check out this site...
http://babelfish.altavista.com/babel...20021206.shtml
its japanese but they have the stats for the tanks... i drew up a table below that should better explain things to those interested.... hope this helps.
just to save any confusion move from left to right so:
a sherman needs to hit a tiger (8) times......
Hits Req Panther T34 Tiger Sherman
Panther 4 4 6 2
T34 4 4 6 2
Tiger 3 3 4 2
Sherman 5 5 8 3