WWII Western Europe Battlefield Tanks Photograph by Weston Westmoreland

WWII Western Europe Battlefield Tanks

by Weston Westmoreland

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Title

WWII Western Europe Battlefield Tanks

Artist

Weston Westmoreland

Medium

Photograph - Photograph

Description

This are the pictures of actual working M4 Sherman, M26 Pershing and Panzer VI Tiger I Tanks, shot in France.

The Pershing was the first operational heavy tank of the US Army. It was designated a heavy tank when it was designed in WWII due to its 90mm gun, at the time the largest caliber gun standard on an American tank. The tank is named after General John J. Pershing who led the American Expeditionary Force in Europe in World War I. It was briefly used both in World War II and in the Korean War.

An improvement of the M4 Sherman, due to delays in development only a small number saw combat in the European theater. In combat it was, unlike the M4 Sherman, fairly equal in firepower and protection to both the Tiger I and Panther tanks.

The M4 Sherman was the primary battle tank used by the United States and the other Western Allies in World War II. It proved to be a reliable and highly mobile machine, that had to fight heavier German tanks that outmatched it late in the war.

The M4 was the second most produced tank of the World War II era, after the Soviet T-34, and its role in the west was comparable to that of the T-34 in the east. The tank took its name from the American Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman.

The M4 Sherman, weighed an average 30 tons and took the brunt of the armored fight after D-Day against German tanks that were monsters by comparison, like the Tiger I of 56 tons and Tiger II of 70. The Shermans suffered high casualties against their heavier armor and more powerful cannons and had to resort to mobility, mechanical reliability and sheer numbers, along with air support to overcome those disadvantages.

The Tiger was a German heavy tank developed in 1942 and used in World War II. The official name was Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger Ausf.E. It was renamed Tiger I when the bigger Tiger II began production.

This tank was an answer to the unexpectedly impressive armor encountered in the Soviet T-34 tank. During the course of the war, the Tiger I saw combat on all battlefronts. It was usually deployed in independent tank battalions, which proved to be formidable.

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