Another thing to keep in mind, is the US Army liked cast armor enough they used it on just about every major(All) production tank up to the m60, and the M1 Abrams was the first non-cast tank. I’ve never read any accounts of crews refusing to take a Sherma...
FIXED FLUID-TIGHT TANK OR THE LIKE AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING SAME 1,155,116. Liquefied gas storage containers. TECHNIGAZ. 19 Sept., 1966 [22 Sept., 1965], No. 41704/66. Heading F4P. The fluid-tight inner vertical cylindrical shell 13, Fig. 1, of a heat insulated double-walled lique...