Whats wrong with our T-34?

[Janov]

Almost every source I read states that the advent of the T34 on the battlefield came as a shock to the Germans, because it was superior to their Panzer IV.
Now our T34 in AH is only superior in:

- 3D-Model
- speed
- armor, at least against small caliber

It has crappy visibility, a useless gun that loads unbelievably slow and cant point down far enough to allow for most hull-down positions, see-saw suspension, no smoke rounds, no pintle gun, and so on.
My question is: Is our T34 inferior because the Panzer IV is modeled wrong (maybe not up to AH2-standards)? We rarely see the T34 used in AH2, with good reason.

Litjan

[Pongo]

The T34 M40 was was a shock to the Panzer IV D and F1.
But the Panzer IV H was a shock to the T34 43 and 43.

The gun on this late model Panzer IV is much much much more effective then the one on the 1941 Panzer IV and also way supperior to the 50mm on the Panzer IIIH that was the most common tank in the german army in 1941. Yet the armour on the T34 is simular to the armour on its 1940 equivilent.

But as to comparing the tanks, the T34 in the game is way better armoured and way faster. It fires much more slowley and has not AAMG.

[101ABN]

Originally posted by Janov
Almost every source I read states that the advent of the T34 on the battlefield came as a shock to the Germans, because it was superior to their Panzer IV.
Now our T34 in AH is only superior in:

- 3D-Model
- speed
- armor, at least against small caliber

It has crappy visibility, a useless gun that loads unbelievably slow and cant point down far enough to allow for most hull-down positions, see-saw suspension, no smoke rounds, no pintle gun, and so on.
My question is: Is our T34 inferior because the Panzer IV is modeled wrong (maybe not up to AH2-standards)? We rarely see the T34 used in AH2, with good reason.

Litjan

wasnt it the numbers (of T34s) that shocked the germans.

[GRUNHERZ]

Pongo is correct.

[indy007]

Originally posted by 101ABN
wasnt it the numbers (of T34s) that shocked the germans.

Revolutionary armor design, simple maintenance, and great reliability didn't hurt it either. The German's success against it was more due to tactics than anything else since they tended to be on the wrong side of the arms race for most of the eastern front.