Your favourite tanks

[King Kurt]

Actually it rocked. Particularly because it was basically facing infantry in an environment where there was often little notice of an encounter with enemy troops and a great need for massive firepower.

I suppose the point is that when it was concieved they had not envisaged the use it eventually carried out. It was only picked up by the Marines as they were desparate for any light armour. In Vietnam it became a mobile huge shotgun - with a round consisting of lots of small darts and so it could clear large areas of jungle. But imagine using it in Germany against a Soviet armoured push - at best it was a one shot weapon - the backblast of the 6 recoiless rifles would mark your position for all to see. As it was peresumably designed for this as opposed for some counter insurgency war, it seems strange it was ever thought of in the first place.

[Uesugi Kenshin]

I suppose the point is that when it was concieved they had not envisaged the use it eventually carried out. It was only picked up by the Marines as they were desparate for any light armour. In Vietnam it became a mobile huge shotgun - with a round consisting of lots of small darts and so it could clear large areas of jungle. But imagine using it in Germany against a Soviet armoured push - at best it was a one shot weapon - the backblast of the 6 recoiless rifles would mark your position for all to see. As it was peresumably designed for this as opposed for some counter insurgency war, it seems strange it was ever thought of in the first place.

I don't know, it was pretty fast, so if it had some cover it could have used those recoiless rifles fairly effectively if they were accurate. Especially since with a well-trained crew I bet you could fire six shots rapid-fire into different targets, hopefully taking out multiple enemies. Though of course a one volley, six shots six kills ratio is unimaginable.

[Mangudai]

But imagine using it in Germany against a Soviet armoured push - at best it was a one shot weapon - the backblast of the 6 recoiless rifles would mark your position for all to see. As it was peresumably designed for this as opposed for some counter insurgency war, it seems strange it was ever thought of in the first place.

In an urban environment or anywhere with keyhole lines of sight, it would be great! I can definitely see a role for it vs. Soviet armor.

[Axalon]

The Jagdtiger will eat everything for breakfast! I mean, just the sheer amount of tons must count for something, right?!? All those peashooters mentioned here can do whatever they want while the Jagdtiger will just slowly roll over ‘em and get it over with while the ground trembles with fear of its mighty presence.

Hell, it don’t even need to use its massive gun with whatever monster caliber it had - and it will still look good in the process! The jagdtiger is the way to go and still the grand daddy of cool!

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[Samurai Waki]

The T-34 was a thing of beauty. near perfect balance of Armor, Range, and Speed compared to most tanks of that time. Sort of the Holy Grail most modern tank designers seek, but can never get quite as close as the T-34.

[Fisherking]

This is just favorites. No justification required.

I’ll take the M-1 Abrams

[coalition]

Does anyone know anything about the Mark I tank?

It sure was like an iron shoe box, but owning a replicate would be my day.

[King Kurt]

Does anyone know anything about the Mark I tank?

It sure was like an iron shoe box, but owning a replicate would be my day.

It is difficult to fully comprehend the impact these monsters must have made in 1916. In a time when a sight of a lorry was relatively rare, the vision of these iron monsters looming out of the mist must have been terrible in deed. They were slow and clumsy and for the large crew inside very unpleasant places to be. They were hot, fumey and when ever the outside were hit by a shell or bullets pieces of the inside plate would spall off and fly around the interior. The crew took to taking armour, especially to cover the face - a sort of throwback to medieval helmets with eye slits and chain mail.

It is worth looking around to find a bit of background about them and especially how their use grew through the war until they were a crucial part of the final allied offensives in 1918.