Dexterm, on 14 June 2012 - 12:19 PM, said:
Easy, the tiger tank was released in 1941 and no other alli army could match it tank for tank till 1944. the panther was more than a match for the russian t 34. The american sherman and was barley a match for the pzr 4 which was the most produced of the german tanks in WW2. I will give that in air power in terms of desighn it was an even match as far as fighters went. Bombers the allies had a huge advantage. As far as the infantry weapons went it was almost even with a small advantage to the german side due to the mg 42 and later to the stg 44. But as far as armor goes the german were ahead in tech for the war but just way outmatched in terms of numbers. Any historian can tell you that.
The tiger tank was deployed in 194
2 and a poor tank. It broke down frequently, has a slow turret traversal, terrible optics for gunner(especially target acquisition), and cost far too much to manufacture.
The panther tank shared all of the tiger's faults. A top tier German panzer general(Bayerlein) famously said that the panther tank was worse than the panzer IV and the sherman, and that he would rather have more panzer IVs. This is borne out by Department of War statistics that show only a 1:1.2 KD ratio for the panther despite it being on the defense for the majority of its battles. The Department of War also did a comprehensive study of tank effectiveness and found that the Sherman tank was roughly 3.5 times superior to the panther in all instances. The only time the panther remotely approached the Sherman in terms of effectiveness is when it is on the defense. This conclusion was borne out at Arracourt where the outnumbered 4th armored division equipped with 75mm shermans and with no air cover completely demolished the 5th panzer army equipped with brand new panthers.
Oh and the most produced German tank during WWII was the stug, not the panzer IV. Now the stug was a fine piece of equipment. It was cheap, mechanically reliable, and very effective at its role. As a result the stug killed more allied armor than any other German tank during WWII. The panzer IV was also decent though it lacked many of the better features the Sherman had(sloped armor, wide FOV scope for the gunner, a seperate motor for the turret, etc).
phinja, on 14 June 2012 - 12:27 PM, said:
As trolling attempts go this is pretty pathetic.
Edited by gamesguy, 14 June 2012 - 12:34 PM.