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as I suspected, every tank put into production was at one point sabotaged, if it was being worked on by prisoners of war!. That said i came across some interesting notes. Did you know that the turrent was sabotaged on the Tiger mk.1 and 2 and the gearbox was screwed with on the panzers mk.3 and 4 but that was found out to be done by anti-nazi germans in their own factories ( would kinda suck to be stabbed in the back by your own countryman) anyway, some further reasearch into the specific question asked raises a few ways the sabatours were dealt with. They were shot and killed on spot, and to fix the problem they were forced to grind all parts with a hand grinder. It slowed production by 5 tanks a month, but reduced the sabotage rate greatly ( my source is a ex-canadian army tank driver and a book I have on different tanks of first and second world war.)
That said, your input into how it was repaired was greately appreciated. The panzer and Tiger tanks were very formidable weapons whether they were sabotaged or not, but the shear number of shermans produced + the ability for the shermans to be more adaptable ( flamethrower, rocket launcher, mine destroyer ect. ) made them a far more superior tank. Thanks for the first question and in a moment I'll answer your second one.
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