[Joe 6-pack]

"It’s no secret the Sherman was an inferior tank to the Panther and Tiger."

Sometimes quantity has a quality of its own.

[colorado tanker]

Fortunately, the Germans could never make many Tigers and they had mechanical problems that were never solved. Also fortunate was the fact that the Russians got really good at killing Tigers with their T-34's.

And you are right, Detroit could vastly outproduce Germany.

Another point that seems little known is that American field artillery was a very effective tank killer in WWII.

In September 1944 we deployed the M36 Tank Destroyer in Europe, which had a 90mm gun that could take on the heavy German armor. We never seemed to have enough of them, though.