In some roles, it was replaced by the M41. As a main battle tank, it was replaced by the M47 Patton.
The M46 Patton
No, some of the first tanks used were the B1 Bis, FT-17, Panzer 1, Panzer 2, Panzer 3, T-26 and T-34. The Sherman wasn't used until late 1941, 2 years after the war ended.
M48 Patton tanks entered US service after the Korean War and fought in the Vietnam War. The first of Patton series tanks, the M46 Patton, served in the Korean War. The M46 was simply a modified M26 Pershing tank. The M47 Patton never saw combat with the US military.
It was on the Korean Peninsula. That's why it is called the Korean War.
The Korean War was followed by the Vietnam War.
See website: Korean War
Sherman
The Sherman tank was used in the Western front of World War 2 by the American forces. They were used from July 1944- May 1945.
The US built Sherman medium tank.
machine gun
The M4 Sherman Tank would take a maximum of five crew. There are seats for the gunner, loader, machine gunner, driver and Captain.
US, UK and USSR
No, some of the first tanks used were the B1 Bis, FT-17, Panzer 1, Panzer 2, Panzer 3, T-26 and T-34. The Sherman wasn't used until late 1941, 2 years after the war ended.
Main US tanks: 1. WWI-French Renault Model 1917 2. WWII-M4 Sherman medium tank 3. Korean War-M46 Patton medium gun tank 4. Vietnam War-M48 Patton medium gun tank (last of the Patton series) 5. Peace time, post Vietnam-M60 Main Battle Tank (official title, M60 Combat tank) 6. Peace time, post M60 MBT/to present-M1 Abrams MBT
On the ground it was basically WW2 weapons except for the tank. The severe limitations of the Sherman had been accepted and the M26 or Pershing and the M-46 or Patton with improved firepower and armorment had joined the US Forces and the British had created the Centurion or M-41 heavy tank. The air war produced the greatest change and the MiG was now pitted against the Sabre.
William Tecumseh ("Teak") Sherman, the Civil War General who teamed up successfully with Ulysses Grant, and helped to end the war by crossing Georgia almost unmolested, demonstrating that the Confederacy was too weak to survive.
The Sherman tanks they used weighed in at 33.4 tons or around 66800 pounds.
M48 Patton tanks entered US service after the Korean War and fought in the Vietnam War. The first of Patton series tanks, the M46 Patton, served in the Korean War. The M46 was simply a modified M26 Pershing tank. The M47 Patton never saw combat with the US military.