The ultra-lightly-armored M18, with its unexceptional gun, had the bestratio of kills to losses for any vehicle type in the Army! Why? Ultimately, it may come down to how tank-destroyers were employed ...

As tank-destroyers were drawn increasingly into infantry support roles that exposed them to artillery and infantry fire, their crews piled sandbags on top of them in order to detonate Panzerfaust anti ...