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Originally Posted by bf109 emil
Is this thread titled best number or cheapest to produce tanks??? or best tank of WW2...earlier someone claimed to try andclaim the Sherman to be in this category...I remember seeing a clip on history channel, might even be on you tube where they did comparison of spitfire vs bf109 Emil, and as well as tiger vs Sherman...all asked to pick which tank they'd have would liked to be sent to battle in....all poled replied the Tiger??? has a pole been done for whom would prefer a T 34 preference, from actual combat veterans chosen preference over a panther???
Now if the best tank was which side could produce the most and send piecemeal into a battle of attriction, the T-34 wins...
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All right I feel I should jump in here.
Which Spitfire model?, Mk I, II, III, XXIV? what good is comparing a Mk XI spitfire against a ME109E, they are from different times of the war, with different targets and oppurtunities. Same as the Tiger Vs the Sherman, but in this instance one is again a HEAVY TANK, and one is a MEDIUM TANK, should we start comparing which tank is better in this regard as well, which is better, a MK I tank from ww1 or a German leopard of today? Which one would win? Wow not a hard question, but different times, with different technolgies, with different deployments and training. We need to be more specific.
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I agree, and yet some claim the Sherman as the better tank??and maybe this clip will be used as to why Americans never switched to the 17 pounder to combat the 88
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Ok again which models and in which roles? Would you use a tiger to exploit an open front? or use a group of tigers to encircle an enemy? would you use a sherman to face a tiger one a frontal one on one? no. Each tank in all weights have there pros and cons, light tanks subtract armour and gun calibre for speed, heavy tanks subtract speed and reliablity for armour and gun calibre size, and medium tanks are a mixture of both. AGAIN The sherman did well in its role at taking on the medium tanks it faced since it was a medium tank, but obviously except to the most stupid, would never be used on a one on one with a heavy tank, that was left to tank buster planes, Tank destroyer units, or antitank infantry.