JFM
2009-10-09 02:13:31
For the Sherman it was a decent tank for its original role: killing infantry. Fighting tanks was supposed to be tank destroyer’s job. Problm is that it was soon evident that it was a hare-brained scheme and Shermans were pitted against Tighers and Panther whose armor was weeeell beyond what Sherman’s gun (primarily an anti-infantry gun) could tackle.
For all of its deficiencies the Sherman was several leagues better than anything produced by the British whose efforts at building and producing tanks (Crusaders, Vanlentines, Cromwellls, Churchills) can be described as a waste of resources and their designs as pathetic.
