"Send as many M4 medium tanks as possible to the Middle East as quickly as possible."(free translation)

These were the words that British Prime Minister Churchill spoke to US President Roosevelt, who was also present, when Tobruk was captured by the German Africa Corps led by General Rommel.

As a result, the M4tanks that were scheduled to be supplied to the US Army were hastily provided to the British Army in North Africa,

where they played a key role in the Battle of El Alamein, and subsequently led the Allied forces to victory on the North African front, the Italian front, and the European front after the Normandy landings. It is no exaggeration to say that the M4A1 was like a "goddess of victory" for the Allied forces.

Although it is designated "M4A1", it was deployed to the front lines before the "M4".

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「できるだけ多くのM4中戦車をください。それをできるだけ早く中東に送ってください」

トブルク要塞をロンメル将軍率いるドイツ・アフリカ軍団に攻略された際、チャーチル英首相が同席していた

ルーズベルト米大統領に向けて言った言葉です。

これにより米陸軍に供給される予定だったM4戦車は急遽北アフリカのイギリス陸軍に供与され、

エル・アラメイン会戦の立役者となり、その後は北アフリカ戦線、イタリア戦線、ノルマンディー上陸以後のヨーロッパ戦線と、

連合軍を勝利に導いていきます。連合軍にとっては「勝利の女神」的存在と言ってもあながち過言ではないでしょう。

「M4A1」と型番が付いていますが、戦線に配備されたのは「M4」よりもこちらが先です。