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=621=Samikatz
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The Sherman is a tall creature, falling over was a known issue

 

https://iremember.ru/en/memoirs/tankers/dmitriy-loza/

 

"The Sherman had its weaknesses, the greatest of which was its high center of gravity. The tank frequently tipped over on its side, like a Matryoshka doll (a wooden stacking doll). But I am alive today thanks to this deficiency. We were fighting in Hungary in December 1944. I was leading the battalion and on a turn my driver-mechanic clipped a curb. My tank went over on its side. We were thrown around, of course, but we survived the experience. Meanwhile the other four of my tanks went ahead and drove into an ambush. They were all destroyed."

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@=621=Samikatz

The Sherman had its weaknesses, the greatest of which was its high center of gravity driver Rocket_Knut

I corrected that for you... ? 

I guess, the moral of the story is: There always is an upside (even if one has to feel sorry for the other crews...).

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canuk2rogerthat
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The Ronson as they called it,as it often lit up:>)

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