Morale can really make all the difference - b/t German and American tank crews - if you don't have confidence in your equipment, your efficiency suffers. It seems the only way you could feel "safe" in a Sherman is to HAVE tons of Shermans crawling all over the place - more targets, the less odds that you're going to get hit....

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