I was in Sagan Poland, and there were old barracks there from the Soviet occupation. They had tanks displayed in the front of what I believe was the main building. There was a Sherman there. It was next to a statue of one of the Polish generals who fought in WW II. So the first thought that came to mind was, he must have landed in Normandy or fought in Italy as a Tank Commander. WRONG! It seems we sent “thousands” of Shermans to Russia under lend lease. I later found a picture of a captured Sherman in Russia by the Italian troops. The tank I saw had a cupola that looked like a German Panther. I later learned, they were modified and they added an upgraded gun to it. There was a Russian Tank Division that used all Shermans.
This was the first tank to enter Berlin. That is Daddy sitting on the monument. Only a few days after this picture was made, the tank and monument was blown up during the night. I posted a similar picture of the same monument while it was being constructed, sometime back, and was told it was a JSII I think.Probably several division in the Red Army used the Sherman.
We sent them 4,100 M4A2 Sherman tanks. Roughly 2000 with 75mm guns and 2000 with the 76mm gun