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Originally Posted by 4th wilts  jaeger,now i asked vic about your post,and he said they mostly went about in a company,sometimes with tanks.he reckons he would not be happy in anything but a carrier,easier to get off than anything else.yours,lee. | Funny Lee that you mention this because in an interview in 1978, General Hermann Balck was asked about his opinion on Modern enclosed APC's and he was of the opinion that open APC's were better in terms of disembarking of squads.
Sorry for the off-topic post. Now back to the Sherman! 
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