What made German tanks so superior in WW2?

>>34432946
they killed everyone around them even themselves and their allies

easier to win a zero sum game that way

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>>34432946
>superior
So superior panthers could be destroyer by .50s penetrating just above the wheel?

France had the best tanks, they just weren't able to use them.

>>34432946
German tanks in WW2 were very heavy and used too much fuel, and they were slow, late war Shermans had the gun to take out tigers and not waste all your fuel, but there engines are unreliable, overall a horde of T34s can win any WW2 tank fight

>>34432946
They managed to compare high mobility, speedy and efficient construction as well as low cost. Combined with a fully functional support system, good infrastructure and adequate re-supply of fuel and parts allowed them to churn out tanks by the tens of thousands.

>>34433223
*combine
fuck

>>34432946
It was the way the germans used them. The tanks themselves were good, but that's not the key to Germanys success. They simply were more prepared than their enemies, better led and utilized better tactics. Once the other countries caught up (notable the USSR) they weren't as successful, though it should be added that there were other variables to take into consideration that made Germany weaker and the USSR stronger.

>>34433189
>crew baled out.
Hahahahahaha

Czechs made all their good armor, that's why.

>>34433255
Panzer 38 became irrelevant after Barbarossa

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>>34433228
>>34433223

>>34432946
Memes

What made German tanks so superior in WW2?
Germans, of course....

>>34432946
The crew.

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>>34433942
This. Crew training is paramount. Second is doctrine. Third is communications networks.

Equipment is much further down the list. In 1940, a Char B1 on paper was a massively superior tank to a Panzer III Ausf F, but their crews had no experience in the tanks. French doctrine was based upon the idea of the tank being a sort of force-multiplier for the infantry, rather than a breakthrough vehicle. Radios weren't common.

By 1945, German tanks were getting knocked out left and right by American tanks. Hell, there's a bizarre moment where an M8 Greyhound knocks out a Tiger. Thing is, anyone who was a decent tanker in the Wehrmacht was already dead, wounded beyond use, or captured.

>>34433000
> one man turret

>>34432960
>.50s penetrating just above the wheel?
Gonna need some source on that fucko, afaik, panthers had 40mm lower side hull armour.

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>>34433223
>>34433002

>>34432946
Two things and the second is weird.

The first issue was that Germany was almost always outnumbered and didn't have the resources or manpower for hundreds of thousands of lesser tanks. In typical german fashion they put more money into individual tanks than most countries put into 4 or 5 tanks.

This actually bit them in the ass when the tanks broke down due to pushing the limits of the engineering of the day and didn't have the parts to fix them.

The other issue? Radios. Yes, radios. Every single Panzer from II onwards had a radio and very few early tanks did. One of the reasons the French tanks did so badly was that the German tanks could spit up and flank them. Later Allied tanks all had radios simply because of how useful they were.

>>34433995
>Thing is, anyone who was a decent tanker in the Wehrmacht was already dead, wounded beyond use, or captured.

Barbarossa was a mistake.

>>34433223
underrated

>>34432946
Fanboy fanfiction, made by delusional wehraboos such as yourself, mostly.

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>>34433223

>>34432946

their loitering time

German propaganda

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>>34434007
One b1 took out 13 panzers

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>>34433223
>speedy and efficient construction

>>34433223
>German Tanks
>Speedy Construction
Wehraboos go home

>>34432946
They spent all their resources making a few super tanks, the US spent resources on making a fuck ton of decent tanks. Guess who won and why?

>>34435729

terror bombings

>>34435531
>>34435606
>the joke
>your head

>>34432946
I mean, they were combat effective until they broke down and relied on a horrible logistics train.

So, superior against older tanks? Sure. Superior against late-war tanks? Not really.

>>34432946
>superior
>hard to repair
>hard to manufacture
>hard to operate
>hard to keep in good condition

>>34433189
HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA

>>34435804
Yeah, but they get +10 dmg if you upgrade your SS

>>34434007
>captain billotte's wild ride
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBdOp4Btfrg

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>>34435775
>wehraboos bitching about terror bombings
play stupid games, win stupid prizes

>>34433223
That's a nice description of the Soviet Industry

>>34434273

>The first issue was that Germany was almost always outnumbered and didn't have the resources or manpower for hundreds of thousands of lesser tanks. In typical german fashion they put more money into individual tanks than most countries put into 4 or 5 tanks.

Except that is contradictory. If you are short of manpower on the front, you need more force multipliers (like tanks) to make up for this. If you are short of factory workers at home & engineering crews in depots, you need a tank that takes fewer man-hours to manufacture and maintain. What you've said is literally the opposite of good sense. Yes, Germany lacked trained tank crews, but this was because they didn't train enough of them, not that it was fundamentally impossible for them to turn recruits into tankers, like the allies did.

>>34435775
>terror bombing
>Implying Germans never did

>>34434028
It wasn't .50.

It was the Soviet 14.5mm at rifles which could penetrate the hull sides behind the tracks and below the upper hull.

It's the reason why the Germans put applique armoured skirts on their panzer III, IV and V based designs.

>>34434287
Confirmed

t. Late 1941 death german