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Lurks Often

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16. I heard a different reason for the widespread use of the Sherman

Reply to caraher (Reply #5)

Thu Jan 31, 2013, 03:48 PM

Jan 2013

When we entered the war, the US pretty much picked a specific design and stuck with it. So we picked the Sherman, which was a mechanically reliable tank with good mobility. There were also logistical issues, in that there were very few ships that could handle transporting anything larger then a Sherman tank from the US to Europe in quantities large enough to make a difference.

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