>>Ed;
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>>>There've been tons of examples of advanced technology that didn't survive; go >back and look at the tanks used in WWII - the German tanks were far more >advanced than the Sherman...
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>>For years our military told us the Sherman was the better tank. The truth is a Tiger could fire one 88mm shell and destroy a Sherman. It took an average of three Shermans firing at one tread to knock the tread off the track and disable the Tiger.
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>It didn't take the Tiger's 88 - the high-velocity 75 used on the Panther was more than adequate to fry a Sherman. A cranky Cub Scout with a pea shooter could do in a Sherman...


He darn well better have a lot of wind and freakin tanker load of peas, because there were 3 to 4 Sherman's to every Tiger and Panzers. Thats one of the reasons I don't speak German. :)