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<blockquote data-quote="Derren" data-source="post: 7553253" data-attributes="member: 2518"><p>Repeat it as often as you want, it still doesn't become true.</p><p></p><p>Shermans were lacking in several departments. Their armor was only adequate for the mid of the war, but completely lacking later and their gun lacked power to deal with enemy heavy armor. And even their off road performance was lacking compared to Tigers and Panthers because of their small tracks. They relied on massed charges or someone else doing the work for them. The only thing the Sherman really has going for it, is the large US economy and the stubborness to stick with the Sherman instead of continuing to develop better tank designs thanks to their "tanks do not fight tanks" strategy so that the Pershing could have rolled out faster. But winning by air superiority and massed numbers doesn't make the Sherman a good tank. If it weren't for the failing German industry the US would have been in a lot of trouble (or if they had listened to Churchill and attacked the Soviets where the weakness of Shermans would have really shown).</p><p></p><p>And your false facts about the Panther are still false.</p><p></p><p>If the US had the Panther and Germany the Sherman? Then the war would have been over a lot faster as now the US really had quantity and quality on their side instead of having to compensate for their weaker tanks with quantity and calling in artillery or air strikes to deal with everything Shermans couldn't handle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Derren, post: 7553253, member: 2518"] Repeat it as often as you want, it still doesn't become true. Shermans were lacking in several departments. Their armor was only adequate for the mid of the war, but completely lacking later and their gun lacked power to deal with enemy heavy armor. And even their off road performance was lacking compared to Tigers and Panthers because of their small tracks. They relied on massed charges or someone else doing the work for them. The only thing the Sherman really has going for it, is the large US economy and the stubborness to stick with the Sherman instead of continuing to develop better tank designs thanks to their "tanks do not fight tanks" strategy so that the Pershing could have rolled out faster. But winning by air superiority and massed numbers doesn't make the Sherman a good tank. If it weren't for the failing German industry the US would have been in a lot of trouble (or if they had listened to Churchill and attacked the Soviets where the weakness of Shermans would have really shown). And your false facts about the Panther are still false. If the US had the Panther and Germany the Sherman? Then the war would have been over a lot faster as now the US really had quantity and quality on their side instead of having to compensate for their weaker tanks with quantity and calling in artillery or air strikes to deal with everything Shermans couldn't handle. [/QUOTE]
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