M4 Sherman Case Study
2. Technology. Allied Forces: M4 Sherman - The M4 Sherman series of medium tanks proved an invaluable asset to Allied operations North Africa, Europe and the Pacific theaters of war in World War 2. The Sherman proved a relatively inexpensive, easy-to-maintain and perhaps most importantly - an easy-to-produce combat system that more or less won the ground war for the Allies through sheer numbers. Similar to production efforts on the part of the Soviet Union with their T-34 tank system, the M4 Sherman was the same class of tank weapon under an American guise. Despite her reach, it was outclassed in the important combat-related categories when coming up against the later-stage German Panzer tanks. The M4 proved to be relatively weak in comparison to these German systems by its lack of a potent main gun and relatively inadequate armor protection for her crews and vital systems. If the Sherman had an advantage over her contemporaries, it was in her speed, battlefield reliability and simply her quantitative presence regarding in any given engagement of the day. The Sherman Tank also received a bad reputation as an Inferior tank, reason for this was its tendency to catch fire. M3 Stuart - M3 was initially
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Doctrine and training. Allied Forces: Army doctrine was mired in back to World War I. The Army had little or no experience maneuvering or operating at brigade, division, or company levels. It was scattered all over the United States and its territories, mostly at battalion strength. So, when US Army units finally met the Germans on the North African sand in February 1943, they would do so with weapons and tactics inferior to those of their enemy. Allied forces Tank Doctrine was wrong, in that they were not meant to have tanks fighting other tanks. The Axis Forces: The Axis Forces were battle proven and hardened due to several years of war preceding the battle. They had seasoned leaders and leadership was personally lead as opposed to establishing command from
Doctrine and training. Allied Forces: Army doctrine was mired in back to World War I. The Army had little or no experience maneuvering or operating at brigade, division, or company levels. It was scattered all over the United States and its territories, mostly at battalion strength. So, when US Army units finally met the Germans on the North African sand in February 1943, they would do so with weapons and tactics inferior to those of their enemy. Allied forces Tank Doctrine was wrong, in that they were not meant to have tanks fighting other tanks. The Axis Forces: The Axis Forces were battle proven and hardened due to several years of war preceding the battle. They had seasoned leaders and leadership was personally lead as opposed to establishing command from