From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

Robert Comer wrote:
>> The T34 was the best tank of WW2 & they made enormous
quantities of them.
>
> I'm unsure of the tank situation other than numbers, I know the west really
> didn't have decent tanks and really didn't stand up to the German tanks.
> (especially when the tigers came out)  However we did defeat the German
> tanks because we cut their supply lines. (our air power was the main
> strength, and not just tactical battlefield, we attacking from afar...)
>

Oh indeed. Not even the tiger could withstand the rockets aircraft could carry.

However the KV1 & T34 were a very nasty shock for the Germans. When
they only had panzer III & IV, the russian tanks were clearly better.
When you factor in the ease & thus numbers of manufacture it was a no
brainer
& then once the Soviets upgunned to the T34-85 & the SU-100, JS-1 etc it
was game over.

>> That & the Red Airforce was able to achieve tactical
superiority over the
>> battlefield starting with Stalingrad.
>
> There were a lot of factors to that, not the least of which that Germany
> dedicated most of their more modern airpower in a different direction than
> what was good for the east. (to counter the bombing and incursion by the
> west.)
>

Oh indeed. the Battle of Britain cut the Luftwaffe in half.

& that included their trained & tested personnel


Adam

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