Good stuff gents.

The reason why I picked up this thread was that the Mark IV, although not as sexy as Panther or Tiger, still is a good design. It was also one design that match the Sherman and T-34 in service length during the war.

The later version with the long barrel 75mm gun was a handfull for the allied designs at the time. So a focus on production on a Mark IV rather than the more complex and costly Panthers and Tigers would yield more tanks, using less resources enabeling production of other items (Aircraft?)

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