re: July 16, 1950 - Americans Repeatedly Routed

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My second father-in-law was in a Sherman in Europe for a while. He got out of that line as soon as he could. He said their nick name was "Ronsons."

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Despite the nickname, once Shermans adopted wet storage of ammo, they were among the least likely tanks to burn in WWII. Their WWII crew survival rate after a penetrating hit was in the 80% range, and was among the best, if not the best, of any tank. For comparison, the survival rate after a penetrating hit for a WWII T-34 crew was around 17%. The E8 version was most common in Korea, and easily outmatched the T-34/85s that it came up against in every respect.