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29. I Know We Could Churn Out the Sherman

But my limited understanding was that the armor couldn't stand up to the German tanks, especially the Panzers/Tigers with the built-in 88s on them; the 88mm shells would punch right through and turn them into a death trap. Same with the German Panzerfaust. I know that eventually the US tank crews came up with tactics to deal with the superior German tanks by swarming them with numbers and getting behind them, then hitting them in the thin, rear armor. But up until then, the Shermans took a pounding. At least, that's the history of the tank wars that I've read. Overall, it was our production ability that won the tank war. Well, I guess it was really our production ability (period) that won the war.

I'll caveat that with the statement that most of my WWII history is the US air war over Europe (my grandfather was a B25 bomber pilot), the D-day infantry drops following the 82nd and 101st divisions (next door neighbor was a Lt in the 82nd over Normandy, and gets a mention by name in the book Battling Buzzards: The Odyssey of the 517th Parachute Infantry Regimental Combat Team 1943-1945, and I knew another man who was in the 101st) and the war in the Pacific (great uncles were in the Navy and Marines, also had a patient a few years ago who was a survivor of Pearl Harbor). My readings on the US Army's tank divisions just aren't as extensive simply because I haven't had the interactions that led me there. Not that my curiosity won't get me around to it!