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Originally Posted by frinik
Welcome to the forum Ottoramsaig!
It's great to have another former tanker on the forum.We already have our Aussie friend who used to crew a Leopard 1A4. For us tank sim fans but unfortunately without any real practical knowledge of the real thing it's wonderful to have guys like you who can put things in perspective and help us address realism or lack of in the sims we love and play.T34 versus Tiger was originally full of promises when it came out in 2007.WWII fans had basically only Panzer Elite a wonderful but ageing sim and some minor ridiculous firts person shooters of the panzer killer and other duds of the kind.Unfortunately TvsT came out flawed and with very few missions and tailored mainly for multi play.Add that to lack of support and single player sim fans like me turned to Steel Fury , another great sim, which came out soon after. Until ZeeWolfe gave TvsT the Kiss of Life and you can bet your hard earned money on his work because you're not going to be disappointed!Looking forward to hearing tales of your tank running days!
BTW, one question comes to my mind.While the M48 Patton obviously came after WWII how do you think it would have fared on the battlefield (in it's original version not with a 105 mm gun) against either the Tiger II or the Panther).
Anyway we 're a merry group of fellows and we help each other out whenever we can so you can count on our warm welcome and assistance 
Cheers
Frinik
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Well, the Patton was not much different than the Pershing tank that seen service in WW2 as well as the Super Sherman, both had a high profile but good cross country speed reliability and most of all Gun Stabilization,,that to me is a battle winner because you can shoot on the fly much more effectively.
Both had long barreled ,High Velocity guns.
The M4 Sherman was not built for tank on tank warfare, it was mainly an Infantry tank.
The US used M18 and M38 tank destroyers for tank on tank warfare.
If US tank forces were engaged by enemy Armor, when at all possible,seek cover and then call in an air strike or artillery.
For every three platoons of sherman's they usually had one platoon of M18 or M38 tank destroyers and it was five tanks in a platoon at that time.
I believe for the tank destroyers a platoon consisted of only three tanks.
US tank destroyers can go 60mph, so they would scoot out and try for a flank attack while the Sherman's would keep their attention.