3 things the M4 Sherman did BETTER than other tanks

In this video, IWM's John Delaney will examine the M4 Sherman in the round. He'll look at the tank's design, what it was produced to do, and how it compared to its German equivalents. Plus he'll examine some of the Sherman's forgotten attributes which outclassed even the heaviest German tanks.

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00:00 Introduction
0:53 What was the Sherman for?
3:09 Production
5:36 Battlefield effectiveness
6:36 Survivability
8:23 Firepower
10:18 Manoeuvrability
11:12 The Sherman's Secret Sauce
13:47 Our Sherman M4A4
14:49 Conclusion