Sherman Crab

Sherman Crab is a tier 5 medium tank from USA in World of Tanks. This is a researchable tech-tree vehicle.

Sherman Crab stats at a glance

The Sherman Crab has 720 hit points , 73.8mm of frontal hull armor , and a top speed of 32 km/h. .

Hull & survivability

The front-to-side armor ratio is 1.3:1. Side armor is relatively comparable to the front, meaning the Sherman Crab can absorb some side hits in close-quarters fighting.

Mobility

Forward-to-reverse speed ratio is 3.2:1. Reverse speed is limited, so pre-aim and exposure timing matter more on this vehicle.

Camouflage

Available guns (1)

How Sherman Crab compares to its peers

There are 43 tier 5 medium tanks in WoT, including the Sherman Crab. Its 720 HP places it in the top 0% for hit points among same-tier medium tanks (peer average: 543). Frontal hull armor of 73.8mm ranks in the top 33% for the class (peer average: 61mm). Top forward speed of 32 km/h is faster than 7% of peer vehicles in this tier and class.

Direct comparisons

• Sherman Crab vs 25TP — tier 5 medium tank from Poland
• Sherman Crab vs AEC — tier 5 medium tank from UK
• Sherman Crab vs ARMT — tier 5 medium tank from USA
• Sherman Crab vs Cavalier — tier 5 medium tank from UK
• See full tier 5 medium tank tier list — all 43 vehicles ranked

About this vehicle

Several mine flail tanks were designed based on the M4 Sherman—the Sherman Mark IV and Mark V Scorpions and the "Sherman Lobster". Eventually, one of them—the Sherman Crab—went into full production at the request of Major General Hobart and saw active service.

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