Hello all, here is today's article posted on TheArmoryLife.com. It is titled “Late War Assessment of the Sherman Tank” and can be found at https://www.thearmorylife.com/late-war-assessment-of-the-sherman-tank/.
Late War Assessment of the Sherman Tank
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Cedric
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Sorry, more myth and legend. If it was an infantry support tank, why was it the mainstay of armored divisions? "casualties frighteningly high?" Infantry KIA in the ETO from D-Day to V-E day: 120,000; armor crewmen: about 6,000. As one military historian put it: if you want a deathtrap, carry an M1 into battle.
I'm not sure if this attachment will get through, but an interesting article by then Lt.Col. Albin Irzyk (retired as a BG) who commanded the 8th Tank Battalion of the 4th Armored Division. He puts all of this in context.
I'm not sure if this attachment will get through, but an interesting article by then Lt.Col. Albin Irzyk (retired as a BG) who commanded the 8th Tank Battalion of the 4th Armored Division. He puts all of this in context.
Talyn
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Wasn't this artickle posted here before?
The Sherman evolved/improved a lot in the relatively short period of time it was used in WW2, in Europe. It encounter far more Panzer IV's, which was a more primitive tank, than Panthers & Tiger's.
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Cedric's attachment correctly puts things into perspective.
And the last time I checked the US Army continued to use the Sherman in Korea, and finally retired it in 1957.
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Israel fielded modified versions into the early 80's with the Sherman being promenently used though the various wars, including the 1973 Yom Kipper War where it defeated more modern Soviet tanks in the Golan and Sinai.
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The Sherman evolved/improved a lot in the relatively short period of time it was used in WW2, in Europe. It encounter far more Panzer IV's, which was a more primitive tank, than Panthers & Tiger's.
Panzer IV in Combat Tankograd 4006 — David Doyle Books
The Panzer IV in its variants A to J was the backbone of the German Panzertruppe in World War 2. This publication is entirely based on contemporary private photographs rather than on official and propaganda pictures. By using photos taken in combat by the soldiers it is now possible to tell the true
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Cedric's attachment correctly puts things into perspective.
And the last time I checked the US Army continued to use the Sherman in Korea, and finally retired it in 1957.
M4 Sherman - Wikipedia
Israel fielded modified versions into the early 80's with the Sherman being promenently used though the various wars, including the 1973 Yom Kipper War where it defeated more modern Soviet tanks in the Golan and Sinai.
Sherman Tanks of the Israeli Army
After yeoman’s service in World War II, the venerable Sherman tank saw several more decades of service in the Israeli Army.
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USMC6094
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What made the Sherman great was QUANTITY, followed by mechanical reliability.
The Sherman evolved from lessons learned from every tank that preceeded it. And was then improved by combat experience.
But, QUANTITY, was its greatest advantage, in less than 4 years, we cranked out nearly fifty thousand of them.
The Sherman evolved from lessons learned from every tank that preceeded it. And was then improved by combat experience.
But, QUANTITY, was its greatest advantage, in less than 4 years, we cranked out nearly fifty thousand of them.
MG Irzyk Was the Post CG of Fort Knox when I first reported there in '71. (I would serve under three, Irzyk, Desobry and Starry.). Would love to have gotten Irzyk and Desobry in a room and just listened.
Cedric
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I didn't know Irzyk was an MG, I thought he retired as a BG. Anyway, Starry was the CG when I got to Ft. Knox as a youngun. Here is how we met: I was at the PX at the magazine rack and then I sensed a large presence next to me, and there was Starry looking at a magazine in his fatigues, B3 bomber jacket ala Patton, black beret, and full color patches. Morning, he said, uh..morning, sir, and off he went. Years later, served with his son in the Gulf War, who was the XO of 1st Cav Divarty.