What was your favorite World War 2 tank /k/? My personal favorite

Easy Eight

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Panzer 4, the one Germany should have stuck with.

>>30034176
E-series would have been tight.

Of course, development should have started in 1941 at the absolute latest.

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>>30033483

tankettes r cute

>>30034176
The Panther was an all around better tank and better suited for taking on T-34s.

Although they really should have stuck with upgraded IVs longer so the V could be better developed.

>>30034176

You mean the tank that struggled to penetrate T-34 / Shermans frontally, aka tanks that it met on a daily basis?

Firepower is a thing, and there's no way you could've fit an 88 in a Pz4 turret

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>>30034198
E-series are so cool, there are some people developing their own scale model kits based on the plans. Very good looking stuff

>>30033483
favorite combat vehicles
I. SdKfz 234 Puma
II. Jagdpanther
III. Pershing
IV. Tiger
V. StuG4/pz3

>>30034571
> struggled to penetrate T-34 / Shermans frontally,
with a short barrel, yes
not a problem with the longer KwK 40 L/43

The Sherbert
T-43
Panzther
Cromet
i like all regular sized tank

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12.8 cm Selbstfahrlafette auf VK 30.01 (H).
A.K.A. Stuerer Emil.
Because I'm about that gun, that gun, no traverse.

>>30034932
You gotta admit, that big 128 raped face until Ivan called in the indirect fire and shredded poor Emil

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SOMUA S-35

It's a French early war tank. Good armor, good gun, retardedly stupid turret, no radio.

In the very early war it filled a comparable role to the T34, with comparatively great armor and 47mm gun, but terrible 2-man turret, no top hatch because lelfrench (instead they had a mini turret on top that you couldn't open and had to hand-crank, if you wanted to see out of the tank you open up the ENTIRE back of the turret, sit out, and look over the turret, exposing nearly your entire body, because lelfrench.), no radio and dumb deployment made it kinda shit.

Funnilly enough, the Germans used some of them and immediately recognized some stupidity that was easy to correct: they just cut the mini turret off and installed a hatch and a radio.

>>30035008
Also: the turret was the only interchanged part used on the French heavy tank, the B1. Being French, they decided to use the absolute worst aspect of the S-35 on their heavy tank, leading to a lot of the same problems with that tank.

Landkreuzer because it's so damn retarded even though it was just a concept

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>>30035008
This is the french version. Notice the gunner/commander's dumb position.

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>>30035008
This is the captured and modified German version. Notice the fixed stupidity. How the French could be so dumb is beyond me.

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never fought but damn it would have been beautiful if it had. literally the best looking heavy tank ever made.

>>30035008
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>>30035100
There's a gif floating around here that has some Fall Gelb footage including an S35 suffering a catastrophic ammo explosion.

If someone would post it, I appreciate

>>30033483
ur mom lol

>>30035109
it was garbage, sorry. It cracked its own hull and had horrible reliability problems

>>30035291
it also had terrible ergonomics, long reload time and miniscule gun drepression

but it also had excellent frontal protection and a gun devestaing against both tanks and infantry as a line breaker to smash a hole of the t-34s it would have dominated all opposition

also has there ever been a heavy tank that didnt have initial reliability problems?

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KV-6 :^)

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>>30033483
I adore the Panzerkampfwagen IV

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It might not be the best tank, but it is my favorite tank.

Definitely the Panther

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>>30033483

They count.

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>>30033483

>>30035531
the sherman is the call of duty of tanks

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>>30035531
Add a dash of British wizadry and it becomes more than a zerg rush tool.

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This handsome fucker right here.

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>>30035770
One I used to work on occasionally.

The driver/AD positions are incredibly cramped, most people over 5'11" will have problems closing the hatch and driving the vehicle.

>>30035876

It kind of reminds me of the belly turret gunner on a B-17 when they only let short guys operate the gun.

Even to this day I can't imagine muscular modern day troops fitting in the hatches on a Panther or Sherman.

>>30035686
(you)

>>30034268
fuck i want that kit.
Im painting the pz2 now, and have the hanomag to do next.