Head to head

Sherman III vs M4A1 Sherman

Two vehicles side by side — expected values from the XVM reference, measured values from the stored profiles.

First tank
Sherman III
Sherman III
Tier V Medium Tank Great Britain
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Second tank
M4A1 Sherman
M4A1 Sherman
Tier V Medium Tank USA

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Overall picture

M4A1 Sherman leads in 6 of 7 comparable metrics.

Only mutually independent values are counted: win rate, average WN8 and the five expected values. Battle count measures popularity rather than strength, and the MoE thresholds are arithmetically the same figure as average damage — both stay out.

Strength profile

Five axes side by side

Each axis is scaled to the range of the tiers involved: the outer edge is the best value of the tier, the centre the weakest. The shape therefore shows where a vehicle stands among its peers — not merely which of the two numbers is larger.

Damage Kills Spotting Defence Win rate
Sherman III M4A1 Sherman

Measured stats

Measured, not estimated

54.39 %

Win rate

0.9 % difference

54.90 %
1,627

Avg. WN8

3.0 % difference

1,678
7,084

Battles

79.6 % difference

34,676

Expected values per battle

XVM reference

495

Avg. damage

3.6 % difference

514
1.00

Avg. kills

5.7 % difference

1.06
1.39

Avg. spotted

0.8 % difference

1.38
0.98

Avg. defence

4.7 % difference

1.03
54.65 %

Exp. win rate

0.3 % difference

54.79 %

Marks of Excellence

Lower is better

The bar shows the combined damage required for each mark of excellence. All six bars share one scale — the shorter one marks the vehicle on which the mark is easier to earn.

1 Mark
Sherman III 817
M4A1 Sherman 847
2 Marks
Sherman III 1,188
M4A1 Sherman 1,233
3 Marks
Sherman III 1,535
M4A1 Sherman 1,592

Approximation based on WN8 expected values — not an official Wargaming figure.

Standing within the tier

Percentile among all vehicles of the same tier

Both vehicles are measured against their own tier, not against each other. That keeps a cross-tier comparison readable: the percentage states which share of the vehicle’s own tier scores worse.

Sherman III Tier V
Win rate Rank 46 of 87

Better than 48 % of the tier

Avg. WN8 Rank 50 of 81

Better than 39 % of the tier

M4A1 Sherman Tier V
Win rate Rank 36 of 87

Better than 59 % of the tier

Avg. WN8 Rank 44 of 81

Better than 46 % of the tier

Best players in this duel

The three best stored profiles per vehicle

From the stored profiles, minimum 50 battles on this vehicle. Updated daily.

Sherman III
M4A1 Sherman

The advantage is highlighted in the colour of its side — for the MoE thresholds that is the lower value. Expected values are reference figures for the WN8 calculation, not vehicle statistics: they state what an average player achieves in this tank.

Sherman III data sheet M4A1 Sherman data sheet