10-19-2020, 06:06 PM | #21 | |
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Re: Knocking out a WW2 tank
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10-19-2020, 06:10 PM | #22 | |
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Germany couldn't out-build the Allies, so its only hope was to try and build better.
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10-19-2020, 06:11 PM | #23 |
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Re: Knocking out a WW2 tank
Nonsense. Soldiers ambush the enemy all the time.
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10-19-2020, 06:42 PM | #24 | |
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I mean, there was no winning move once it turned out that blitzing the USSR into surrender wasn't going to work. But trying to carry through the rest of the war with a pre-T-34 main tank doesn't sound like a highly appealing approach. A tank that can actually win engagements has a lot going for it that most German tanks were finding seriously in doubt when they pitted their dubious pre-war machines against T-34s...
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10-19-2020, 06:58 PM | #25 | |
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For a tank made in 1943 the Panther was pretty good. Consider that no tank is perfect, so the best you can do is get one that's 'good enough' and suits your requirements and capabilities better than the other compromises. There were some design choices for the Panther that turned out to be poor - the interleaved wheels, for example. There were some others that were arguable, like making the frontal armour a single solid unit, making changing out the final drives very hard (but at the same time making the armour stronger). Going with a 40+ ton weight was not one of them, given that the Germans HAD to make a better tank, because they certainly couldn't build more tanks than their enemies, and 'better' also meant 'heavier'.
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10-20-2020, 01:04 AM | #26 | ||
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Being forced to be an emergency response / rapid reaction tank over huge operational areas (western Russia, North Africa) not so good.
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10-20-2020, 04:44 AM | #27 | |
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10-20-2020, 04:59 AM | #28 | |
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Not so much an issue when you don't need it constantly and everywhere at once, but rather in it's planned breakthrough and retire roles. Both becoming more of an issue as they went on
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10-20-2020, 05:27 AM | #29 |
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Re: Knocking out a WW2 tank
Whereas the P-1000 mostly reminds me of those 50-lb. anime swords - looks awesome, completely impractical.
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10-20-2020, 05:59 AM | #30 | |
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Of course the SotA 1945 tank didn't see service in the war, because it was over before they could enter service. For those, we need to look at the T-54/55 and the Centurion.
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