“Corrosion is a big issue; it wasn’t addressed properly during design. Plus the aircraft is just too dang expensive. Remember the Sherman vs. the Tiger? Mass produced cheaper weapons will win the war.”
Cheap Mass production only works if you have an insurmountable numerical advantage.
The Sherman was a terrible tank, but your right if you got enough of em you can win. Of course the same is true of sticks and stones a terrible weapon compared to a gun, but you got enough people welding them sticks & stones and you can overwhelm a numerically vastly inferior gun welding opponent.
China out numbers us 5 to 1, where as in World war 2 we out numbered the Germans and Japanese.
“The Sherman was a terrible tank, but your right if you got enough of em you can win”
Yes, if you think of it in Gladiator terms, one vs one. But the Sherman wasnt terrible if you actually needed to roll somewhere. The Shermans amazing mobility, speed and reliability was an utter embarrassment to anything the Germans ever fielded. They were also super easy to produce.
But Shermans kicked the Nazi butt in several battles,,and won the war. Every advantage of German tanks came with world class flaws,,, which were soon exploited by T-34s and Shermans.