More good stuff, gents.
Although, Friedrich, I would wonder about the existence of original records. And further, if those records do exist, can they be trusted? Even first-hand accounts and records can be problematic- people could have inflated production numbers to impress Hitler, etc.
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Its not so hard when youare looking at vehciles that had production runs of maybe a few hundred. You can almost account for every one
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Exactly, Bish- I look at this as sort of a "detective" kind of thing. You are right about this... with Tigers, we SHOULD be able to pin down nearly every one. But because of the nature of the records and info from ww2, just on this thread we came up with SIX different numbers...
Another example I though of last night- How many Jadgtigers had the 88mm gun, how many the 128?
My sources claim outright not to have these numbers...
Let me clarify one thing though- I'm not actually expecting to discover the correct number. And you gents certainly don't need to be going out and getting me numbers for this. Just an interesting discussion topic!!
But of course, if anyone wants to embark on a little detective work, let me know
