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To: TalonDJ

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.


76 posted on 12/28/2015 2:18:36 PM PST by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: LS

THe M3 Lee was a medium tank like the Sherman. In fact the Sherman was the Lee rearranged to put the 75mm gun in a turret instead of poking out the front of the hull


91 posted on 12/28/2015 5:59:14 PM PST by Oztrich Boy ('Life is a comedy to those who think and a tragedy for those who feel' - Horace Walpole)
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To: LS

We shipped the Russian 6000 M4A2s. These Shermans were diesel powered at the request of the Soviets. The balance of armor sent the Soviets were mostly M3s and some odds and ends.


100 posted on 12/28/2015 6:41:11 PM PST by Bull Snipe
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