Why it took 5 Sherman Tanks to take out 1 German Panther ❗️ #ww2 #history #tanks

Why it took 5 Sherman Tanks to take out 1 German Panther ❗️ #ww2 #history #tanks #tank #germanpanther #germanengineering

[ministerofpropagandaindoct]

This guy is so dumb. They say that it took 5 Shermans to kill a Tiger, not a Panther. This also probably has something to do with how American tanks traveled in platoons of 5.

[Spacey_key]

*sigh* if you are a ww2 american soldier and you call for a tank support, you will get 5 tanks regardless of the situation, because that's the smallest possible tank unit in the US army at the time

[alexanderawe]

As a german, no you don't need 7 fucking Shermans to take out a Panther, or Tiger for that matter, while both were great tanks as far as engineering goes, a large reason why the numbers were skewed is because allies would count Shermans that were damaged or below a certain combat efficiency as disabled, meanwhile Axis were bringing heavily damaged Tigers running on ducktape and dreams to the battlefield as operational, meaning the casualty counts were out of whack. It's like the enemy taking a sick soldier out of the battle and listing them as a casualty, meanwhile your forces are using parapalegics as frontline units.

[argenthellion]

Everyone is an "expert" these days...

[infinitystormsafire]

As a panther main, hell no this is cap it doesn't take that much shermans to murk a panther.

[redboiiy]

Soviet BT-5's with their 45mm and M22's with their 37mm: Side armor go brrt

[dstoast]

The M4A2E8 was given a 76mm used for German heavy tanks like the tiger
The main tank in fury is a M4A2E8 it can go through the front of a tiger over 200meters

[garrybragg]

If you say our tanks are bad then you know nothing tanks were made like that to be easily transported

[Hollows]

It doesn’t matter. The difference is you would have been much more likely to see 7 Shermans than 1 Panther, I mean fucking hell, you’d have probably encountered 70 Shermans before you encountered a panther or tiger.

[javitronex]

Tell me you have no idea AT all about armored warfare, without telling me "i dont know anything about armored warfare"

[YayanCroftz]

You dont even need to know much about tanks to know this is wrong

[zobzombie]

Dude basing all his knowledge on a fucking movie lol

[rehancherote]

Although the panther was superior to the sherman, i don't think 7-8 Shermans were required to destroy it as the panther was a medium tank

[tidbit]

And yet the Germans were totally unsuccessful in the vast majority of combat engagements when the Panzer faced off against allied Sherman's. Look up literally any WWII battle and you'll see how a very small number of Sherman tanks almost always came out on top. I've actually never heard of a battle where Panzers were super effective in a tank vs tank scenario. Goes to show there are a lot of factors to real world warfare, a lot more than states and inches of armour or how big your barrel is, often it just comes down to luck. And a couple hits on the side of a Panzer would kill it just as well as shot in the rear.

[theenclave]

You can tell this guy spent 10 minutes on Reddit and claimed to be an expert.
- US Sherman’s came in Platoons (5 Sherman’s or more in a Plt)
- Sherman’s, especially later war Sherman’s in which the Panther would have encountered would rip a Panther in two.
- At close ranges the Sherman’s 75mm was more than enough.
- Panthers were terrible Tanks and mostly broke down, abandoned and could not be replaced whereas British and US Sherman’s could be. As well as maintained easily, and were more survivable.

[steveripethefustercluck.]

He forgets that A that's a meth and

B depends on tank Sherman firefly could easily kill one also brings me onto my next point that the Sherman's where possible one of the best tanks just because you could easily make it to do any one thing. Like think of any task a tank could do their is probably a Sherman for it. from toeing, artillery, demining to troop carrying a Sherman will be there.

There is only so much you can do with a unreliable panther and a fuel guzzling king tiger

[sirilluminarthevaliant]

Me reading the us army report saying that 75mm Sherman’s would fire he arbiters because the welds would fail after two or three hits

[Dmcco]

"You don't even bother shooting." I guess smoke shells didn't exist back then. 🙄

[BFort]

This guy doesn’t know what he’s talking about. They say it took 5 Shermans to take out a Tiger, not a Panther. Also it depends on what type of Sherman because the Sherman firefly could easily take out a Tiger. Also our tanks were not that bad because there were so many variations that the Sherman could do so much more than be a normal tank. If you need a heavier gun, there’s a Sherman for that. If you need to clear a minefield, there’s a Sherman for that. If you need to clear rubble, there’s a Sherman for that.

[The_Local_Rat]

This guy is completely wrong! The saying is “one tiger can take five Shermans but the problem is that the Americans always had six”