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Originally Posted by sapper  get it right ! The Sherman tank was probably the worst disaster of WW2. Up against the Panther the loss for a Panther was reckoned to be 5 to6 Shermans for one Panther, and ahellof a lot more for a Tiger. It burst into flames if you looked at it, and there was no way out.
Questions were asked in the US Congress about sending their men to die in such rubbish. it could not penetrate the enemy armour but was vulnerable to being knocked long before it got into range of the enemy, ANY enemy tank was superior even the old mark 1Vs
To be perfectly honest it was a a death trap. it could not kill the enemy and was an easy target..IT was CRAP! IT was tall so that the turret stood out like a sore thumb amongst the apple tree branches of the Normandy orchard's was a complete disaster.
It only saving grace was that there were an almost inexhaustible supply.
All the enemy arms were far superior to ours.
It was the courage of the fighting men that put up with this rubbish that won the battles.
Sapper |
Reminds me of Ernie, a commander of an AT unit armed with 57mm At guns. They were in Afrika and set up in an ambush position. Along came a Tiger and one of the 3 crews panicked, shot early. The Tiger didn't bother to fire, it just ran over them. Ernie and four others got away, barely. This is in reference to ineffective weapons systems.