Summary: During World War II, the Allied forces, leveraging their industrial capabilities, produced tens of thousands of medium tanks such as the Sherman, T-34, and Cromwell. Despite being ...

Here are the best tank destroyers of World War II. ... many tank crews were caught unaware and had their giant, ... The M4 Sherman had an average power-to-weight ratio of 11.96 hp per ton, ...

The British hoped this would be the tank that could handle any German tank it came across. The 77mm gun fired a 17-pound projectile that could penetrate 109mm of armor thickness from as far as ...

The forward-most Sherman, in the spearhead position — an H Company tank — was struck by a German shell that killed or wounded four of the crew. Tank and artillery fire quickly suppressed this ...

Good morning. It’s Friday, and it’s Veterans Day. We’ll look at how a search for World War II veterans led to a 99-year-old man who drove a Sherman tank through France after D-Day.

Two WWII veterans who served with tank crews were honored at the Museum of American Armor Thursday. Credit: Newsday/John Paraskevas By John Valenti [email protected] Updated November 10, 2022 ...