Re: A what if, for the Russians
Without an accompanying change in strategy, that is hard to really say with any certainty. After the realization that their "stand and fight where you are" theory resulted in huge losses, the Soviets adopted a more flexible approach to warfare.
Perhaps German encirclements of the Soviets would have been less involved or their abilities to breakout greater. It guess it would depend on the Soviet supply situations following an encirclement. An immobile tank due to fuel starvation is very vulnerable, even if it is a T-34.
I read somewhere of the the German's shock at encountering their first T-34. They were finally able to stop its rampage after landing a 105mm HE shell into it's rear.
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