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Most Significant tank?

Discussion in 'The Tanks of World War 2' started by m-7, Apr 24, 2004.

  1. E. Rommel phpbb3

    E. Rommel phpbb3 New Member

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    Id have to say the t34 because it could kill almost anything that it came against. It was better than any french or American or british tank in the war.
     
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    Well, that's just not true. There are definitely arguments on which to conclude that the T34 was the most influential tank, but it wasn't the best Allied tank of the war. It wasn't any more powerful than late Shermans, Comets, or Allied heavy tanks.
     
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    It was the most versitle tank and could give out a good amount of damage. Are you talking about the T-34/76 or T-34/85 cause im talking about the 85
     
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    I for one thought you were refering to the T34 series as a whole, and whilst they were versatile and effective without a doubt, the same can be said of the Sherman for example.

    It's difficult to make a comparison of a specific model with a series as a whole, but it would be fair to say for example that late model Shermans (E8s or Fireflies) would prove a match for the T34/85 in combat.

    To compare the T34/85 to any French Tank of the war is completely illogical since at the time the French Tanks were in combat with the French Army the T-34/85 did not exist.

    "Most Versatile" in what respect? I hope I do not sound disrespectful here, I am asking because I am genuinely interested, as far as I am aware the Allies generally found more uses for tank chassis (As intended, as tank destroyers, AVREs, Bridgelayers, Flamethrowers, etc) than the Soviets, so here at least the Allies tanks could be considered "more versatile", German tanks as much if not more so.
     
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    Well, they did have a flamethrower version, and they tended to get used as scouts (instead of light tanks / armoured cars) and the chassis was the basis for the Su100, but in general the Soviets did not bother with fripperies like AVREs & bridgelayers.
     

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