![]() The truth of any weapon system is to see its true value under the fancy paint, flowers, and dancing girls. It is a great tank and ties with several for the top 3 but it is not and never will be the clean winner of top medium ww2 tank. T34 is a great tank but its been hidden behind propaganda for so many years people come to see it only as the shining star of the USSR Army. All of this and a true lack of a real field maintence force. Removed from tank duty and sent on as front rankers in infantry penal units. So many T34s break down Stalin consideres it cowardice and treason by tank crews to get out of fighting and they are over 50% downtime all the time for them in aboutĪll fields of combat. The T34 in the field is another whole animal than the movies, newsreels, and pics show. Lets not forget the Russian "hard armor' that seemed so good but spalled off so much inside the tank killing/wounding crew. parts from one factory may not replace parts on same tankīuilt esleware. Rough, dirty, poorly managed factories with inferior parts and technicians. Hours, engine filters are bad, tracks breack, transmission breaks shreading teeth everywhere, oil pump failures. ![]() Its a good tank but it breaks down often and the engine life is about 100-250 On USSR testing always you must remember that they are tied well into politics and national feeling in a major war, far beyond the West,Įither Allied or Axis. In both US and German testing Political interests are minimal on the actual outcomes of the tests. Into data being done scienticially there. US Tests were generally in the field use of captured vehicles with data sent on to Abeerdeen and matched German tests were done to get an accurate feel forĮnemy armor capability and to built into future vehicles upgrades to offset them and also develop new tactics and techniques to improve Of the US, GER, USSR the best technical data and tests would be German and US. You also must take into account where these reports and info come from. Of the War and its as important as the phrase "Mother Russia" in their history. The Soviets had a huge program to support the T34 series as the saviors Go the more that 2nd person/3rd person reports and postwar reports come into it.Īlso you must be aware and take into accout national feeling. Clear and Factual.Ī Researchers most potent weapon is 1st person reports, digrams, charts on weapons like the Panther. Wait 50 years later to write a book on it. I look for just postwar reports from those involved. Would rather not work on the Panther issue in this thread but so be it:įIRST OFF: I dont' read no propaganda or SS diaries for my research. Everything Germany did that was foolish or evil was because of Hitler and Speer's political enemies, who were conveniently not around to defend themselves. It's been exceedingly critical in some cases, after all Albert Speer (who was notorious for exaggerating, taking credit and rewriting history) said that the Panther was too heavy because of that darn Hitler.īut then again according to Albert Speer practically everything Germany did right was because of Albert Speer. ![]() ![]() ![]() 1) What motivation would Soviet historians have to hide information about how the Panther was not a good tank? Seems like if anything their motivation would the same as most Russians today, to minimize Fascist accomplishments as much as possible.Ģ) What knowledge about the Panther's "bad qualities" were hidden from historical analysis by supposed Soviet secrets? History knew about the failure of the Panther at Kursk long before glasnost.ģ) It is not like we had access to only German accounts of WW2.Ĥ) Or that the mainstream post-war German historiography of the Third Reich have been in any way non-critical. ![]()
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