
Courage under fire: the story of a WW2 tank regiment
HistoryExtra podcast
00:00
The Tiger Tank vs the Sherman Tank
The sherman tank had thinner armour than the tiger tank. Also had a gun stabilizing gyro, which meant that it could fire much more accurately on the move. It is also incredibly easy to maintain in the field. A sherman engine can be replaced in two hours. I mean, that that is just phenomenal. The germans don't have lots of fuel, so they don't strain their hvees at all. And once it's conked out, even in a small way, it tends to stayconked out because of its size. So again, it's part of that long tail, that huge chain that enables the front line regiments like the sherwad
Play episode from 26:33
Transcript


