Sherman Tank Stuck or Flipped Over? Thrown Track? Do This.

I hope you enjoy this old “field expedients” video as much as I did. It’s all about what to do when your WWII-era tank gets stuck or flipped over, or throws a track, or needs to cross a wimpy bridge.

Who knew that chicken wire would get a tracked vehicle through deep soft sand?

Bridge out and need to make a creek bank less steep? Shoot it with your 75 (cannon).

Dead engine on your tank? No worries, if you have a dual-engine tank — or especially if you have a Chrysler M4A4 tank, which has five engines!

Cranking a cold tank engine? Make sure you don’t pump the gas pedal unless you want a fire inside your air horn.

There’s a lot more good stuff here. Enjoy.

Russ Chastain

Editor & Contributing Writer Russ Chastain is a lifelong hunter and shooter who has spent his life learning about hunting, shooting, guns, ammunition, gunsmithing, reloading, and bullet casting. He started toting his own gun in the woods at age nine and he's pursued deer with rifles since 1982, so his hunting knowledge has been growing for more than three and a half decades. His desire and ability to share this knowledge with others has also grown, and Russ has been professionally writing and editing original hunting & shooting content since 1998. Russ Chastain has a passion for sharing accurate, honest, interesting hunting & shooting knowledge and stories with people of all skill levels.