vonHoff

thx ! that explains it I guess...

I had a Quick battle lately with 4 Tiger tanks. 1 went immobile after 50m with MOVE order in the open.. 1 other later in the game..2 tigers in open ground get stuck? What did I do wrong here? Should I have use Hunt order? instead of move? Weather was overcast no rain therefor no mud at all... Anyone has a clue?

Hi I want to say something to this tread. I did not read it all but I saw 2 things I want to coment on. 1) Japan never declared war on Russia and vise versa 2) German Zeis optics where much better then all Allied optics. German Tank crews til '43 had a higher hit rate then there Allied counterparts, thats Fact and no fiction. "... on the western front its about the same..." not really, not true for early war in the west.(maybe past '44) 1 more thing... German guns/tanks had a high production standard, US, UK had a normal production standard and Russia a low one... The Russian tank used AP-Ammo without balistic cap, what made the accuracy less reliable too. So if I see a quote that russian tanks hit nearly as good as German tanks do..sorry thats just not right.

PZ III had a 37L46 at first and later 50L42 and 50L60.(Guderian wanted a 50mm from start but the Reichs supply office said no...) At the end of the war they put in a 75L24 in it, but only a few where build. (PZIIIN) In operation Barbarossa models from PZIII E to G (early Russia) where used. Also the PZIV F2 came out with the 75L43 much after Barabarossa started. It was the much needed upgrade to use against T34s.( summer 42 if I am remember right) PZ III had never a 75 mm long barrel...to big for the turret. The StuG III had it though. StuG III- a-f 75L24, G 75L43, H 75L48. At first the StuG was desinged as a Infantrie support gun, but was used later as a Tank killer. (StuGs killed double the amount of tanks then thier build number in the war...) [ 06-08-2001: Message edited by: vonHoff ]