From: "CKOMOPOX"


Yes, that's what Hitler thought.

"How could ve lose? My vonderful Tigers, my Panthers, all gone! Vat
happened?"


Well...transmission problems aside, The Tiger was superior.

The tank teuton was referring to was the King Tiger which was a piece of junk
over all. The armour was good and the main gun was excellent. They were
difficult to steer, the engines were unreliable and under powered and the
beasts simply weighed too much. I put them in the category of flops along with
Ferdinand.

There just
wasn't enough of them.
German tanks had a gun sighting system far superior to anything the T-34
had. They also had radios.

The main flaw with both Panther and Tiger 1 was they were built like fine
watches. When they worked right in proper numbers they were almost unstoppable,
Unfortunately the broke down too often and too many times had to be left behind
because the Germans never got the hang of tank recovery.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired