Many people would agree with you. The T-34, engineered by Ford Motor Company, was rugged, reliable, and designed for the deepest cold of Russian winter. But the T-34 would have been an absolute flop in the Ardennes, or the deserts of Libya. The German Panzers were the best all-terrain vehicles ever developed. They had the same floating bearing system utilized by the Mercedes Unimog, I believe, and in their element were absolutely unbeatable- which the Allies learned to their chagrin during the Battle of the Bulge.
The problem with the Germans in Russia, in my opinion, was trying to adapt their tanks, rather than their tactics, to best the Russians in 1942.
I always thought the Germans had the best tanks, but a Russian friend of mine
told me no WAY. He might have been a little,,, or totally biased idk, anyway there is
a pretty good Russian movie called Tankers. I think there was a Russian tank survived something like 70 impacts. Imagine getting one's bell rung that many times.
I think the Russian tanks were the best in WWII.
Germans had a hard time killing them, while the Russian tanks could take a beating.
Many people would agree with you. The T-34, engineered by Ford Motor Company, was rugged, reliable, and designed for the deepest cold of Russian winter. But the T-34 would have been an absolute flop in the Ardennes, or the deserts of Libya. The German Panzers were the best all-terrain vehicles ever developed. They had the same floating bearing system utilized by the Mercedes Unimog, I believe, and in their element were absolutely unbeatable- which the Allies learned to their chagrin during the Battle of the Bulge.
The problem with the Germans in Russia, in my opinion, was trying to adapt their tanks, rather than their tactics, to best the Russians in 1942.
I always thought the Germans had the best tanks, but a Russian friend of mine
told me no WAY. He might have been a little,,, or totally biased idk, anyway there is
a pretty good Russian movie called Tankers. I think there was a Russian tank survived something like 70 impacts. Imagine getting one's bell rung that many times.