it would be nice to add it for nostalgia, but you would have to up it in formations of 3 like the bombers in order to accomplish anything in the field. that accomplishment i believe would just be living long enough to to be a distraction so that someone in a panzer could get out of the spawn without getting camper shot.
No, the T-34 was actually BETTER than many of the tanks it faced. The Sherman wasn't.
its only advantage was that it attacked in mass, you could only kill so many before they eventually got around you or you ran out of ammunition. just like the Russian soldier, when you throw 100,000 bodies in a mass wave attack against a numerically inferior foe it does not make your soldiers superior because they eventually over run a position. the human wave attack is only considered a tactic by tyrants and communist nations. the same applies to armor or any other kind of combat as well.
if you disagree with this philosophy then i suggest you review the stats for the number of destroyed t34's as opposed to the number of destroyed panzer mark IV or the panther(haha) or the tiger VI during the battle of kursk. if you really want to understand the roll of the t34 a little better than just from the Russian propaganda read this
http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-kursk-germanys-lost-victory-in-world-war-ii.htm keeping in mind that this was taken from field reports to their immediate commander in the field as daily after action reports, not from reports that were publicized or used to report directly to the high command. no need for propaganda when the boss can look out the window to see how many tanks are in the driveway, right?!
(by the way don't just read the front page, its 4 pages long so to get the complete story read it all, or for just the quick facts read page 2.)
but in case you feel it unnecessary to bother to read the article here is just a small summary paragraph on the last page
"Waffen SS formations’ records of their Eastern Front operations were not declassified until 19781981. By that time, many of the major works about the Eastern Front had already been published. Later authors accepted the accounts of the battle as given in the earlier books and failed to conduct additional research. As a result, one of the best known of all Eastern Front battles has never been understood properly. Prochorovka was believed to have been a significant German defeat but was actually a stunning reversal for the Soviets because they suffered enormous tank losses."
so yes in my opinion the t34 was trash, if it didn't have massive numbers it wouldn't be remembered today.
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