Path: csiph.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed7.news.xs4all.nl!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Anne & Lynn Wheeler Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Who Knew ? Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2021 17:02:13 -1000 Organization: Wheeler&Wheeler Lines: 70 Message-ID: <878rxuvzyi.fsf@localhost> References: <87zgqp6kox.fsf@usenet.ankman.de> <87mtmn7ohj.fsf@usenet.ankman.de> <20211103072641.1f36fd9ef1e2138951d0396c@eircom.net> <8cd50e88-aa50-4323-b22f-468831e5b616n@googlegroups.com> <75qfogdqmtj23a21uo0ontic2dnka41lsj@4ax.com> <44689088.658086474.757082.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> <87ee7qti3f.fsf@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: reader02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="65fb8c9fa2afcf6254b1b3211eaa23c0"; logging-data="11705"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18OgemlHW6hHjp6MYxijglH8HrxW4o+lWs=" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.2 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:TygXbuK6OdhuetC9ZEUdGbrQzBw= sha1:a+u+GX0Hfc3SQEWNsFPgmnMxtDs= Xref: csiph.com alt.folklore.computers:219718 How Did America's Sherman Tank Win against Superior German Tanks in World War II? Two tank philosophies, totally at odds with each other. What were they? https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/how-did-americas-sherman-tank-win-against-superior-german-tanks-world-war-ii-185625 From Guderian's Panzer Leader https://www.amazon.com/Panzer-Leader-Heinz-Guderian-ebook/dp/B07KTBSD1L/ loc2902-3: Hitler then said: 'If I had known that the figures for Russian tank strength which you gave in your book were in fact the true ones, I would not--I believe--ever have started this war.' loc2903-6: He was referring to my book Achtung! Panzer!, published in 1937, in which I had estimated Russian tank strength at that time as 10,000; both the Chief of the Army General Staff, Beck, and the censor had disagreed with this statement. It had cost me a lot of trouble to get that figure printed; but I had been able to show that intelligence reports at the time spoke of 17,000 Russian tanks and that my estimate was therefore, if anything, a very conservative one. loc2262-64: At this time our yearly tank production scarcely amounted to more than 1,000 of all types. In view of our enemies' production figures this was very small. As far back as 1933 I had visited a single Russian tank factory which was producing 22 tanks per day of the Christie-Russki type. ... snip ... Tanks in the German Army https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanks_in_the_German_Army First encountered on 23 June 1941,[24] the T-34 outclassed the existing Panzer III and IV.[25] At the insistence of General Heinz Guderian, a special Panzerkommision was dispatched to the Eastern Front to assess the T-34.[26] Among the features of the Soviet tank considered most significant were the sloping armor, which gave much improved shot deflection and also increased the effective armor thickness against penetration, the wide track, which improved mobility over soft ground, and the 76.2 mm gun, which had good armor penetration and fired an effective high-explosive round. ... snip ... The british referred to Shermans as Tommy Cookers because crews were being sent out to be slaughtered; Boyd's briefings had German's with 10:1 kill ratio (10 Shermans killed for every German tank, even inferior to the Russians), US was planning on winning with battle of attrition; Germans would run out of tanks and crew before the US (even at 10:1) ... although US folklore running out of crews and having to recruit kitchen staff and cooks. http://warfarehistorynetwork.com/daily/m4-sherman-vs-german-panther/ The Sherman was at a disadvantage. Although it mounted 75mm cannon, it was of a low-velocity type. The Sherman's designers felt that a low-velocity gun would last longer than a high-velocity one. They failed to realize that few Shermans would ever last long enough in combat to wear out their barrels. Later versions would have an upgraded high-velocity gun, but they would not reach front-line units until late November 1944, five months after the Normandy invasion. The armor, at 81mm, was considerably thinner than the Panther's and unable to withstand its armor-piercing ammunition. ... snip ... -- virtualization experience starting Jan1968, online at home since Mar1970