WWI English Tank

[Tom Y]

Just using my amazing newfound superpowers to post this German photo of an English tank, presumably out of commission. Hopefully someone will take the ball and run with it.

Looks like a teeny weeny picture, but click on it and watch it grow

Edited January 30, 2006 by Tom Y

[Bob Hunter]

Looks like we have a track headin' south! Interesting photo.

[Laurence Strong]

Might be out of commision at the time of the photo, but the Germans used lots of captured tanks as their industry at the time could not make enough A7V's etc.

Edited January 30, 2006 by Laurence Strong

[byf]

I think they only completed 20 or so A7Vs. A lesson they would learn for next time.

byf

[Laurence Strong]

I think they only completed 20 or so A7Vs. A lesson they would learn for next time.

byf

Yes they did

[Daniel Murphy]

The Germans had many more English tanks than their own, however some may have been too far gone to fix. Like this one that absorbed 3 shells. And that is just on this side.

Dan Murphy

Edited January 31, 2006 by Daniel Murphy

[Bob Hunter]

byf, I don't know if they learned that lesson at all. They were cranking out 100 Tigers a month to the Russian's 1000 T-34s. No doubt how that one would sort out over time.

[Gary Cain]

Bob is 100% correct, the Germans produced 18,000 tanks (give or take) of all types from 1939 to 1945, whereas the Russians produced 55,000 T-34s alone. The US produced 51,000 Shermans. In short we buried them under material!

Gary

byf, I don't know if they learned that lesson at all. They were cranking out 100 Tigers a month to the Russian's 1000 T-34s. No doubt how that one would sort out over time.

[Laurence Strong]

Bob is 100% correct, the Germans produced 18,000 tanks (give or take) of all types from 1939 to 1945, whereas the Russians produced 55,000 T-34s alone. The US produced 51,000 Shermans. In short we buried them under material!

Gary

Hi all

You have to add the numbers for the various type's of StuG's to the total, as they were used extensively as AFV's and this would bring the total for the TR at around 41000 vehicles

[peter monahan]

And if you figure in the relative losses - how many Shermans or T-55s to take out a Tiger? - the numbers look pretty good for the Germans.

I don't know any exact figures myself, but proverbially the Cdn,s Brits and US could expect to trade/lose 3-5 Shermans to get one Tiger!

Peter

[Laurence Strong]

I watched that show on TV where they compare one system to the enemies, and IIRC the rate was 4 Shermans for 1 Tiger, however there were only a few Tigers at any one time. I am at work in the middle of some field and have no books here, but I recall an article where a Nashorn company took out around 21 T34's to a loss of 2 Nashorn's over a couple of days.

Edited June 18, 2006 by Laurence Strong

[Sal Williams]

Just using my amazing newfound superpowers to post this German photo of an English tank, presumably out of commission. Hopefully someone will take the ball and run with it.

Looks like a teeny weeny picture, but click on it and watch it grow

I bet you tell all the girls that

[Kev in Deva]

And if you figure in the relative losses - how many Shermans or T-55s to take out a Tiger? - the numbers look pretty good for the Germans.

I don't know any exact figures myself, but proverbially the Cdn,s Brits and US could expect to trade/lose 3-5 Shermans to get one Tiger!

Peter

Peter

T34/85 i believe is the correct designation for the Soviet WW2 tanks, t-55 didnt arive till a few years after WW2 ended.

Kev in Deva

[Daniel Murphy]

The problem for a Tiger though, was not only tanks. With the Allies having air superiority a "Jabo" could just come by and fire a rocket. Scratch one Tiger, sweep up the occupants and bury whats left. The Panzer Lehr Division was destroyed virtually overnight in Normandy by a 1600 bomber raid on its divisional area.

Dan Murphy

[Gary Cain]

Actually the biggest problems for the Tigers wad maintanence! One heavy tank company started a raod march in Italy with 16 tanks and after a distance of 75 kilometers arrived with one operational.

That is just piss poor!

Gary

The problem for a Tiger though, was not only tanks. With the Allies having air superiority a "Jabo" could just come by and fire a rocket. Scratch one Tiger, sweep up the occupants and bury whats left. The Panzer Lehr Division was destroyed virtually overnight in Normandy by a 1600 bomber raid on its divisional area.

Dan Murphy