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

If you have to use swarms to kill, it's not a good tank

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

but that's what the 75mm Shermans were for

they would never have a platoon of just fireflys

yeah

yeah