O.k. I should look more closely next time. The top is definately an early M4A3 (75) Dry early based on the rear end and the bottom one is an M4 (75) based on the rear end (I think that the shot from the rear is of the bulldozer tank csch).

The shot of the rear (fifth photo) definetly is of a M4A1, look at the air filters the acces door and the rear deck right down of the turret. I have no doubt.

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The shot of the rear (fifth photo) definetly is of a M4A1, look at the air filters the acces door and the rear deck right down of the turret. I have no doubt.

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The fifth photo is the second photo of a three pic set labeled "6th one".

You are correct in pointing out the rear and air filters as a radial engine vice diesel...but it is still a welded-hull which would make it an M4 (A-nuthin') rather than an 'A1.

Hi Blaster,
we've got almost all types of Shermans served in the Italian Army after WWII. The first were the ones the British Army left here and later on they started to arrive, together with M3A1 Scout Cars and Halftracks from White, from the huge US Army depots in Germany. All in all we had something like a couple of thousand from 1945 to early 70s. I remember that I was a kid when they started to withdraw them from service and visiting my father at the Armoured Troops School in Caserta (he was in command of a battaillon of cadets) I was impressed by the quantity of Shermas they collected to be sold to other countries or destroyed: over a 1000 in a big field!
I hope this is enough for your knowledge base, otherwise let me know. Anyway stay tuned because on the "Mezzi" section of my site [url]http://www.cavalleriaitaliana.it[url] I will soon post quite a bit of pics on the Shermans. For the time being on my site I've only got Italian AFVs like L3, L6 and M15/42.
Ciao