Quote Originally Posted by King Kurt
I stand corrected - apparently the Pershing snuck in at the very end of the war - apparently the yanks were going to make do with the Sherman, but changed their minds after the battle of the Bulge - I wonder why!!!

They would actually have had them earlier, but that would have meant changing the training schedules which were geared towards the Sherman, by that point the US Army was focussed on getting as much men and materiel to the front, quality was a secondary issue (hence reduced training times etc)

Quote Originally Posted by yesadachi
its tough to brag about the Sherman. “oh ya, well the Sherman would have been great in… in… WWI!
Thats slightly unfair. It was a good tank in 1942 & 1943 when the British used it in the desert. Indeed, it was the first MBT that British had that was the equal of the German PzIIIs and IVs, with its mobility, armour and gun it matched them in every department. Hell, just having a gun that was bigger than the puny 2 pounder AND could fire a HE shell was a massive upgrade for us! And throughout the war it remained what it started as - a match for the IIIs & IVs, the latter remaining a staple of German armour till the end but dominated by the Vs & VI.

My favourite? Y'know, I don't know if I really have one, I can see the good and bad in most tanks so I'm a bit too objective about it. Probly the T-34/76 for being the first to get all the bits right.