Sherman tank
WWII American armor
A Sherman tank is the M4 medium tank used extensively by Allied forces during World War II—the most widely produced American tank of the war.
The name honors Civil War general William Tecumseh Sherman.
By extension, Sherman tank sometimes describes anything large and unstoppable: She drove that old station wagon like a Sherman tank.
U.S. military rifle
- turretProtruding fortified structure
- cannonLarge mounted gun
- hullOuter covering or frame
- tracksMarks showing passage
armor · engine · gunner · loader · commander · periscope · hatch · transmission
WWII armor general
- armored divisionMilitary formation with tanks
- cavalryMounted military force
- ThunderboltHardware data transfer protocol
- spearheadLead an effort
1944 Normandy invasion
- NormandyNorthern French coastal region
- Operation OverlordWWII cross-channel assault codename
- GuadalcanalMelanesian island, fierce 1942 fighting
- Iwo JimaJapanese volcanic island battlefield
Okinawa · Ardennes · hedgerows · North Africa · Sicily · Italy · European theater · liberation
U.S. main battle tank
- Israeli Defense ForcesJewish state's military
- KoreaEast Asian divided peninsula
- museumPublic exhibit space
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
monument · restoration · preserved · veteran · mass production · Detroit · Chrysler
German armored fighting vehicle
- TigerFierce personal name
- PantherFierce team moniker
- hedgerowLinear shrub boundary
- flankingAt the sides of
combined arms · hull-down · ambush · armor-piercing · high-explosive · penetration · ricochet · knocked out
Bioluminescent flying beetle
- JumboFamed showman's elephant
- CalliopeGreek muse of epics
- long barrelFirearm tube for accuracy
M4
U.S. military rifle
tracks · armor · engine · gunner · loader · commander · periscope · hatch · transmission · suspension
Patton
WWII armor general
- armored divisionMilitary formation with tanks
- cavalryMounted military force
- ThunderboltHardware data transfer protocol
D-Day
1944 Normandy invasion
- NormandyNorthern French coastal region
- Operation OverlordWWII cross-channel assault codename
- GuadalcanalMelanesian island, fierce 1942 fighting
Iwo Jima · Okinawa · Ardennes · hedgerows · North Africa · Sicily · Italy · European theater · liberation · Anzio
Abrams
U.S. main battle tank
- Israeli Defense ForcesJewish state's military
- KoreaEast Asian divided peninsula
- museumPublic exhibit space
memorial · monument · restoration · preserved · veteran · mass production · Detroit · Chrysler
Panzer
German armored fighting vehicle
flanking · combined arms · hull-down · ambush · armor-piercing · high-explosive · penetration · ricochet · knocked out · brew up
Firefly
Bioluminescent flying beetle
- JumboFamed showman's elephant
- CalliopeGreek muse of epics
- long barrelFirearm tube for accuracy
- military equipmenttanks, assault rifle, missiles, grenade, submarines
- weaponsknife, gun, sword, swords, rifle
- World War IIAllies, Nazi, Hitler, Axis, Third Reich
- WWIID-Day, Pearl Harbor, Normandy, Hiroshima, Holocaust
- D-DayD-Day, Normandy, Omaha Beach, Utah Beach, Gold Beach
- Tank warfaretanks, MBT, turret, hull, tracks
Sherman tankpeace
Freedom from disturbance
olive branch · peace treaty · armistice · dove · disarmament
Sherman tankcivilian
Non-military person
sitting duck · refugee · soft target · foxhole · open city
tanked, tanker, tank, tanking, tankful, tankers, think tank, tanklike, fish tank