re: How were German armored divisions so much more elite than their US counterparts

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So, it's not accurate to say that the Easy Eight was inferior to the later models of Pz IV.

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And certainly not under any sort of significant deficiency. The Tigers were so few, and the crews that got them tended to be the best, so that combined shock inflates their impact, perhaps. Even the Pershings might have been outgunned by veteran German tankers in Tiger II or Panther tanks, though.

But, we were building thousands while the Germans were building dozens.