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Old March 1st, 2009, 09:19 AM

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Default Re: US Sherman Tank

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I consider the PIIIL/60, 75mm Sherman and T34/76 (except the earliest versions with the short gun) to be in the same category with respect to combat capabilities
With one important caveat, the HE shell.
Not really. It's one of the many small differences between the types. I think the lesser performance of the HE round is more than compensated for by the PEN values of the 'sabot' rounds they have.
After all it's just a rough estimation of the overall combat capabilities into a broad category.

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