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Why the U.S. Said ‘No Thanks’ to the 17-Pounder & Sherman Firefly, A Costly Tank Warfare Gamble
During World War II, the British-designed 17-pounder anti-tank gun mounted in the Sherman Firefly offered the Allies a potent threat to the heavily‐armoured German Panther and Tiger tanks. The British ...
Not counting prototypes, a total of 49,234 of these tanks were produced, a number surpassed only by the Soviet T-34. Officially the Medium Tank, M4, this iconic tank kept the U.S. Army’s then-common ...
Aside from the sheer scale of the devastation it wrought, World War II changed the face of the planet in countless ways. Geographically. Socially. Technologically. The countries involved engineered ...
The M4 Sherman is one of the most prolific tanks during the Second World War, with the Allied forces fielding over 50,000 units across all theaters. Aside from its sheer numbers, the M4 Sherman was ...
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