11 thousand? Hah! try nearly FIFTY thousand. And that was just M4s. We gobs of tank destroyers too.
Between P-47’s, Typhoons and our coordinated artillery those panzers died at an ever faster rate. Actually I think panzers broke down faster than they were able to kill M-4s. Most of the tanks Shermans ACTUALLY fought were (by numbers) Pz-IIIs, Pz-IVs and Stugs. Sherman’s had no trouble going toe to toe with those. And the M4E2 ate them for lunch.
Doh, yes, I’m thinking we gave 11,000 to the RUSSIANS. Yes, the number was well over 50,000: 23,000 Lee light tanks; 68,000 Shermans/medium tanks; and 2,000 Pershing heavy tanks, or over 88,000.
“And the M4E2 ate them for lunch.”
Could you point me to an image of an M4E2?