Sherman: mass produced cheap spam weapon OR average cost PoS

I've reviewed the study for Tiger engagements. There's only 3 engagements with positively identified Tigers.

Unknown str "Bn" M4s, defending vs an unknown number of Tigers, killed one to no loss.

5 M4s engaged 1 Tiger and 2 PzIVs that, withdrawing from another fight, strayed in front of the M4s. All 3 enemy tanks were killed to no loss.

1 Tiger engaged 1 M5 and 1 M10, killing both for no loss.


There were instances of lopsided losses taken by the US forces also. One engagement saw 3 Panthers kill 9 Shermans: "Two platoons of Allied attempting to take Sterpigry. Reached town and were then destroyed by the Panthers “just like a milk run—one at each house.”

On the other hand, you have 5 M4s and armored infantry killing 7 Panthers for no Sherman losses as well: "A classic engagement. Allied artillery pinned down enemy tanks, when Allied tanks within 200 yards of enemy tanks, artillery lifted, tanks opened up from flanks. Bazookas knocked out two Mk. Vs."

The biggest engagement was 50 M4s against a mixed bag of 30 Panzer IVs and a/t guns, taking 5 losses (3 from ATGs) and inflicting 15 kills on the Panzers over a period of 3 hours in discrete actions.
 
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