The countries and territories in purple on the map have net average monthly salary purple â in excess of â¬4,000, blue â in the range of â¬1,500 â â¬3,999, orange â â¬500 to â¬1,499, in red â below â¬500.
The main weakness of the Panther tank was its much thinner (40-50 mm thick) side armour. The thinner side armour was necessary to keep the tank's overall weight within reasonable bounds, but it made the Panther vulnerable to attacks from the side by most Allied and Soviet tank and anti-tank guns.
Replaced by the Patton series of tanks in the 1950s, the Sherman was heavily exported and continued to operate with many of the world's militaries into the 1970s. 1  World War II: Tiger Tank. 2  World War II: Curtiss P-40 Warhawk. 3  World War II: German Panther Tank. 4  Flawed Fighter: Bell P-39 Airacobra. 5  World War II: M26 Pershing.