These weapons did not last too long past World War II, but they did their part.
Key point: These tank destroyers were deadly but also less heavily armored. Here is how they fought the Axis.
During the 1940s, the U.S. Army developed a special weapon to counter the tanks of the German Wehrmacht. Most of these vehicles had the hull of a Sherman tank and a turret with a long-barrel cannon.
But don’t dare call them
tanks. These were tank-
destroyers.
After the war, the U.S. Army concluded tank destroyers were a waste of time. Official histories excoriated the failure of the program.
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