Its kinda funny this thread has been brought back up now.. I was just reading "Citizen Soldiers" by Ambrose, and I was actually going to pose a question in another thread (which I may do anyway), but in that book he lists the T-34 as the best overall tank of the war. But it seems that the turret moves slow, it has crappy low-gear power especially up hills, has no pintle gun, and terrible visibility. With the Panthers and the Tigers sporting bigger guns why would this tank be held in such a high regard?
I do think the Sherman would be cool, but I'd be almost scared that it would be cannon fodder for all the panzers/tigers roaming around. In that book Ambrose states that the accounts of the battles list shermans only equal to tigers in a 4 to 1 ratio. And sometimes the tiger even wiped the floor with all 4 shermans with ease. Apparently it also had a great tendency to catch fire, which made me chuckle cus its a huge chunk of metal. Maybe if we got a formation of Shermans like you can with bombers. LOL
