[Anthony]

All tanks involve tradeoffs of one sort or another, every tank in WWII had flaws, just not the same flaws. To make it worse, statistics are also pretty suspect because the different armies had different ways of recording losses (if a vehicle is disabled in the field but could maybe restored to function by hauling it back to a depot for major repairs, is it a loss? Does it matter if those repairs ever actually happen? If you're generous with your definitions you can lose the same vehicle several times, if you're stingy a vehicle might be damaged and never reenter service and not be listed as lost).