The 'Peashooter' Sherman Vs The Mighty Tiger

American tank:
Sherman tanks 
The Sherman tanks were the main Tank used in World war 2 by the allied powers. The Sherman Tanks where built for their low cost, easy manufacturing capabilities and their movement.
In the height of the industrial capability to make tanks, one of these Sherman tanks could be made in about a third of the amount of time that it took to make one Tiger tank, a German tank. There where about 50,000 of these Sherman tanks made in the war effort. All of the allied forces used the Sherman tanks (Russia and Britain). These Sherman tanks where specialized for all terrain movement and speed. These tanks could move at about 30 miles per hour if they needed to.
They where a medium build and they lacked the same amount of armor that the tiger had. The muzzle size for the Sherman was an underwhelming 75 MM wide. This shell wasn't very good at piercing through Tigers' armor, It would, on occasion, just bounce off of the tanks armor.
It had one 50 caliber Machine gun and a 30 caliber Machine gun. The armor on the  Sherman generally ranged from about 40-50 MM armor on the front side of the tank. The front side of the tanks was usually angled, in order to deflect any incoming bullets , rather than being impacted directly.
The Sherman weighed about 33 tons with all of its armor.
This Tank was nicknamed 'peashooter' because the shells would often just deflect from the Tigers armor. It was very practical to mass produce Sherman tanks, since they could easily outnumber and out maneuver a Tiger.



German tanks:
Tiger Tanks 
These Tanks where ABSOLUTE BEASTS. They had a Range of about 2,000 feet and could decimate A Sherman Tank in one shot. While it might have taken 4+  shots from a Sherman to puncture the Tigers armor. The Tigers were used in longer range combat. Since their range was so immense, they could sit on top of a hill, out of the reach of any Sherman fire and completely unload on the incoming army. In comparison the the Sherman, the
The worst thing about the Tigers, was that they where pretty unreliable. They would break fairly often and would need to be fixed by a professional. The Tigers also required an immense amount of resources and time to make. These tanks where basically made by hand because of how complicated and large their tanks where. The Tiger had an 88 MM wide muzzle. This allowed for the Tiger to just annihilate anything that it shot. The Tiger also weighed approximately twice as much as a Sherman did. The Front armor of the Tigers where generally from 80 - 100 Millimeters thick in order to deflect any Sherman shells that where shot at them. The Tiger basically weighed double what  a normal Sherman does.




https://www.britannica.com/technology/Sherman-tank
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/americas-m4-sherman-tank-world-war-ii-wonder-weapon-or-blunder-weapon-62772
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj0AzL95Weg