The legend of the awesome power of the German tank and piss poor Sherman was born from this one fight. Sherman's were sent without infantry into a pre sighted kill box consisting of dug in .88 MM flack 38 AAA guns. Pre sighted on hill tops. The British lost 400 tanks in a single day. The Shermans in the American sector had a much better time of it. They had as good or better armor than the Panthers and at the point blank ranges in the Bocage the L70 76MM main gun of the panther lost its advantage. BTW 90% of German armor in Normandy was Mk.IV tanks and "Stumgashutz"III and IV assault guns. The Tigers and Panthers didn't get into the fight until almost the end, and had no real effect on the battle.---Ray
The legend of the awesome power of the German tank and piss poor Sherman was born from this one fight. Sherman's were sent without infantry into a pre sighted kill box consisting of dug in .88 MM flack 38 AAA guns. Pre sighted on hill tops. The British lost 400 tanks in a single day. The Shermans in the American sector had a much better time of it. They had as good or better armor than the Panthers and at the point blank ranges in the Bocage the L70 76MM main gun of the panther lost its advantage. BTW 90% of German armor in Normandy was Mk.IV tanks and "Stumgashutz"III and IV assault guns. The Tigers and Panthers didn't get into the fight until almost the end, and had no real effect on the battle.---Ray
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