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Kaleva

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5. The lightweight allowed it to carry a gun big enough to knock out Panthers and Tigers

Reply to Aristus (Reply #4)

Wed Aug 1, 2018, 02:39 PM

Aug 2018

It was cheaper to build and easier to maintain then the Pershing and more of them could be sent transported overseas then Pershings. Sometimes quantity is a quality all of its own.

The Sherman was inferior to the Panther but we had lots of them. Even the celebrated T34/85 was a death trap for its crew and was built just well enough to fight in 1 or maybe 2 battles before being knocked out or breaking down.

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