When you see these three vehicles what do you think? That they are all tanks or armored vehicles.  Do you wonder why I am asking you this? Well I am asking you this to show you the different types of armored vehicles that were used in this war.

The first one is the M4 Sherman.  The most well know tank.  Everyone knows about this one.  It was the most widely used tank in the war it was also one of the weakest.  Even with these facts it was the most widly built tank of the war with over 50,000 tanks built. The Sherman armament is a 75, or 76mm gun, this was multi-purpose gun, used for both infantry and tanks.

The second one is an M7 priest. It was called a priest for its commander position which looked like a pulpit.  It is a self propelled gun meaning it has a howitzer or artillery piece instead of a cannon like the Sherman. It was a infantry support that could move itself.

The last one is the M36 Jackson.  It is a tank destroyer it's sole purpose was to destroy other tanks. It had a large caliber gun (meaning the length of the gun). The German TD (Tank Destroyer)  were a hull mounted gun, and the American had a open turret.

The Germans had the most of all of these types of tanks. they built the biggest too. Like the JagdTiger  was a immense thing with a massive gun,

They had in my opinion had the best tank. the Panzer5 or Panther. 
They also had the best tank destroyer. The Jagdpanther.














If you type into Google "German tanks of world war two".  You get the infamous Tiger tank. The most feared tank of the war and for good reason. In Normandy one tiger was worth 25 Sherman's. That means that for every Tiger killed 25 Sherman's were killed.