Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 04:42 PM 1/15/2007, Raimo K wrote: >Yeah, it was the ammo that caught fire - no consolation - the later >variants >were not deployed until 1944. >In his memoirs Belton Y. Cooper who served in the 3rd Armored Division and >was in charge of retrieving destroyed and damaged tanks says that from the >nominal strength of 232 Shermans 1348 were lost in combat, a loss rate of >540%. And it is representative, I?m afraid. >All the best! One unit, Raimo, does not make a war. Look at the overall stats for armor loss, broken down by causes, for all forces. The Sherman comes in a strong first, followed by the later British designs, then by the PZKW IV. The Panther and T-34/85 tail behind by quite a bit. Marc msmall@aya.yale.edu Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!