US tank destroyers were equally poor.
Far better to have up-gunned the Sherman; and to have up-armored it. Far too many of men were lost in that medium tank because of Washington’s decisions.
Yes, it was better than nothing. Better than the early light tanks it replaced. But not much better.
The only thing the Sherman had going for it was the astounding numbers of them that were built and sent to the battlefield.
Germany simply could not match those numbers.
The Army could not bring itself to adopt the 17 pounder for its Shermans and TD’s. That would have saved a lot of lives among tankers.
The hellcats seemed to be really good.
Btw, any one hear play world of tanks on Xbox?