Correct sentiment, but a little off on the math. The US produced around 102,000 tanks and self-propelled guns, 49,000 of them Sherman tanks. The German equivalent workhorse tank, the Pzkfw. MkIV, had 8,500 produced.
“...The German equivalent workhorse tank, the Pzkfw. MkIV, had 8,500 produced....”
They used the Mark III and Mark IV platforms for tank destroyer too, like the turretless Sturmgeshutz vehicles.
Are they included in that total, or were they considered a seperate class of vehicle?
Did the same with the Panther Mark V chassis - created the Jagdpanther tank destroyer.
And the Hetzer, another tank destroyer.. that was a Czech-designed chassis originally, I believe.
Source?
Doh, Yes, of course. I say in lecture that we gave 11,000 tanks to the Russians alone. Sorry. Yes, over 100,000 tanks.