RE: Starting to build a tank [TANKS]

["Steve Tyng" <STyng-at-ACPTrust.com>]

Jon wrote:

>   The Tiger, while a very impressive machine, may very well 
> have been a 
> factor in causing the Germans to lose the war.  By diverting 
> huge amounts of 
> resources away from other types they reduced the numbers of vehicles 
> available overall.   My optinion is that they should've 
> improved the Pzkw 
> IVG and build a s$^tload of them instead of building three 
> types of tanks, 
> one of which was horribly unreliable (Pzkw V) and one of 
> which was never 
> available in sufficient numbers to actually equip all of the 
> units with.

You have to give the Germans some credit concerning their armor.  They
obviously put a higher priority on crew safety than the US did.

It's an interesting about face nowadays.  The US is so polarized towards
the invulnerable concept (that produced the Abrams).  We no longer have
a viable, easily deployable airborne tank that our Marines and airborne
forces need.

Steve