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Aktungbby · 06-13-20, 12:19 PM

/\ Indeed, the very brutal fact about the Sherman over the Tiger was that the undergunned Sherman was intended primarily as infantry support. It would take five Sherman's to knock out one Tiger...and that price would willingly be paid. THE FIREFLY upgrade helped. The Russian version of this became apparent at Kursk ie: the greatest tank clash in history, when Russian tanks simply negated the Tiger's favorable 2000 metre 88 cannon edge and rammed the superior German vehicles. Oddly, it was the Panzer V Panther that cost Germany that battle as production and shakedown problems delayed the commencement of Operation Citadel, intended to stabilize te Eastern front after the utter disaster at Stalingrad. The delay was utterly devastating as the Russian were able to better prepare completely to repel the German offensive. The war's initiative was then permanently in Russian hands... all the way to Berlin, assisted by a military 'distraction' and
breakout Operation Cobra from the beaches of Normadie!

06-13-20, 12:19 PM	#6
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,888 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	/\ Indeed, the very brutal fact about the Sherman over the Tiger was that the undergunned Sherman was intended primarily as infantry support. It would take five Sherman's to knock out one Tiger...and that price would willingly be paid. THE FIREFLY upgrade helped. The Russian version of this became apparent at Kursk ie: the greatest tank clash in history, when Russian tanks simply negated the Tiger's favorable 2000 metre 88 cannon edge and rammed the superior German vehicles. Oddly, it was the Panzer V Panther that cost Germany that battle as production and shakedown problems delayed the commencement of Operation Citadel, intended to stabilize te Eastern front after the utter disaster at Stalingrad. The delay was utterly devastating as the Russian were able to better prepare completely to repel the German offensive. The war's initiative was then permanently in Russian hands... all the way to Berlin, assisted by a military 'distraction' and breakout Operation Cobra from the beaches of Normadie! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"