Posted: Aug 23, 2012 3:53 pm
Sherman: Good range, fast in its day & easy to fix.
The Panzer IV had half the speed off-road (>10mph) & shorter range, it was also a bastard to fix, so I read. Over 8,000 Panzer IV tanks are made at Krupp industries, the allies made 48,000 Shermans. Panzer III was flawed, I don't know the numbers made, but not enough German tanks were ever made & certainly not enough Tigers. Had Hitler just waited a little longer before going into Poland & then tasking Krupp to produce much more steel then we'd have a different European map, perhaps.
The Panzer IV had half the speed off-road (>10mph) & shorter range, it was also a bastard to fix, so I read. Over 8,000 Panzer IV tanks are made at Krupp industries, the allies made 48,000 Shermans. Panzer III was flawed, I don't know the numbers made, but not enough German tanks were ever made & certainly not enough Tigers. Had Hitler just waited a little longer before going into Poland & then tasking Krupp to produce much more steel then we'd have a different European map, perhaps.