Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - M4A1 Sherman yakatanga kurwisana muHondo yechipiri yeEl Alamein muna October 1942 neuto rechi8 reBritain. MaSherman okutanga eU.S. muhondo aiva maM4A1 muOperation "Torch"
mwedzi unotevera. Panguva iyi, maSherman akabudirira kurwisa maGerman Panzer IIIs aine pfuti refu ye50mm L60, uye maPanzer IVs aine pfuti pfupi ye75mm L24. Mamwe M4 uye M4A1s vakatsiva M3 Lees muUS battalion battalions munguva yeNorth Africa mishandirapamwe. Zvisinei, pakazosvika June 1944, matangi mazhinji eGermany akanga ane pfuti uye 75 mm Shermans akanga ane pfuti. M4 neM4A1 ndidzo dzaive mhando huru mumayuniti eU.S. kusvika mukupera kwa1944, apo Mauto akatanga kudzitsiva neyakasarudzika M4A3 ine injini yayo ine simba. Vamwe M4s uye M4A1s akaramba ari US basa nokuda kwasara hondo.