the Sherman was not that bad of a tank. I mean it's better then being on the ground without any tank. although I guess you would be a bigger target in it...............
In the case of war, I wouldn't want to actually be in or near a tank, they're bullet/bomb/missile magnets. I'd much rather prefer to be the basic grunt, on foot, with a rifle in my hands, grenades around my waist and a sturdy kevlar helmet on my head.
Well I'd rather die by a bullet than cooked alive in a tank, well not quite the same now with modern tanks but it still kinda works with missiles and bombs that way. I agree its much safer to remain behind the tank, but you would eventually have to move out beyond the tank's protection.
not until the break through. and once that happens the infact are pretty safe from tank fire. Normally atleast what my grand father told me. the infantry would ride with the tank as support. untill about 1000 km (about the normal range of opening fire) then start trailing the tank untill the break through, the infantry would also be eyes for the commander they would tap/bang on the tank to let the commander know where the enemy fire is coming from. and they would follow untill they break the line.
Not if you want to communicate easier and you can move more tactically. I'd rather have a team of tanks that works well, with radios, than a team of uncoordinated tanks with slightly bigger guns. If you are too uncooridinated, you will probably stray off and be picked off one by one.
They had radios, the ones that did not were the ones rushed from the factory, inside the tank they had a intercom to talk to each tank member, in early 1942 all t-34's were installed with 5+ mile radios.
The T34 was definitely a very good tank, but the Sherman often is underrated. Another very good tank of WWII is the M24 Chaffee, but maybe it has more of a light tank...
@ Mihail - what about a thread about tank-hunters and selfpropelled AT-guns? But make sure the M18 is in it...
"All good things come to an end... but so do all the bad things."
Last edited by FreakNasty; May 29th, 2004 at 08:44 AM.
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