<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Amabutho Ezokuvikela akwa-Israel asebenzisa ama-M4 Sherman aseMelika ekuqaleni kwempi yango-1948  <response>: . futhi. U - Israyeli wathola amaSherman akhe okuqala ngokuweba, ngokuwathenga ePhilippines noma ngokuthola lawo ayesehlukanisiwe nezikhali ezindaweni zokulahla impahla ezungeze iYurophu. 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. 