Best tank of WW2 coming through.

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>>32333141

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is that it? you didn't even put anything on the hook

at least put effort into it next time.

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Y'all's a buncha fags.

>>32333141
That's a really weird way to spell PEEEEEEERSHING, ROLLING IN

Thats a funny looking Tiger 2

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>>32333164

>>32333324

*pulls back on both levers to brake like in a Sherman

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>>32333164

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>implying the m1 sherman isn't the best

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>>32333355
>final drive had a life of 150km

GERMANY WHAT THE FUCK

>>32333141
You mean most overrated tank of the war.

>>32333164
>same weight as an IS
>medium tank

>>32333141
Sherman was the most reliable and mobile tank of the war.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNjp_4jY8pY

>>32333226
Best medium.

>>32333318
Arguably the best heavy once the kinks with the engine and connectors were worked out.
Other contender would be the Churchill.

>>32334600
>Tiger 2
>Arguably the best heavy once the kinks with the engine and connectors were worked out.
>implying the kinks were worked out
German tanks were unreliable.

>>32334612
>German tanks were unreliable.
Every tank was unreliable.

>>32333438
nigga this is nothing, do you know what has to be done if you want to change final drive ?

yep, remove the turret and a hulls top plate

>>32334612
Outside of the earlier Panthers and Ferdinand/Elefant, they weren't.
German tanks were more complex but they worked fine when they were maintained by crews and mechanics. That's where the problem arises: as the war went on, personnel and spare parts began to dry up. Also heavier tanks that relied on rail road for long distance transport (Tiger II, Tiger II, Panther) were denied that system and were forced to drive long distances which led to wear before they even reached a fight.

>>32333398
This has to be bait

>>32334618
>>32334649
You're trying so hard to prove yourself wrong.

>>32333141
When penetrated by an Anti-Tank round the T-34 75% crew died in the tank. When Shermans were destroyed by AT rounds, crew loss was 18%. If the T-34 caught fire, you died in it.

>>32334677
German tanks were no less reliable than anything built by the Soviets. The only difference is that you rarely hear about Soviet vehicles being "unreliable" because there were so many of them that nobody cared if a few (hundred) vehicles broke.

>>32334677
Stalin's solution to AT: don't get hit.

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Thicc.
IS-7

>>32333141
cool meme friendo

>>32333328
you mean burst in flames?

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Nigger whipper 5000 coming through

>>32334725

Why is the top mounted mg so fucking high up? Ive seen this on other tanks and i dont understand the logic of exposing the gunner to more bullets.

>>32334706
Soviet tanks had no quality control. Design was acceptable because it was simplistic, but manufacture was inconsistent. Also the majority of T-34s lacked radio.

German tanks were good quality, but the design was both complex and rushed. They lacked ruggedness.

French tanks were excellent at the start of the war, but blitzkrieg.
British tanks were good, but couldn't into North Africa.
US was late to the party, primarily medium tanks, but their shit worked. Lightest tanks, most mobile tanks, had lots of tanks.

>>32334930
>Also the majority of T-34s lacked radio.
This is not true. But overall pretty on point.

>>32334725
IS-7 is a weird one.
Really has no place or use. The 130mm could be quickly loaded for the fix six shots off a conveyor belt, but after that it would be way too slow to fully manually load.

>>32334713
Put infantry on it. Infantry are cheaper.

>>32334853
It was primarily supposed to be used in an Anti-Air Role

>>32335032
And more effective.

>>32334980
http://chris-intel-corner.blogspot.com/2012/07/wwii-myths-t-34-best-tank-of-war.html

Originally only the Commander's Tank had a radio. Yes radios were added later in the war.

>>32334984
Yes but you forget
Before you run out of six 130mm shots,
You have... SIX 130mm SHOTS.
IN WW2.

Imagine being down the street and seeing that bitch role around the corner. Everything is bright and deafness and then the building beside you explodes.

>>32336180
>1948
>WW2

Which parallel universe did you come from, buddy?

>>32333141
I don't see it, is it behind the T34?

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>>32335234
It's not true. All new tanks (T-34, KV) supposed to have picrelated. And mostly they really is. Crews doesn't how to used it tho.

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Hey guys, don't forget me

>>32337893
I like this tank, its a sempler design

>>32333355
>t. frogs who didn't know wtf they were doing all that time

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>>32334725
Oh fuck yes, pure retrofuturistic sex in metal.

>>32333141
T-34-85?
Is that what the soviets called the Panther?
So the the Jag-34-85 what the sovielts calle the jagdpanther?

>>32340633
Uh, no, the T-34/85 is a regular T-34 but with an 85mm gun.

>>32340711
[Ticket]
>This ticket is to be used for the following class
>>Understanding a fucking joke
>have a nice day

>>32333438
What, you didn't know? And you called yourself a Panther-lover. Pfft. You never loved it, warts and all.

>>32339924
id fuck it

>>32333355
Check'd

Surprise, surprise. An extremely complex design that was rushed into service by a rapidly disintegrating industry was mechanically unreliable.

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>>32333355
That performance report is ridiculous and anyone who takes it seriously, shouldn't be taken seriously themselves.
For instance, it state that the Panther had an ROF of 20 RPM, which I assume they never actually achieved and instead simply made up, just like everything else in that assessment.

Also it never mentions what models of panther are being tested and what state their systems are in to begin with.

>>32334627
>remove the turret and a hulls top plate
Wrong, try again.
The whole point of having that removable plate above the transmission is so that you don't have to take the turret off.


All this Panther shilling asside, pic related was the best tank of WW2.

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>>32333141
Tells yours crews that, tovarich. It is better they do nots knowings.

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>>32341285

>>32334618
German tanks have a reputation of being unreliable not because they broke down more often than other nations, but because they were harder to fix.

For just one example, take the Tiger 1 and it's interleaved road wheels. If you have a problem with one of the inner wheels, you have to practically take the whole tank apart to replace it. And this isn't the only example; all their tanks had dozens of similar problems.

tl;dr
German tanks didn't break more often, they were just harder to fix.

>>32334580
The Sherman's renowned mobility is actually mostly a strategic level trait. The Tiger 1 had a very similar top speed to the Sherman. But the Sherman was much much easier to transport.
Tigers could only be transported by special traincars and standard procedure called for loading and unloading with a crane.

Reminder that Panzer IV was the peak of german engineering and everything afterwards was a waste of time and resources.

>>32341388
I'd say after Tiger I was the point where they went overboard with complexity, weight, and armor thickness.