'A' Squadron Sherman tank, Normandy, 1944

Photograph by Major W H J, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), World War Two, North West Europe (1944-1945), 1944.

The American-built Sherman medium tank was the mainstay of the Allied armoured formations that landed in Normandy in June 1944. Although its armour was thinner than that of the heaviest German tanks, it was comparatively fast and manouvreable, mechanically reliable and easy to manufacture and service.

From an album containing 210 photographs compiled by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), 1944.