Thanks for the post. I didn’t know the Sherman actually did well in trained hands and good leadership.
You got a sneak preview of a post scheduled for next week on Homer’s WW2 daily thread.
The Sherman was the 5-1 tank. They would send 5 Sherman’s against the Panther4 or a Tiger, 4 Sherman’s were bait and get blown up, while the 5th sneaks up and popped a cap in jerry’s ass. Standard tactics. The US Army had first choice at a tank with the T-34 suspension but passed.
The Sherman was a steel body bag. Using a gasoline engine made it worse but faster.