Whats your favorite tank?

[Rich46yo]

And why?

Im not a tanker but when I do grab one I grab a T-34/85. Its fast, good armor, a great gun, and just feels right. Its a bargain at 1 perk and it can be tough to kill from the air. I Love this tank. Most of all its speed. If I can quote the worlds first beatnik tanker, "Yasee man I like to feel I can get out of trouble even faster then I got into it".

[Rino]

     Ironic that you're quoting a Sherman tank commander 

[HighTone]

Good movie and great quote.


Don't tank much though....but when/if I ever get the itch and the map is right it would have to be a Type 97-Kai Shinhoto Chi-Ha for me.

[titanic3]

I don't tank, but if I have to vote for a good looking, sexy tank...Panther

[Butcher]

I used to oogle over the Tiger tank until the Panther came out, simply is the best tank of the war for a reason, and in game.

Its mobility, Armor and firepower simply stand out, defensively or offensively in Aces high its simply a beast.

[Guppy35]

Don't tank, but history wise, the Shermans and the Panzer IIIs.  The short barrel 50 Panzer III for lack of a better way to say it, looks good to me.

The early Sherman M4A1, A2, A3 and A4 with the smaller driver and loader hatches, and the short barrel 75 have a good look to them

Obviously the choice would change if we're talking about survivability

[BaldEagl]

Panzer F or Tiger I depending on if I'm farming perks or burning them with the cannon equipped M-16 for a change of pace.

[save]

Stug3 and Hetzer, Jagdpanther, but so far HTC decided not to include turretless designs.

[R 105]

 The panther. Now if it only had the correct 360% ring mounted MG 34/42 that most late war German armor had.

[Rob52240]

This one, because it holds 3 gallons of margaritas.  It's also great for making friends before games.

[Flench]

None .

[icepac]

M4 with rockets.

[SmokinLoon]

In AH I really like the Panther.  At long ranges it is tough to beat.  It is fast enough to move, reloads fast enough to win a Mexican stand off, and has enough armor to shrug off all but the big guns outside of 1600 yards.  The Tiger is a close second but it is really handicapped by a horrible turret traverse rate. 

In the actual conflict I am partial to the Cromwell when it was armed 75mm gun with APC M61 ammo.  Its speed, mobility, and enough gun (with the HV AP ammo) made it a force to be reckoned with in Western Europe.  A close second is the German Panzer Mk IV H, it had so many great qualities and even at the end of the war its 75mm gun was still superior to the US 76mm and Soviet 85mm.  I sometime wonder what would have happened it the Germans would have poured money in to the Mk IV instead of the wasting funds on the wonder tanks that did nothing.  Yeah, some people and analyst think it was already maxed out, but I think a redesign of the hull armor and frontal turret armor would have done more good than the wonder tanks that did nothing.  Then again, Germany was running out of tank crews rather quickly.  Hindsight is 20/20.            

[RedBull1]

 

[whitelion]

In game currently - M-18 or Panther

Now if they would add the U.S. T-30 or Pershing tank that would be awesome