I think it's fair to point out the British weren't generally superior to the American tanks. British cruiser tanks were underarmed and underarmored, while the infantry tanks were undrrgunned snd maddeningly slow. Most of the cruiser tanks had reliability issues. It wasn't until the Centurion (which abandoned the ctuiser/infantry distinction) that the British had a really good tamk.
While the British 6-pdr was a better AT weapon than the Sherman's 75mm, it was less useful for everything else.
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