![]() When Tigers actually reached combat with allied tanks it was simply a numbers game. ![]() ![]() This design focus became so excessive that the IS-3 was almost unusable, certainly not the beast that NATO designed the M103 and Conqueror for. The large box shaped German turrets are vastly easier to move around in and allow the crew to fight the tank more effectively - e.g. Russian compact profile obsession resulted in extreme crew discomfort and poor ease of operation. ![]() Low tank profile is also a compromise with drawbacks. This wasn't unique either: T-34's were more likely to break down and be abandoned than to ever see combat. They did suffer from reliability issues due to being rushed into combat without a proper development cycle, but that's a different matter. The Tigers, of both flavours, were not significantly less agile than allied tanks. It's been suggested that if they had just committed the resources on standard Pz IV and/or Pz V construction they would have fared better. In short, German tank design in WWII made a bet on super-heavy tanks versus more agile design philosophy, and lost. The issue with German heavy tank designs, however, became apparent when massive vehicles like the Tiger I and II models constantly broke down and bogged in bad terrain, while the less heavily armed and armored but more agile and numerous T-34 and M4 models of the allies were able to outmaneuver them, ultimately pointing tank development towards the inception of the modern MBT standard. Tiger I) had a smaller profile with close to equal weights, allowing them to have greater armor density in key areas. This meant that Russian armor (such as the IS-2 vs. When comparing Russian and German armor, it's important to remember that the Russians were approaching the inception of their compact profile design philosophy, making tanks with a smaller overall profile to sport better armor protection. Maus project) as the course of the war began to turn against them. Most documentaries on the matter state that Hitler became somewhat obsessed with the idea of giant, tide-turning super-tanks (I.E. ![]() Firstly, the German tank design philosophy turned heavily in the later parts of the war towards larger, more heavily armed and armored vehicles. ![]()
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