The Sherman Tank what an amazing vehicle!!

Phillistines! "I come here to praise Caesar, not to bury him!"

Miguel,

I'm beginning to think that you and Adam are on retainer to General Motors, Public Relations Div.

 

In reality, if comments contained in the attached link are reliable, "the production of the Sherman tank reached its zenith in the 2nd quarter of 1943 after which output fell significantly - plunging to less than 1/3 the peak rate in the first quarter of 1944. If you aggregate the production of German Mk IV, Mk V and Mk VI tanks for the corresponding period you will see that Germany was producing almost exactly the same number of those tanks as the U.S. "designed for mass-production" Shermans!"


You have production targets.
You want enough tanks to equip your '100 Division ' Army.
Then you need to fulfill LL Contracts.
After that is accomplished there is no need to keep making 1000's of 'spare' tanks so you slacken off production.
The USA was able to provide all the tanks it needed.
Germany was never able to produce all the tanks she needed.

 

You have production targets.
You want enough tanks to equip your '100 Division ' Army.
Then you need to fulfill LL Contracts.
After that is accomplished there is no need to keep making 1000's of 'spare' tanks so you slacken off production.
The USA was able to provide all the tanks it needed.
Germany was never able to produce all the tanks she needed.

Unless you are the USN. They made hay while the sun shown and went on producing far more ships in 44 and 45 then they knew they would ever need. Scandalous, in my opinion.

Dave

 

Confucius said: "You can never have too much of a good thing."

 

Confucius said: "You can never have too much of a good thing."

May West said it better, "Too much of a good thing is wonderful."

Senator Everett Dirksen's saying might be applicable as well, "A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon, you're talking real money".

Dave

 

Za

Don't forget our Kangaroos had the sides built up for extra protection.

Be a good man and find us some pics

Ron

A bit like this, Ron?


Dan

 

That's what I was looking for, degunned M7 Priest self-propelled guns to work as Kangaroos, humorously known as Defrocked Priests (I kid you not)

Thanks Fruitcake!

 

You're welcome.

Does anyone know what drivers were employed to move these things?

Were they RAC/RAC trained?

 

Such a long thread for a mediocre piece of equipment.

 

cbiwv,
I agree to some extent but if I were you I would take cover. Deep.
Several feet deep. Under sandbags. And if you can find it some Chobham armour!

But to be honest where would we have been in WW2 without it?

 

cbiwv,
I agree to some extent but if I were you I would take cover. Deep.
Several feet deep. Under sandbags. And if you can find it some Chobham armour!

But to be honest where would we have been in WW2 without it?



It does sometimes take balls to state the obvious.

 

And what was the better medium?

 

The Sherman Tank had many deficiencies as has already be made.The point in in favour of it was that they kept on coming, such was the US production programme.

It would be wrong to identity the Sherman as an amazing vehicle,that title belongs to the best battle tank of the Second World War, the T34.The Hun was more fearful of this tank than any other Allied tank.Straight off the production track to the battlefield without the normal cosmetic finishing, such was the urgency.
This, along with the IS2 and later derivatives of the T-34. Sure, it was a good tank, but not THAT good.

 

http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675058862_tank-rocket-launcher_blasting-a-pill-box_medium-tank_billows-of-smoke




Allied rockets being launched from a T34 rocket launcher mounted on a Sherman tank against Germany during World War II.

 

Some Shermans of the Guards Armoured were fitted with Typhoon Rockets during the latter stage of the NWE-campaign, which proved very effective:

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRJzhu2BKBHya9Z3DWbf7H-UR3In5PEqIndM0UEnLKCz3Zeq1B4pBbCf4Q3fA

... and ...


See also: http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/weapons-technology-equipment/12483-60lb-rocket-vehicles.html

 

This, along with the IS2 and later derivatives of the T-34. Sure, it was a good tank, but not THAT good.

Timig, timing, timing. When the T-34 showed up in June 1941 it forced the Germans to revise the armament on their own tanks to match it, so it was indeed the standard to achieve. As I said before, more or less the same for the Sherman in North Africa. After that, arguably not the absolutely best tanks in the world (depending on the criteria you set for the term "best"), but certainly nice to have and in large numbers.

Oh, also remember that the T-34 was the prime motive for the PzKfw V requirement, so the Germans must have looked at it at least twice.

Such a long thread for a mediocre piece of equipment.

Thank you for your nice and enlightening contribution that has so greatly enhanced the forum collective knowledge base.

 

Thank you for your nice and enlightening contribution that has so greatly enhanced the forum collective knowledge base.

I think he made his point rather succinctly and effectively. Actually, a long dissertation would have undermined the message he was delivering. I don't think someone's opinion should have a word count minimum.

 

But to be honest where would we have been in WW2 without it?

The same could be said of my 1973 Pontiac Astre. Where would I have been without it? Cheap transportation for a teenager, to and from school for 4 years.
But, having said that, it was really a nondescript vehicle and just about any other model would have done as well. It suited my purposes at the time and it was readily available, but that, in and of itself, does not confer any particular greatness.

 

The greatest composer of the Baroque was Johannes Kepler.

There you are. It's the truth because I said so, no justification needed.