Why Tankers preferred 75 over 76mm

Although the Sherman with 76mm gun was clearly a better at fighting other tanks, most tankers actually preferred the 75mm gun Sherman. Yet, why? This question is answered by Joshua "Wiki" Collins from ww2armor.org who provides some interesting insights while we stand in front of "Fred".

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Coox, Alvin D.; Naisawald, L. Van Loan: Technical Memorandum ORO-T-117 – Survey of Allied Tank Casualties in World War II, March 1951

TM 9-1907 Ballistic Data Performance of Ammunition. Department of the Army, United States 1948

Zaloga, Steven: Patton versus the Panzers: The Battle of Arracourt, September 1944. Stackpole Books: 2016.
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