OT: German vs Allied Tech in WW2

[RN7]

Originally Posted by Panther Al

*waggles his fingers* Those numbers are not the ones I have, though with all things when it comes to german records you never do know.

However, the 21st's numbers is *way* off. The 21st had NO panthers at all in its TOE.

Sorry that was a typo, the 2st had 112 Panther IV, I also made one with the 12th SS Panzer: Should be 50 Panther, 98 Panzer IV and 2 Stug.

I'm also looking at a German source (7AOK Kriegtagbuch from captured German documents) that show the 2nd panzer battalion of the 21st Panzer Division was still using some ex-French Somua tanks at the beginning of June, and the 3rd battalion was due to be refitted with Panthers.

[copeab]

I think it's fair to point out the British weren't generally superior to the American tanks. British cruiser tanks were underarmed and underarmored, while the infantry tanks were undrrgunned snd maddeningly slow. Most of the cruiser tanks had reliability issues. It wasn't until the Centurion (which abandoned the ctuiser/infantry distinction) that the British had a really good tamk.

While the British 6-pdr was a better AT weapon than the Sherman's 75mm, it was less useful for everything else.