Originally Posted by JBGQUICK
Ok, so Patton entered the war in mid-1944? What was he supposed to use before that? In North Africa the Sherman was superior. The decision to delay production was done by General Lesley McNair. Belton blames Patton, but there is little evidence that this is true.
The first five hundred production Shermans went to the Brits in North Africa while we still had those miget scout tanks and that tank with the offset turret until production caught up. McNair was and idiot who slowed DEVEOPEMENT and producton of the M-26. As noted Patton had been training with the Sherman for 2 years and didn't want to retrain.