From: ikonoqlast@gmail.com   
      
   On Tuesday, January 27, 2015 at 10:52:49 AM UTC-7, jack wrote:   
      
      
   > Picture it a lot like the US tanks in Europe in WWII.  The Shermans   
   individually were no match for the Tigers, but if you could build them at a   
   50-to-1 rate over that of Tiger production, you can afford the higher loss   
   rate.   
      
      
   For the record, and a lot of people don't realize this, but in WWII the   
   Germans only made about 1400 Tiger 1s (and 600 'King' Tigers) in the entire   
   war.  And only 50,000 tanks of ALL varieties (mostly Mk III and Mk IV).    
   Shermans were inferior to Tigers    
   and Panthers, but they were superior to the bulk of actual German tanks.   
      
   The US made 50,000 Shermans alone (3/4 with 75mm guns, this is production not   
   counting upgrades like the Firefly).  (and 2200 Pershings) (plus 9000 assorted   
   tank destroyers, with powerful guns but crap armor)   
      
   The USSR made 57,000 T-34s (22k -85's, the rest -76s).  (plus about 8000   
   assorted heavy tanks)   
      
      
   Wiki has articles-   
      
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_armored_fighting_vehicle_pro   
   uction_during_World_War_II   
      
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_armored_fighting_vehicle_p   
   oduction_during_World_War_II   
      
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_combat_vehicle_production_du   
   ing_World_War_II   
      
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