I think you guys are misreading my posts again......

I gave a couple of reasons why the JS 2 and Königstiger was a bad choice and that being it's wieght with the lack of fuel and possiblity of getting stuck in bad terrain. The King tiger was not a good offensive weapon due to it's speed disadvantage. As for a defensive weapon the tank sepaks for itslef and one favorite unit of mine with over 450 kills speaks for itself in 1945.

As for spring awakening it was more than mud that stopped the W-SS units, it was lack of proper recon, hilly gound and the evasive and intense anti-tank protection that the Soviets had mustered en masse. If you study closely the maps you'll find that I. and the II SS Panzer Korps did remarkably well with all things including weather against them. But again a plan ill conceived.

You may take your T-34's speed and the masses that roamed the fields but I will take a hard hitting high velocity weapon like the 8.8cm any day.....

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