[OneVike]

Thanks, now I remember. You are right it was Panzer. It was actually a superior tank really, but my point is bigger is not always better.

[Monterrosa-24]

Well there were Panzer MKls, MKlls, MKllls, MKlVs, MKVs (Panthers), MKVls (Tigers), and more. The Sherman’s 75 could take out even Panthers and Tigers but not always...especially against their frontal armor. Our M4 Shermans had vertical stabilzation, decent armor, mobility, superior maintenance units, and numbers. We produced about 49,000 M4s during the war.

The Panthers were great tanks but only about 5000 were made. Tigers and King Tigers combined amounted to less than 2000 copies.

[Jim from C-Town]

The biggest reason that the Sherman was so effective was because the U.S. made so many of them. They simply out produced the German war machine in a significant way.
The Panzer Tank was a superior tank. The Russians also mde a very good and tough tank, but the Americans made a ton of tanks, planes, jeeps, liberty ships, rifles boots and every other war impliment needed.