Opposing arguments are that the Sherman was not that bad (particularly the Easy 8 and Firefly variants) and that quantity has a quality all its own.

This decision is a major topic of discussion even today with some first-person accounts referring to the Sherman tank as a deathtrap. The lone US heavy tank, the M26 Pershing, was not deployed until late in the war. In the case of the US, the armor philosophy was focused on medium tanks, specifically the M4 Sherman. My interest in the mix of tank weights is driven by the first-person accounts I have read from US veterans that show great concern about encountering heavy tanks, like Tiger Is and Tiger IIs. Weight mix of tanks produced (light, medium, and heavy).Total tank production of Allies versus Germans.Total tank production by all parties separately.Many analysts consider the Panther the finest overall tank design of WW2. I very much wanted to include UK tank data, but what I found had a weird format and decided to skip including it. The articles had all the data I wanted but in separate tables that would need to be cleaned up separately, consolidated, and then turned into pivot tables. I performed a quick web search and soon found that Wikipedia has data for the Soviet, German, and American armor production in an odd, but usable form. This discussion piqued my curiosity about the number of tanks produced by the major combatants. One of the themes of the documentary was the massive size of Soviet armored forces compared to their German opponents. The coverage highlighted the role of medium tanks, like the Soviet T34 (Figure 1) and the German Panzer Mk V (aka Panther ), and heavy tanks, like the German Panzer Mk VI (aka Tiger I). This battle may have been the greatest clash of armored forces in history. I occasionally watch WW2 documentaries on television, and one of these programs provided a bit of history on the Battle of Kursk.

The capabilities of this tank and its predecessor

Ww2 tank armor vs modern