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- 7/28/2002 6:34:42 AM

Damien

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Humm, you guys are missing the point. The question was "What was the best tank in WWII", not in SPWaW. :p In reality tanks like Tiger II and T-44 were never used, blueprints were ready.

But I guess the original question was ment to mean SPWaW? So I'll add my ramblings here. :)

Panther, or both versions of T-34.

Panther is probably the best possible solution if requirements are mobility, fire power and shielding. The 75mm could penetrate any hostile armour. T-34 had no chance nor Shermans. Tiger would have been a problem, but a clear shot to the rear or side is enough. Luckily Panther had no reason to shoot Tigers ;) The first Panther had a severe problem with forwared armouring of the tower. If a shot was to hit straight to the front of the tower it would have rebounded down on the top of the hull disabling the driver. (Driver was seated directly under the place the barrel end and tower begins.

The same goes with T-34. Their only problem was infantry. They are extremely vunerable to infantry assaults. The ones used in Finland 40-44 had to add an extra machine gun to rear due to surprise assaults by sneaking finns. (I managed to destroy 2 platoons with 1 SS platoon) The earlier version had 75mm cannon, and as I already stated, it would lose if T-34/75 countered Tiger coming straight ahead. Still excellent, since Tigers aren't used that much.

Pershings would have done a lot of damage, but they were used only in 1 battle before the WWII ended. :)

(in reply to Cath0de)