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A WWII Game Changer: How the M36 Tank Destroyer Took Down German Panthers From an Unheard-of 3 Kilometers!

American troops were facing an impossible enemy—German heavy armor like the Panther and Tiger. But in the late days of WWII, the powerful M36 Tank Destroyer finally delivered the long-overdue answer.
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This Tank Destroyer Cut Through Hitler’s Armor Like a Hot Knife Through Butter

During the Second World War, American tank doctrine called for U.S. tanks to engage and defeat any enemy tanks they came up against. The Tank Destroyer Force made that possible. Thanks to a massive ...
The National Interest

This Tank Destroyer Cut Through Hitler’s Armor Like a Hot Knife Through Butter

Thanks to a massive 90mm main gun, the M36 was one of the few American tank destroyers that could reliably engage any German armored vehicles, even at extreme distances. During the Second World War, ...