What is your favorite tank?

I want to know what was the best tank in the second world war in your opinion. Please also describe it. Tell us what made it great and why you would prefer it. Be specific.
WW2 German Tiger tank.

 

Your question is sort of like "which daughter of yours do you like best?" Each tank had its advantages and disadvantages. It depends on what you are going to use the tank for. Since no one tank was good at everything.

 

i like the prettiest daughter. Form over function...If it looks good, it probably is.

 

Well in the case of tanks, not sure pretty was all that important. But you do have a point

 

Trying to think of an ugly good tank.

 

WW1 tanks were ugly, and they were horrible machines. The Matilda,even, grew into a queen.

 

The Matilda was a sweet tank. Slow as heck, but a good tank. Early WW II not many could stand up to it

 

Well the T-34 series comes to mind. Good tank, but in my opinion ugly as heck

 

Sloping armour. Think it had great lines.

 

I suppose you could call the Churchill line of tanks ugly. Big, slow, bulky and UGLY

 

not the "best tank" but it impacted on the (early years of the) war more than most other tanks. i like its looks is all. it's the one i'll drive around in the streets, given a chance.

 

I think you could call any early French tank ugly

 

Thing is the title ask's 'what is your Favorite tank' but in the Op ask's 'what is the best' tank' which in my mind is not necessarily the same thing.

 

I agree. I personally like the Matilda. But a lot dislike it. The Matilda was a pretty good tank and could stand up to most things early in the war. The biggest disadvantage of it was its speed. But then it was designed with WW I in mind where tanks were infantry support and not to operate on their own. So it was designed so infantry could walk with it

 

Char B and the Somua S-35 with their hidden suspension had clean and distinctive designs - but weren't great as battle tanks and needed well trained crews.

The M3 Grant is ugly as hell, especially the ones with the added turret for the machinegun. But as soon as they were available, the brits threw away their sleek Crusaders and were happy with their new reliable tanks.

 

The Crusaders were a nice looking tank just undergunned in my opinion.

 

The early French tanks were better than the Germans. Armour was great, mobility ok, gun was prolly better. The problem was the tank commander had to direct everything and fire the main weapon, while stuffed into a tiny turret.
Lessons learned- the turret became larger in order to hold a sufficient crew.

 

Not only all that, but early in WW II the French armor was still using flags for coordination

 

The only good thing about the crusaders was their looks. Poor armor, gun, and reliability for their time. I believe they were still using flag communications for the most part.