needed and fell into disrepair. The hospital officials found it was cheaper to bury it on the property than have it hauled away so into the ground it went. Here are two great stories on the search and recovery of this Sherman Tank on the AAF Tank Museum's website:
http://www.aaftankmuseum.com/Archive11M4A3E8.htm
http://www.aaftankmuseum.com/Sherman%20story.doc