Evening Worsham. Excuse my delay in answering your post.
I had not heard of either tank. I voted for the Japanese one, as they could have been used to defend Japan against an amphibious attack (if it had happened).
For Italy, the P26 came too late. It did not have the technology to get it into production early enough to tilt things in its favour. It was relying on the Semovente and big guns mounted on lorries. The Germans were Italy’s armoured force.
Thanks again.
Favorite Tank
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too scary, too fearsome, too armored, too hard to kill(tank - tank), too big
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what roll did the churchill realy play
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too scary, too fearsome, too armored, too hard to kill(tank - tank), too big
The tiger was a good tank. It was limited by it’s weight. I would rather have a tank that was better balanced than the tiger, the Panther, T-34 or Panzer IV.
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Alright, it’s not precisely WWII, but I think I just found my favorite tank. :-D
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11511886 -
they had wood tanks though
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Panther was designed a year after Tiger so naturally it took some lessons learned from the T34 into account. Good speed, good armor. Had a great gun itself. Tiger seems like Rommell’s blend of a bigger Matilda and his 88’s.
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@ABWorsham:
If you were a ruler of a country and wanted to build an armor force from the WWII era, which tank would you choose for the job?
Panther G model with the T34-85 a close second.
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One of my favorites is the E-75 Standardpanzer. Germany’s Entwicklung series was intended to have been a replacement for its existing tank designs. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entwicklung_series . The Entwicklung series tanks were intended to be simpler, easier-to-produce, more mechanically reliable versions of the tanks they replaced. The series ranged from the E-5 (5 - 10 ton light tanks and armored reconnaissance vehicles) to the E-100 (a 100 ton successor to the Maus).
The E-75 was the intended successor to the Tiger 2 (a.k.a. the King Tiger). The E-75 was significantly better armed and better armored than the Soviets’ IS-2. However, the E-series tanks were still in the prototype phase when the war ended.
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