I raised the question after watching a documentary about why out of 29 Sherman DD Tanks, 27 of them were lost before they arrived on the beach. One of the veterans believed if those tanks had made to the beach the result would had be a different out come that day.
The documentary was about the 741st Tank Company, the reason why they failed was more to do with navigation error, they turned into the wrong direction resulting in swamping from sea water. If they kept straight a good percentage would have made it to the beach.
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