One question to those who are saying shermans and T34s were "superior": Let's say you are going to enter into a deadly tank battle 1v1 - one winner/one survivor type, but you have the liberty to chose between 2 tanks, the other one is for your opponent.
Var 1:
One Tiger - One T34.
Var 2:
One Panther - One sherman.
What would you chose? I'm sure it will be the T34 or the Shermann.... LOL.
Why are you comparing medium tanks to heavy tanks? An is 2 vs PIV would also be skewed toward the is 2. And t 34s and shermans were not exactly made for tank combat. Unless it was the 76mm Sherman or the t 34 85 which was more than enuogh vs tigers and decent vs panthers