Re: Your Favorite Tank of WW2
Im glad this thread is not about best tank,but favourite.My all time favourite is Panzer VI the Tiger. I know it had many flaws like very slow turret,but the sheer terror it caused with its 88mm cannon and strong armor earns it to be my favourite heavy tank of WWII.
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Re: Your Favorite Tank of WW2
Ok,Ok, I was a tanker, something you never, or I never quite got over.Of the choices offered I would take the Pz V for it's punch.
You just have to love that gun. It also had the best optics and late models even had IR. Nothing is perfect but this one comes close in a notional way any how.
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Re: Your Favorite Tank of WW2
The Tiger is my favorite.
It was definately not the perfect tank, far from it, but it embodied the very spirit of the panzer corps. As was mentioned, the fear it wrought on both fronts was tangible, and certainly justifiable.
Really though, what made the Tiger such threat was its crew - the best of the best - that knew and understood each and every strength and weakness of the beast and used that to their advantage.
There are accounts of tigers going up against seemingly insurmountable odds and coming out on top. Villers bocage being one of the more famous on the Western front.
Re: Your Favorite Tank of WW2
The captured Panthers the British put into use ("Cuckoos"), the one thing their crews raved about was the quality of the optics. German binoculars were also highly prized pieces of loot.Originally Posted by Fisherking
Of the choices offered I would take the Pz V for it's punch.
"I request permanent reassignment to the Gallic frontier. Nay, I demand reassignment. Perhaps it is improper to say so, but I refuse to fight against the Greeks or Macedonians any more. Give my command to another, for I cannot, I will not, lead an army into battle against a civilized nation so long as the Gauls survive. I am not the young man I once was, but I swear before Jupiter Optimus Maximus that I shall see a world without Gauls before I take my final breath."
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Re: Your Favorite Tank of WW2
The Panther. It was the iconic tank of the war comics of my childhood.
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Re: Your Favorite Tank of WW2
If I were the leader of a country, I'd pick T-34. It was available at the start of the war and effective throughout, was powerful and reliable, relatively cheap to produce/upgrade, and simple to operate.
If I actually had to operate the tank myself, I'd pick the Tiger I. I don't know if any other tank was safer to be in than a Tiger, if there is one let me know and I'll choose that one
Re: Your Favorite Tank of WW2
If there were no bridges to cross and you were lucky with gearboxes, id recommend the King Tiger.
Re: Your Favorite Tank of WW2
The T-34/76 won that war. Naturally, it's my favorite. It represents everything...Soviet in that war. Rugged, determined, dangerously sharp blade beneath that rustic trappings, and very practical. Oh, and plentiful. They come rolling and rolling and even the best German tankers get overwhelmed eventually.
The magnificent Panther is the close second, for sheer all-round quality. It's not as cumbersome as the Tigers are and beats the T-34/76 and T-34/85 for a one-on-one; the Sherman don't even enter the comparison.
If I have to sit on a tank in the battlefield of Kursk, though. I'd choose a Challenger 2
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