<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: I-Israeli Defense Forces yasebenzisa ama-M4 Shermans aseMelika ekuqaleni  <response>: Impi yango-1948. U - Israyeli wathola amaSherman akhe okuqala ngokuweba, ngokuwathenga ePhilippines noma ngokuthola lawo ayesehlukanisiwe nezikhali ezindaweni zokulahla imfucumfucu eYurophu. Eyokuqala, eyayinegama elithi Meir, yatholakala ngoMeyi 1948; iButho laseBrithani lalihlose ukuyibhubhisa, kodwa amasosha ayidlulisela eHagana esikhundleni salokho, eyayifaka isibhamu esingu-75mm. Enye futhi yatholakala endaweni yokulahla izinto e-Israel futhi ekuqaleni yayihlome ngesibhamu esingu-20mm ithangi laqanjwa ngokuthi Tamar futhi kamuva kwaba nesibhamu esingu-75mm. Amanye amathangi aseBrithani ayethengwe ngasese abizwa ngokuthi Ada nelithi Ruth II. Ngo-November 1948 kwathengwa ezinye ezingu-35 ezindaweni zokukhanda zase-Italy. Konke lokhu kwakungasebenzi, kwaba ngu-4 kuphela abalungiswa ngokuphelele kuze kube sekupheleni kwempi no-14 ngoNovemba ezinye zazidinga ukuhlonyiswa kabusha ngesibhamu se-Krupp 75 mm. Ngasekupheleni kuka-1953, kwa-Israyeli kwase kunama-Sherman angu-76 ayesebenza futhi angu-131 ayengasebenzi. 