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<blockquote data-quote="Zardnaar" data-source="post: 7553191" data-attributes="member: 6716779"><p>The Sherman quality wise compared quite well with most of the German armor as well. The ronson thing is vastly over rated you were almost safer in a Sherman than the Soviet and German equivalent and German tanks had a tendency to catch fire without getting hit and they never fully solved that issue by wars end. Things like the Hetzer, Panzer IV, StuG avoided that. </p><p></p><p> German high velocity anti tank guns and the 75mm/88mm they used were very good. No medium tank would have fared any better than the Sherman and a few like the T-34 fared worse. Even then allied crew losses were reasonably light around 5% IIRC, (18% for infantry, 1/3rd bomber crews, 2/3rds-80% for German U-Boat crew). The Sherman was quality and quantity. Even in the German kittehs alot of the advantages were on paper. Sure you might not be able to penetrate one from the front but they weren't very mobile and inside the armor would splinter in effect sending shrapnel through the tank. Late war you had a better chance of surviving in a Sherman getting knocked out than the T-34 and Panzer IV (wet ammo racks). If you were in a German tank getting hit with the allied equivalent (90mm, 76 pounder,special ammo from Easy 8 etc) of the German guns you had worse odds of survival than the Sherman.</p><p></p><p>Put simply you were a lot safer in a Sherman than most WW2 tanks. It wasn't so much the German tanks were uber it was the German crews, tactics, panzer grenadiers, and anti tank guns which were massive contributing factors. If the Allies had Panthers and the Germans had Shermans at D-Day both sides probably would have been worse off. Sherman a good all rounder, Panther was better on the defensive (basically because it didn't have to move much).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zardnaar, post: 7553191, member: 6716779"] The Sherman quality wise compared quite well with most of the German armor as well. The ronson thing is vastly over rated you were almost safer in a Sherman than the Soviet and German equivalent and German tanks had a tendency to catch fire without getting hit and they never fully solved that issue by wars end. Things like the Hetzer, Panzer IV, StuG avoided that. German high velocity anti tank guns and the 75mm/88mm they used were very good. No medium tank would have fared any better than the Sherman and a few like the T-34 fared worse. Even then allied crew losses were reasonably light around 5% IIRC, (18% for infantry, 1/3rd bomber crews, 2/3rds-80% for German U-Boat crew). The Sherman was quality and quantity. Even in the German kittehs alot of the advantages were on paper. Sure you might not be able to penetrate one from the front but they weren't very mobile and inside the armor would splinter in effect sending shrapnel through the tank. Late war you had a better chance of surviving in a Sherman getting knocked out than the T-34 and Panzer IV (wet ammo racks). If you were in a German tank getting hit with the allied equivalent (90mm, 76 pounder,special ammo from Easy 8 etc) of the German guns you had worse odds of survival than the Sherman. Put simply you were a lot safer in a Sherman than most WW2 tanks. It wasn't so much the German tanks were uber it was the German crews, tactics, panzer grenadiers, and anti tank guns which were massive contributing factors. If the Allies had Panthers and the Germans had Shermans at D-Day both sides probably would have been worse off. Sherman a good all rounder, Panther was better on the defensive (basically because it didn't have to move much). [/QUOTE]
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