Tanks

[Smiggyy]

When we gonna get some more tanks in the MA?

[Smiggyy]

I know that most people will say that Shermans were under strength compared to Tigers\Panzers, but hey they seemed to do alright in the war.

The Russians (T34)had some awesome bits of kit aswell, more than a match for the german tin cans.

Wot about the British Matilda, slow, but its thick armor was invulnerable to everything except the German 88mm anti aircraft gun! And let's not forget the powerful Churchill protected by 152mm of armor, it was one of the few tanks that could engage the more powerful German tanks with any measure of safety.

Just a thought......................

Smiggyy.

[pugg666]

Like I said in another thread a while ago

The Sherman Jumbo

almost as much frontal armor as a king tigre and a 76MM cannon

[ra]

Originally posted by Smiggyy
I know that most people will say that Shermans were under strength compared to Tigers\Panzers, but hey they seemed to do alright in the war.

They did alright so long as there were no Tigers or Panthers around.  In which case they just burned up.

[rshubert]

Originally posted by pugg666
Like I said in another thread a while ago

The Sherman Jumbo

almost as much frontal armor as a king tigre and a 76MM cannon

I'm with both of you.  Tanks are good.  Tanks are fun.  There should be more tanks for everyone!

My thoughts:

Matildas were way too slow to be effective in this arena.
Sherman Jumbos had a similar problem, the added armor slowed them way down.
The T34/76 is a viable choice--not uber, with that gun, but a definite player.
Maybe a Sherman Firefly, with the big british gun?  Or perhaps an M18 hellcat, which had enough gun to turn a tiger inside out, but very little armor.

[MotorOil]

On average it took ten Shermans at one time and at close range to take out a single Tiger.  Shermans were way out classed in WWII.  The only advantage they had were numbers and they were easily servciced.  

A burnt out sherman salvaged off the battle field could be refitted and put back into service in a short time.  The new crew would just have to get use to the smell however......

[Sikboy]

You're welcome.

[gofaster]

Originally posted by rshubert
I'm with both of you.  Tanks are good.  Tanks are fun.  There should be more tanks for everyone!

My thoughts:

Matildas were way too slow to be effective in this arena.
Sherman Jumbos had a similar problem, the added armor slowed them way down.
The T34/76 is a viable choice--not uber, with that gun, but a definite player.
Maybe a Sherman Firefly, with the big british gun?  Or perhaps an M18 hellcat, which had enough gun to turn a tiger inside out, but very little armor.

The Sherman Firefly would be interesting, but it seems to be a lot like a Panzer we have now.  I think a Sherman Calliope (rocket racks mounted to the turret) would be a good, different sort of vehicle.

[pugg666]

re: Tanks
You're welcome.

*groan*

SLAP

[MotorOil]

Ya Firefly wouldn't be bad, at least it would be able to compete with the Tiger relatively speaking.  

T34/85 would be a nice competitor also.  A speedy T34/76 varient would be cool also.

[Arlo]

I love these threads where someone asks for the Sherman to get modeled and three pipe up to say that it's outgunned and outclassed by the Tiger so why bother?


Maybe so events wouldn't have to use the panzer and Tiger to represent allied tanks?

For events ... it would be nice to have a variant of the Sherman and the T-34. I could care less that the Sherman would seldom see the light of day in the MA.

[B17Skull12]

sure give them the sherman just so i can destroy them with my il2 and f6f.


skull12

[Ack-Ack]

I would like to see some more tanks in AH but since there isn't going to be any new stuff for AH, let's just hope some new tanks will appear in AH2.


Ack-Ack