Message from @Lyte
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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
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
but once again the main shell apcbc was great shell
the m48?
those are completely different eras
oh the m46 did struggle in korea
the m26 was late ww2 and korea
it did the best out of the m46 and m4a3e8
yeah
the m46 set out to improve the underpowered engine of the m26
yes the t26e1
super pershing