I'd kill for the mass suppression of axis tanks on shermans, amazing stuff.
The MG of the Sherman and the MG of the P4 deal a similar amount of suppression per second, with the Sherman being actuall slightly better.
Now to Demon77, the problem is all P4s are skirted, I rarely see an unskirted P4 unless it's a new player. So that means generally the sherman will lose unless it gets real lucky due to its slightly slower rate of fire against the skirts 10% less damage from Shermans (I belive that stat is right).
A 76mm Sherman should beat a P4 (
even a Skirted one) every time. The only time a 76mm will lose is if you get very unlucky.
Allies are about their basic units and giving upgrades to let them handle other threats 'okay' or improve their current focus a bit (BARs), Axis are the ones with a great variety of troops and roles.
I don't think I agree with this. To label one side as 'generalists' and one side as 'specialists' seems pretty silly to me; Axis and Allies have a variety of both general and specialist units.