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Originally Posted by T. A. Gardner
And, in the context of this thread, giving the Germans "equal resources" at Normandy, who has which tank or AFV is largely irrelevant. What matters is what ships are present. Any concentrated tank assault will whither and die in minutes under naval gunfire. Tigers, Panthers, Stuarts, it doesn't matter. A deluge of even 6" shells such as Savanah or Philidelphia delivered on German tank attacks at Salerno proves this point.
One such cruiser can deliver 60 to 90 shells a minute accurately up to as much as 25,000 yards away. This is equivalent of a whole field artillery regiment or more on the ground.
If the Allies have a navy and the Germans don't (and, there is absolutely, positivitely no way Germany could match Allied naval power) the Germans lose. Its that simple.
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Exactly. And you have also got the 14 and 15" Guns of the Allied Battleships. I don't think many German troops had had shelling of that caliber before. It was enough even to make the SS crack.
Tomcat, for the Umpteenth time the Stuart IS NOT a battle tank. It may fill in your requirements of one, but it isn't. Simple as that. The SP artillery like Priests and Hummels don't provide close support. That is for the Assualt guns, E.G the M8 Scott or the StuH.