Originally Posted by
wsteve55
Well,you've basically confirmed my post,re' weapons attrition! The main advantage of a T34 design,was the round gun cupola,which caused a deflection of incoming shells, which the Germans certainly took on board,for future designs of thier own! Wiki quotes that the Shermans were able to "cope", only with the
less powerful german tanks,hence the halt,and decimation of allied tank forces at Caen!As for the British "Comet",they were too few,and too late,to have any impact,and if you've ever seen any film of the allied march past,in Berlin,when the war ended,were absolutely dwarfed by the new Russian "Stalin" tanks,which is why no-one remembers them!
The T-34 had wide tracks, low profile, slanting armour, fast engine and powerful gun.
In Normandy the Allies underestimated how much heavy tanks the Germans had. The German put nearly all against the British forces, who intelligently had the Sherman Firefly which could knock out Tigers. Only 30% of German tanks were Tigers and Panthers. Allied tank forces were not decimated at Caen. The Comet came before the full invasion of Germany.
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The Sherman was a medium infantry tank, except the Firefly version which was only available to British forces.
The JS2 Soviet tank was just, well...big. It could easily be bogged down because of its weight.
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