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Originally Posted by schnorchel
My underestanding is that 50mm front amour can merely withstand Soviet's 45mm Anti-tank gun's punishment at normal combat range. but when model G introduced red army already issue 76.2mm AT widely. I realy cannot figure out why German leaves PzIV front turret amour untouched. 30mm should not caues too much weight.  |
I tend to agree, weight played a roll. The Panzer IV was not designed with the ability to upgrade to the degree necessary. Being built before the war and beyond any way of knowing how fast the race would begin for the never ending need for greater fire power and armor protection etc. But what made the German so damn good in warfare was not the advancement of their weapons, on the contrary, their tanks became obsolete as soon as they crossed the Russian boarder. What made the deference also made them the best fighting force the world had ever seen. How many know what that was?
ZeeWolf
