So, i think a Sherman was dangeours for it´s own crew. When was hit by German High Velocity gun - 75mm or 88mm - it was in flames. It is very famous duel, when on Operation Barbarossa one damaged KV-1 stops german advence near Vilno. And be knock out a 88 a day later. But allies ignored Heavy tanks, with heavy balistic protection... I don´t understand, why Allies used a tanks, with minimal balistic protection against "88". Acht Acht was used from first day of WW2, it was a ultimate weapon on battlefield, with high velocity armor piercing ammunition..... and can kill Sherman on range of 3Km ! With one shot. Allied tank crews have low chance to survive battle with most advanced Panzers. On sky have Allied superiority over German JagdWaffe. Spitfire was still developed and was better and better. T-Bolt have devastating fire power (shootgun) and was very durable. P-38 was ace maker in Pacific. Mosquito was uncatchable figher bomber. Tempest can knock out last version of piston engined and first jets. And Mustang demoralized and destroy japanese and german air force... But in whole time, when USAAF and RAF have nevest fighters - G.I. used Shermans. IS-2m or ISU-152 can destroy Tiger on long range - with one hit. In famous war tape - a battle in Cologne was duel Panther with Sherman - Panther fire one shot - and Sherman was in flames. So, on battlefield incoming a Pershing - and - voilá - one shot on Panther - and german beast was penetrated, second - and was in flames. And Pershing can survive direct hit from Tiger with minor damaged... Pershing is the same cathegory as IS-2m. Fast, heavy armored with devastating fire power. And low silhouette. But Sherman was medium tank- Panther is medium tank. Caliber of it´s cannons is similar - but Sherman in duel 1:1 can´t deadly competitor for Panther. Naturally, not Firefly or Achilles with great 17 pounds gun. But it isn´t only in gun. The basic tank is still sherman or wolverine TD. When allied must sacrifice three or five Sherman on one Panther or Tiger it was casaulties on HUMAN power - not at AFV only. Every duel was 10-12 dead tankers.... on Allied Side. And this i don´t understand. Allied tank crews must fight on tanks with "paper armor". Panther,Tiger, long barreled Panzer IV, Hetzer can penetrate Sherman on any angle, on any side on long range with one shot. Pershing can penetrate all Panzers and Panzerjagers. On Sherman was low percentage of survability of tank crew. When we must go against enemy, and their cannons can we destroy on long range, and we must he hit tree times... and their front armor we can´t penetrate on 1m... This must make a frustration and depress ! It was a strategy - Many dogs were sure dead for Tiger. But still was here a human aspect. This is as i think....

Yes we could produce more Sherman’s but what about the men in them? Sherman’s in a lot of cases only had a 3 man crew because German anti- tank were killing them.Paper thin armor here. I sure as hell would rather be in a Panther or Tiger. In a documentary I watched former Ww2 Sherman crews that were asked which they preferred , Sherman or Panther and Tiger and they ALL said Panther or Tiger.

In a documentary I watched former Ww2 Sherman crews that were asked which they preferred , Sherman or Panther and Tiger and they ALL said Panther or Tiger.

There's some accounts of four man crews, dispensing with the bow gunner in US Shermans and three man crews in Fireflies to make the turret more comfortable.

But it was rare.

There are accounts of three man crews in Shermans being sent back because of an incomplete crew and usually because the tank had wounded with the short crew being the result of combat.

With the publication of Spearhead and the Liberation Trilogy and so many great accounts I would have hoped this mythology was gone.

The duel in "FURY" was not realistic on several points . Due to the need for getting as many tanks as possible in the frame they were operating much closer to one another than in a real engagement. Once the first round came from the hidden Tiger, massive return fire including smoke rounds would have been directed at the treeline to distract the German and blind him. At the ranges shown on film the standard 76mm AP round was capable of punching through the frontal 100mm armor. At the time the film is set the later HVAP round for the 76mm gun was available and was even better. Once Fury crossed past the frontal arc of the Tiger either round would have penetrated the 80mm side armor. The first Tiger killed by a U.S. M4 in Italy succumbed to a side shot from the old 75mm main gun.

I don’t do video games

but I read true history books.

And I’m talking tank vs tank in a duel.

Not air or artillery support. I mean which tank is going to deflect on coming AP shot. Not reliability, track or engine life,etc. I’m talking penetration and protection.

Beldon Coopers book “Death Traps” He was a Lt. in tank maintenance company.If you have’nt read ,you should. I think he said during the European conflict his division lost like 300 or 500 percent of their tanks. A lot of cases down to 3 man crews.Shermans could’nt keep a full crew.He said he was “shocked at the power of the German anti-tank and tank guns”.Whole book a true story.He also said Patton’s decision not to produce the M-26 in time for D-day was the biggest mistake of the war in his opinion. And that the war might’ve been over before the Battle of The Bulge if the Pershing was in service.