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Originally Posted by panzerfan
Given the fact that the Firefly made it in, I think that late game Tiger Ausf.B can make it in...
@Znail: A Sherman M4 can go toe to toe against a Panzer IV and it's reliable. The very fact that not every Joe smoe gets to use a Panther makes it also particularly bad when an M4 crew sees one, never mind Tiger, for chances are that the Panther and Tiger crew knew what they're doing.
(ID is Marisa Tak, although I am changing up to Miyanaga_Saki)
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Early versions of PzIV and M4 are have pretty comparable guns, but the PzIV have better quality armor and thus a slight advantage in a shoot out.
Panther crews were actually a major issue during the war. Germany were running out of gas so had trouble training the crews for the new tanks so they ended up being a lot less well trained and lost many tanks due to that. Tigers on the other hand were introduced earlier and prioritised with elite crews and training. Germany should really have switched over some experienced PzIV crews to Panthers for maximum use of those better machines, but of course that would have taken some retraining.