Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: M4A1 Sherman yakatanga kuona kurwa muHondo yechipiri yeEl Alamein muna Gumiguru 1942 neBritish 8th Army. MaSherman okutanga okuU.S. muhondo aiva M4A1 mu
Operation "Torch" mwedzi unouya. 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.