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| Subject: | Re: Some more information |  |
| Date: | Aug 21, 2005 |
| From: | Roy Chow | |
The 75mm cannon was well suited for HE ammo which the M4, in its role as a breakthrough tank, would use agains enemy fortifications, personel and buildings. The strength of the 76 was that it could offer some better AP uses but its HE round wasn't as good as the one for the 75mm armed tanks. Before the real blood letting of the French campaign, US Medium tank units as breakthrough units, were thought to really need a good HE delivery cannon such as the 75mm. Any real armor vs. armor was to be taken care of by following M10 TDs or combined arms tactics (air, artillery support). The prevalance of the Panthers ended those halcyon days and tank units needed an effective AT ability and field commanders cried out for the 76mm tanks.
The 75mm equipped tanks could take on German armor and were often lethal against them. It just required good circumstances and lots of luck. But to think that only Fireflies or 76mm armed Shermans could knock out German heavies is untrue. |
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 | M4 types - Guus Winter - Aug 20, 2005 |
| . . . Re: M4 types - Roy Chow - Aug 20, 2005 |
| . . . . . . Re: M4 types - Guus Winter - Aug 20, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: M4 types - Roy Chow - Aug 20, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: M4 types - Roy Chow - Aug 20, 2005 |
| . . . Some more information - Michael Withington - Aug 20, 2005 |
| . . . . . . Re: Some more information - Guus Winter - Aug 21, 2005 |
| . . . . . . Re: Some more information - Curtis Jurrens - Aug 21, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: Some more information - Roy Chow - Aug 21, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Some more information - Curtis Jurrens - Aug 21, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Some more information - Martin Dogger - Aug 22, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: m4 variants - Luke - Aug 22, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: m4 variants - Roy Chow - Aug 22, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . A bit more - Michael Withington - Aug 23, 2005 |
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