![]() ![]() ![]() Additionally, a platoon of tanks contained five shermans, and since it was the smallest deployable unit of shermans, any time the armor was called, for any task, would require five shermans. the combined arms tactics of the US army almost always gave them an advantage over any panthers they encountered. Myth #7: it takes five shermans to kill a tiger: This one was really interesting! there were only four encounters on the western front of a sherman/tiger (panthers were often mistaken as tigers). Gotta run now, might get to the rest later. TLDW: problems were technical and logistical. Myth #5: shermans had low velocitity 75mm due to doctrine/HE capability. TLDW: Americans were pretty serious about testing and reliability, which is what caused the delays. Myth #4: pershing could have come earlier. Additionally, TDs were typically held in reserve, used for defense. TLDW: Tank destroyers are the best at destroying tanks, but that doesn't mean that other tools weren't capable. ![]() Myth #3: tank destroyers were the primary tool for destroying tanks. American planners knew that shermans would encounter german tanks as part of their exploitation role. TLDW: this is close to the truth, but misleading when taken out of context. Myth #2: american tanks were infantry support weapons, not meant to fight other tanks. TLDW: some of the names like 'firefly', 'sherman', 'wolverine', etc, have dubious, misattributed origins. A common theme through these is general McNair, who, in the speakers opinion, seems to have been unfairly criticized by the perpetuation of these myths. ![]()
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