No it doesn't. M4 Sherman still has better armor.
This was looked into but wouldn't have gotten 90mm guns into combat any sooner. Thus they decided to stick with the M36 and M26.
WI: American Tank Doctrine isn't Totally Misguided
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Whilst a lower profile is nearly always nice, providing that you don't compromise the other attributes of the vehicle to achieve it, was the Sherman really all that overly tall? I have a picture someone posted on another site of it head on alongside several other German tanks, and possibly a British one but couldn't say for certain, and they all seem to be of a roughly similar height. I think the Sherman picked up the reputation of being too tall via a combination of being taller than some of the earlier models during the war and its height/width ratio giving a visual impression.
Depends how you use them. The British seem to have had good results dropping a 17-pounder onto the American M10 tank destroyer to create the Achilles, IIRC they used them as self-propelled guns to rapidly bring up heavy anti-tank guns to dig in to secure advances.
Compared to T-34, most British tanks, and Panzer IV; it is taller. But then Panther and Tiger are even taller.
Sure, but the fact that it served for the almost all of the Cold War shows that someone thought they were useful. I think even that example proves the point I was trying to make, that tank destroyers are certainly not confined to WW2.