My grandfather was a "tank" driver in WW2. I have "tank" in quotes as I am not entirely sure he drove a tank. Upon new evidence I hear he drove a tank destroyer. He arrived in Europe in December 1944, participated in the battle of the bulge, and went on to finish the war in europe. He drove the company commander's "tank" in Company A, 41st Tank Batallion, 11th Armored division, USA.
(of course this could mean any armored vehicle at this point)
He had told people he drove a sherman, but my aunt told me that acording to someone at one of his unit's reunions that my grandpa actually drove a tank destroyer.
(this brings me down to the m4 sherman, and any of the various tank destroyers based upon it's chasis)
This along with his stories about how "Our shells would just bounce straight up off the enemy tanks without any effect". (This makes me think panthers as tigers were less prevalent on the western front and as tigers had no sloped armor.) He said this would often happen until "We got the 90mm gun"
(so now we have a certain tank in mind, the m36, which was a 90mm tank destroyer. but of course this could be just the use of we as his unit as a whole)
Does anyone know of a way to directly look up what tank someone drove in WW2?