Originally posted by chromeboomerang: Sherman tanks - 300 of them ... Their 75 mm gun shot a 6lb shell that could penetrate a Panzer at 2000 metres... six-pound artillery gun which was highly effective up to 1500 metres...

"On average it took five Panthers to take out a Sherman. Four would be in a ditch out of fuel or broken down, the fifth one just blows away the Sherman before breaking down."