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Notice how a Tiger will take out a T34 any day? Left and right?
Seems like when you were doing the T34 mission you were up against lightly armored vehicles, kinda sitting ducks to any decent tank. That first tank being a Panzer IV ? Then smack.......Tiger. At least they got it historically correct.....lol
The Tiger was an awesome advancement in technology.
I'll say that it wasn't unheard of, that 3-5 tigers would do well against 10 times + their number on the eastern front. Distance was the key, that 88 was one accurate piece.
Can you tell I'm a WWII buff?
The mission I was on with the T34 was an early mission. There were three tigers, two of which were aimlessly roaming a large field far away from where I was at, and the other was hiding in that small village waiting for me to pop out of the forest.
But yes, the tiger was far superior in everything but reliability and mobility. The T34, though very crude, was superior to the sherman in alot of ways. The main key to the T34 and it's light armor was it's sloped armor all the way around, and their mass production (many more than the sherman). Thinner armor can do the job of thicker armor when placed at a angle.
Oh yeah, and the optics... Germans could see much better and much further, allowing them use the range on their guns.
Another thing about the tiger, there wasn't a ton on the battlefield. I don't recall how many were made exactly, and i'm too lazy to look it up right now, but only a couple thousand at the most were made. Compared to 40k+ shermans and almost twice as many T34's, they had plenty of targets to take care of while trying not to get surrounded.
Ask any tanker from WW2. Was everyone scared as hell of the tiger? Yes. How often were run-ins with tigers? Scarce, but when there was one it was almost always devastating. Many allied losses before the tiger was destroyed.
I'll get some kill shots of a tiger next time I play.
If anyone ever finds themselves in Europe, exploring the battlefields of WW2, there is a book that is a must have, especially if you're into armor. It's a harder to find book, but they still exist out there (made in the 70's or 80's for a limited production). It's called Panzers in Normandy Then and Now. It takes WW2 pictures of tank battles and destroyed tanks, and finds that exact location in the current year (when the book was made) to see all that's changed. It's a pretty awesome book, and it'd give you quite a tour guide for the battlefields of Europe.
