The Sherman Tank was a light weight in the tank battles of world war two. When in a one on one battle the Sherman was no match for just about any tank that it would face in world war two. The Sherman had about 2 inches of armor on it, that seems like a lot but compared to the 7 inch armor on the King Tiger, the Germans were producing late in the war, it was not very much. The main gun on the Sherman was also not very large it was only a 75 mm gun, compared to the 88 mm on the king tiger, or the JS III soviet tank with a 122mm main gun. If you want a modern day comparison to the JS III the M1A2 main battle tank of the United States only has a 105mm gun. As you can see the Sherman was out-classed in almost every category. The only thing that did help the Sherman is the nearly 49,000 tanks that were built during world war two.
