Message from @Lyte
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Best tank of the war
Any fellow Iraq vets on this server?
it is the best no questions asked
you wouldn't want to disappear would you
eh
the sherman was much more reliable
T34 was ass what the fuck are you talking about
easier to get out of
The Russians HATED the T34
That doesn't make a good tank
the sherman is the perfect neutral
the T-34 was revolutionary but was an awful tank in practice
cramped, awful protection for most of the early models
decent armor
75mm good anti tank/ anti infantry
76mm great anti tank
crew spacing was good
You could hit a T34 and the armor would break and fragment inside the crew compartment and kill everyone without a penetration
ok
any tank would do that
yeah but swarming makes it even less of a good tank
shermans could hold their own
more or less depending on the situation
the 75's could as well
why do u think the gun was chosen
what
76 could penetrate the front of a panther
and the 17pdr could go through the front of a tiger
it had great anti tank and in early war Africa was the best fielded tank thanks to its punchier 75
so could the 76mm
the 17pdr was cramped inside the 75mm turret
the 76mm lacked enough explosive mass to deal with infantry
yeah and the 76 was american
yes the 17pdr is British
Only the 75
The 76 had little to no effect with HE
either the 17pdr or 76 had no HE round iirc
Just the way the gun worked
It wasn't a production problem. It was designed to take out tanks
apcbc, apcr, he, and solid shot for both 76mm and 75mm
m62 and m61 being more common on 76's
the Americans did
the 17 pdr was more for penetration