Rommel Tested Captured Sherman — Then Warned Berlin About America's 48-Hour Production

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When Erwin Rommel inspected a captured M4 Sherman in North Africa, he expected a clumsy, overhyped Allied tank. Instead, after driving it himself, he was stunned by its mechanical reliability, wide tracks, simple maintenance, and the one advantage Germany could never match: the United States could replace a lost Sherman in just 48 hours. Rommel urgently warned Berlin that Germany wasn’t fighting a tank—it was fighting an industrial machine capable of flooding the battlefield faster than the Afrika Korps could destroy them. This video uncovers the real story behind Rommel’s evaluation, how the Sherman’s design philosophy differed radically from the Panzer III/IV, and why U.S. mass-production became the decisive force multiplier in the desert war. Discover why German commanders feared not the Sherman’s gun, but America’s ability to build thousands more before their own factories finished a single turret. Subscribe for more gripping, authentic WWII history.