Post Amazingly Cool Pictures Of Tanks!
Discussion
I know, I know. Cries of "rip off" will come forward but there isn't a tank thread going lately and BPT seems like the place to put this thread.
I'll start with the T34 tank. This pic is a 34-85 one.
The T34 was the Sherman of the Russians but with more firepower and much better. The Germans designed the Panther tank to combat the T34 but did the Sherman have a German counterpart built to fight it?
I'll start with the T34 tank. This pic is a 34-85 one.
The T34 was the Sherman of the Russians but with more firepower and much better. The Germans designed the Panther tank to combat the T34 but did the Sherman have a German counterpart built to fight it?
Nat_H said:
Shame it was too big for the failing German infrastucture.
It was also too big and heavy for most of the medieval stone built bridges of the Western Front. It was also a tank destroyer (self-propelled antitank gun) rather than a tank as it's turret could not rotate, so it had to be manoeuvred into position to fire on a target, so was used as a stationary gun platform positioned to ambush Allied tanks. It would be too slow and ungainly to take part in any tank battles. 
The Tank version was the King Tiger (Tiger II) which used the same chassis as the Jagdtiger.
FourWheelDrift said:
Nat_H said:
Shame it was too big for the failing German infrastucture.
It was also too big and heavy for most of the medieval stone built bridges of the Western Front. It was also a tank destroyer (self-propelled antitank gun) rather than a tank as it's turret could not rotate, so it had to be manoeuvred into position to fire on a target, so was used as a stationary gun platform positioned to ambush Allied tanks. It would be too slow and ungainly to take part in any tank battles. 
The Germans built 2 prototypes but the Russians captured both. But even then the Germans had plans for an even bigger tank!
Tomlev40 said:
mybrainhurts said:
RizzoTheRat said:
Think the driver of this one probably got in a bit of trouble
Foot slipped off the clutch, sarge....
FourWheelDrift said:
The Rhine bus service, an M10 Tank Destroyer with passengers, 1945.
[geek mode] wasn't that when they developed, more by accident than design, the concept of troops and tanks providing mutual support? It was found that the tanks could give the troops cover and transport when advancing and the troops, with better all-round vision, could deal with or warn of anyone who had ideas about taking out their 'bus'. [/geek mode]
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