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Originally Posted by August
There ain't that many aircraft in those boneyards that one could waste them in kamikaze attacks. As for numbers having a cachet of their own that's true but you should remember that there are a lot more Migs in the world than there are F16's. Oh and the T-34 was not an inferior tank. It was comparable and in many aspects superior to the German.
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True enough as to the sloping armor however the guns of the panther(long barrel) and tiger (88) were 'considered' superior firepower at the time and at a distance, would prevail, hence the brutal(true hate?) tactic of simply ramming. Of course the fatal delay to bring the new panther( Germany's response to the T-34) on line only gave the time factor advantage to the Russian defensive preparations (pits,mines and anti tank gun positions) at Kursk. I should have been clearer on the 'numbers cachet' thing: THERE are a LOT more MIGs than F-16s-something will get through!
