Were tanks used in world war 2?

Answer 1

yes.i think the most comon tank that was used in ww2 was the united states sherman.it was a very light-weight weak tank but they were able to produce them in high numbers.

WW2 was a wide variety of armor (tanks): Germany had the Pz III's & IV's which carried the bulk of the fighting all thru the war; the UK had the Churchill and Crusader tanks, and largely used US tanks (Stuarts and Shermans, Lee's and Grants); Russia (Soviet Union) had to famous T-34...an excellent tank...easily mass produced, reliable, rugged, and easy for the crewmen to work on (maintain); the US had the king of tanks, the dependable M4 Sherman medium...like the T34; rugged, easily mass produced, any draftee could operate it (which is important, a complicated tank is NOT an asset during a war), and well armored and well armed (regardless of what television says). If the Sherman was as bad as TV states, the US would NOT have built nearly 50,000 of them, and the US would have lost the war. Television is in the business of making money; not educating people.

Last, but not least, were Japan's Type 95 light tanks and type 97 medium tanks, decent tanks; considering Japan was a naval power and concentrated on building warships rather than ground armor (tanks). Again, televison compares a Japanese Type 95 light tank to a US M4 Sherman Medium tank, and states that the Type 95 was no match for it. Of course not! Light tanks aren't suppose to take on Medium tanks. A Japanese Type 95 light tank could give the US Stuart light tank a run for it's money...but again though, Japan's tanks did receive last priority in steel production and technology; those two commodities were reserved for the battleships and cruisers. Yes they did and they were quite advanced the German blitzkrieg (lightning war) saw German Panzer divisions conquer most of wetsern Europe in a few weeks using mainly tanks