<t> Sorry you were entirely right, I got my tanks mixed up, I thought you were refering to a MK IVa instead of a MK VIe, and of course the 37mm gun was what the Mk III started with.<br/>
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All things being even the Sherman and MkIV were a close match. I would choose a MKIVh over a standard ...

<t> Just noted you assertation that Pz Mk IVs were inferion to Shermans. I must disagree, sure the MK IVa was inferior but that only packed a 37mm gun and was obselete by 1939. The later marks were much more formidable and mechanically reliable (hence the building of lots of variants on the MK IV ...