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Originally Posted by Joe
All of the AFVs you have mentioned here are not tanks you would rely on to achieve a Breakthrough, the StuG has no turret so will just get a 75/76/57mm shell into it's side.
These vehicles where not designed to fight tanks. Like you said, they run away upon seeing a Panzer. If you want to have a large, slow and heavily armed and armoured tank to scout, then you might as well use your entire army. Besides, a small tank is hard to spot from inside a tank Turret, so It isn't exactly hard to get away when you have a small and fast vehicle.
Sextons, Priests and Hummels are not tanks at all. They are Artillery vehicles. designed to fire shells over many miles. Sending one into battle is even something my cat would not do.
'Battle Tank'. Where did you get that designation from anyway?
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You missed the point, all tanks whether they be artillery support, sp guns, tank destroyers, recon tanks, or other support tanks should be able to do at least the bare minimum of all aspects required of war.
Battle Tank:
Tanks and armoured fighting vehicles of ww2 by jim winchester
tanks and armoured vehicles of ww2 by jam surmondt
weapons of the waffen SS by flemming
all these books mention the term battle tank to describe
A battle tank: armored vehicle having caterpillar traction and armed with machine guns, cannon, rockets, or flame throwers which means all of theses artillery support, sp guns, tank destroyers, recon tanks, or other support tanks except the ones with wheels and axles.
oh and those artillery support tanks are close support artillery which means they will come in contact with the enemy armour not just retaliation shelling and aircraft, so they need to be equipped to deal with the threat.