According to a US tanker hero of WWII interviewed on the show "Greatest Tank Battles" the gun on the US tank destroyers could penetrate the frontal armor of a Panther. To quote him "They were lethal". In the battle covered he said they backed off the Shermans and brought up four TDs to deal with the Panthers. The gunner on one of these TDs then commented how they blew the Panthers away. Too bad this powerhouse gun was not mounted in the Sherman.
@MrRockitRide The quality of German steel was not very good towards the end of the war, and neither were the German tank crews. The best German tank crews were killed on the Eastern front and Normandy.
@gtamodman122 Anything is legal in the US if you live in the right state and have money. There's a guy who has a working Mig29 with 100% functional weapon systems. Tanks are actually quite easy to buy and relatively cheap as far as things go. A hellcat like this would go for about a hundred thousand dollars. A crap russian tank might go for $25k, and the "M1 Abrams" used in the first Transformers movie are up for sale at $69k each which IMO is a pretty sweet deal.
The M26 Pershing was a great tank and was definitely better than what the Germans had, but was produced too late in WWII (1945) to be effective like the Sherman. When the US started putting the 76mm high velocity gun on the Sherman as on the Hellcat, they found them to be a lot better versus the Tiger and Panther, but then again the number of upgraded Sherman did not start arriving in theater until late in the war. The best thing the US was able to do pre-upgrades was attack in great numbers.
everyone thinks in ww2 germans have by far the best tanks, well the M18, M18 and M26 gave the germans a run for there money, even the M4 firefly and US upgraded M4 that had the 76mm could take out the best of german tanks, the yanks gave the germans a hard time and they both made great tanks, i still think the WW2 heavy weight winner was the M26 purshing tank, faster then german tanks, just as well armoured, bigger gun they ruled
@HONORGUARD308 "The M26 was underpowered and mechanically unreliable and so was withdrawn from Korea in 1951". That was 6 years after WWII. As for Shermans, they were severely outmatched by the end of the war by new improved german Panther and Tiger tanks.
According to a US tanker hero of WWII interviewed on the show "Greatest Tank Battles" the gun on the US tank destroyers could penetrate the frontal armor of a Panther. To quote him "They were lethal". In the battle covered he said they backed off the Shermans and brought up four TDs to deal with the Panthers. The gunner on one of these TDs then commented how they blew the Panthers away. Too bad this powerhouse gun was not mounted in the Sherman.
MrRockitRide 3 months ago
@MrRockitRide The quality of German steel was not very good towards the end of the war, and neither were the German tank crews. The best German tank crews were killed on the Eastern front and Normandy.
jackzero99 3 months ago
in the description you say "Privately owned" what do you mean by that?
gtamodman122 9 months ago
@gtamodman122 He means that a individual owns it , not a governmental organization.
20YrBillionaire 6 months ago
@20YrBillionaire Normally I'd be surprised, but hey there are people who buy Flankers 5 mio per plane, this must have been even cheaper lol.
gtamodman122 6 months ago
@gtamodman122 Anything is legal in the US if you live in the right state and have money. There's a guy who has a working Mig29 with 100% functional weapon systems. Tanks are actually quite easy to buy and relatively cheap as far as things go. A hellcat like this would go for about a hundred thousand dollars. A crap russian tank might go for $25k, and the "M1 Abrams" used in the first Transformers movie are up for sale at $69k each which IMO is a pretty sweet deal.
20YrBillionaire 6 months ago
@20YrBillionaire MiG-29 with functional weapons?Poor guy must have gone through a lot to get such a thing.And Abrams at 69K?I love America xD.
gtamodman122 6 months ago
The M26 Pershing was a great tank and was definitely better than what the Germans had, but was produced too late in WWII (1945) to be effective like the Sherman. When the US started putting the 76mm high velocity gun on the Sherman as on the Hellcat, they found them to be a lot better versus the Tiger and Panther, but then again the number of upgraded Sherman did not start arriving in theater until late in the war. The best thing the US was able to do pre-upgrades was attack in great numbers.
dhiggins45 10 months ago
everyone thinks in ww2 germans have by far the best tanks, well the M18, M18 and M26 gave the germans a run for there money, even the M4 firefly and US upgraded M4 that had the 76mm could take out the best of german tanks, the yanks gave the germans a hard time and they both made great tanks, i still think the WW2 heavy weight winner was the M26 purshing tank, faster then german tanks, just as well armoured, bigger gun they ruled
HONORGUARD308 10 months ago
@HONORGUARD308 "The M26 was underpowered and mechanically unreliable and so was withdrawn from Korea in 1951". That was 6 years after WWII. As for Shermans, they were severely outmatched by the end of the war by new improved german Panther and Tiger tanks.
DionysusFTW 9 months ago
that tank was used in ww2 be the americans
JupilerNL 2 years ago
When is this?
salemcripple 2 years ago
that is cool.
Fishman6007 2 years ago