The fact is that while they were all designed with a similar purpose, they operated under different doctrines. For the tasks they were asked to perform in Western Europe, the Sherman was a terrible tank. Where the Germans or the Russians would have employed heavy tanks, the Allies were stuck with Shermans.
Thankfully someone that must have been relatively high-ranking in the British Army saw what was coming and started replacing the 75mm gun with 17 pounders before the invasion.
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