German Mechanics Couldn’t "Believe" One Sherman’s New 76mm Gun — Until They Saw Its Power

Описание: German Mechanics Couldn’t “Believe” One Sherman’s New 76mm Gun — Until They Saw Its Power

When German mechanics first inspected captured Shermans in 1943, they laughed. The armor was thinner. The gun was weaker. And to them, the American tank seemed hopelessly outclassed by Panthers and Tigers. But in late 1944, something new rolled onto the battlefield — a Sherman variant the Germans weren’t prepared for.

A Sherman armed with the high-velocity 76mm gun.

At first, German officers insisted it was an exaggeration. Their mechanics said the gun’s penetration numbers couldn’t possibly be real. But once this upgraded Sherman reached the front lines, everything changed. Panzer crews who once mocked the “Ronson” Shermans suddenly found themselves facing a tank that could punch through German armor at ranges they didn’t expect. The 76mm gun, matched with new ammunition types, turned America’s most mass-produced tank into a far more dangerous threat.

This is the story of the Sherman upgrade Germany never believed the U.S. could field — and how one gun helped shift tank warfare in the final year of WWII.

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