Guest teutonic Posted January 17, 2000 Share Posted January 17, 2000 For the Germans I would have to say The Panther G. Also the Puma(I know armored car, But it Looks great ). Can't forget that Prototype that went by the designator of MAUS(1 128mm 1 75mm KwK44 and armor up the wazoo ). French: Somua S-35 Italians: Cadro Pesante P26/40 Russians: JSII Teutonic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borgiax Posted January 17, 2000 Share Posted January 17, 2000 German: Tiger II US: the Stuart is quite effective. French: wel, i know the Leclerc MBT better. It outclasses any modern MBT in the world! ------------------ Obersturmfuhrer Borgiax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted January 18, 2000 Share Posted January 18, 2000 British-Cromwell US-Sherman M4A2 in sufficient numbers. Or the M5A1 Stuart. I also found a model of a captured StuG III. It looks deadly. German-King Tiger ------------------ Visit my Combat Mission for Mac page! With some exclusive images courtesy of the Combat Mission HQ! cm4mac.tripod.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted January 18, 2000 Share Posted January 18, 2000 There is no reason or justification for it. No way to explain myself. Am I sick? Someone PLEASE help me... YES, I LOVE THE CROMWELL TANK!!!!!!!!!!!! There I said it and I feel much better. At 15 I scratchbuilt three 1/76th scale Cromwells from plasticard because no company would produce a model of this beautiful British late war MBT. One has a 95mm howitzer. They fought and regularly died on the miniature battlefield until finally they retired to a place of honour on my bookshelf. Each bulbous rivet on their sexy angular turret was lovingly teased into place...ohhh the agony and the ecstasy... Then I scaled up the plans to 1/35th and I was ready! But then, ahhh....You probably guess the rest. Tamiya, Tamiya, why did we have to wait soooo long.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aacooper Posted January 18, 2000 Share Posted January 18, 2000 1) U.S. -- M36 Jackson / Slugger -- I didn't know or care too much about until I read a book that referred to it as the "Slugger", then I realized any TD with a name that corny has got to be good. 2) German -- Tiger 3) English -- Firefly 4) Soviet -- T34 -- beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlakBait Posted January 18, 2000 Share Posted January 18, 2000 For the Axis: Tiger I - cuz it's big and ugly ...or (if TD's are included) JagPanther - cuz it's sleek and sexy For the Allies: M5A1 Stuart - i've always liked these little guys long before I knew the diference between a light and heavy tank (back when i was drawing tanks on my grade school desk) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Posted January 18, 2000 Share Posted January 18, 2000 Geez, all I hear is Stuart, Stuart, Stuart. Have I missed something about those little sardine cans in my wargaming life (certainly not as long as that of some other board members, I admit)? I've never been able to keep Stuarts alive for longer than a few minutes on the battlefield and would trade all of them for a nice Easy Eight anytime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuNZ Posted January 18, 2000 Share Posted January 18, 2000 Well, there is something about the name .... Of course I'm not biased at all Course aside from that I'd have to go for the Panther G. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark IV Posted January 18, 2000 Share Posted January 18, 2000 'Twas in the Philippines where they learned about the rivets in the Stuarts. The Jap 37mm turned the rivets into not-so-little internal made-in-USA bullets. They started welding them right away. If it wasn't for the Haunted Tank comic the Stuart would be about as popular hereabouts as PzII. I suppose a "Custer" tank would have been a PR disaster- pity. Like getting crews to man a "Jonas" class sub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zamo Posted January 18, 2000 Share Posted January 18, 2000 US: M4A1 (76mm) -or- T30 Heavy tank De: Tiger Ie (mid)-or- Tiger Ie (mid) UK: Centurion -or- A39 Tortoise USSR: KV-Ic -or- IS-3 -or- T-44 Fr: H-35 -or- Char B1 Hard choices to make, so I included an alternate or two. I just couldn't bring myself to comment on the Japanese tanks. Zamo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dano6 Posted January 19, 2000 Share Posted January 19, 2000 Lets see my favorite tanks, US - M4A3E8 "Expedient Jumbo" with 2" of armor welded over the front glacias and an extra 1.5" welded to the turret front sides. A more common sight in 1945 than you would think. German - Panther ausf. G or maybe the Jagdpanther USSR - KV-2, got to love that enormous turret jutting way up in the air. Japanese - none even worth mentioning Italians - again none worth mention dano6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TZEENCH Posted January 19, 2000 Share Posted January 19, 2000 Humm lets see German: The Maus...... Only 12 made 4 used in combat, Got to love the german sence of humor. US: M-18 Hellcat Big-Gun, Big Horsepower 0-35mph in 8 sec, Its a all american toy. British: Sucked French: Sucked Russian: T34/76 Japan: Toyota supra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest John Pender Posted January 19, 2000 Share Posted January 19, 2000 German: PzKfw IVh (old reliable work horse). American: Stuart (from the old Avalon Hill TOBRUK days I guess). British: Matilda (first AFV model I ever built, tough nut to crack in her day). Soviet: T34/76 (From the old Squad Leader days) Italian: M 13/40 (the self propelled coffin) French: Somua S-35 (another fun one from Squad leader days). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Rock Posted January 19, 2000 Share Posted January 19, 2000 German: Panther The Tiger is overrated. Tactically impressive, but strategically and operationally a dud. US: Sherman Tactically inferior, but operationally and strategically brilliant. (Now *those* should promote some debate...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moriarty Posted January 19, 2000 Share Posted January 19, 2000 Fave tanks: German WWII: Panther German post WWII: Leopard British: Matilda Russian: T-34 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bastables Posted January 19, 2000 Share Posted January 19, 2000 Hmmm Germany: StuG III ausf G (the Pz III just kept going and going ) Commonwealth: Crusader III USA: M10 Russia: SU 100 (Cat killer) [This message has been edited by Bastables (edited 01-19-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbear Posted January 19, 2000 Share Posted January 19, 2000 german: Jagdpanther russian: T-34/85 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarmo Posted January 19, 2000 Share Posted January 19, 2000 Tiger - Any variation 'xept king, hard to say why, I really think Panther's the better one but... It disturbed me to see them in CC2, made of cardboard. Just tried 'em the other day, and didn't those pesky Stuarts blow them up with head-on shots. Cromwell - beuty in ugliness, how zen! Daimler - although not a tank, it's still neat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Hough Posted January 19, 2000 Share Posted January 19, 2000 I gotta weigh in in favor of that crackhead british TD with the gun on backwards... -John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fionn Posted January 19, 2000 Share Posted January 19, 2000 Umm, Archer IIRC. Actually a pretty damned smart design since it was a total hit and run vehicle and its only hope of survival was to fire 1 shot and run.. Moving forward is quicker than reversing so some screwball decided to mount the gun backwards . ------------------ ___________ Fionn Kelly Manager of Historical Research, The Gamers Net - Gaming for Gamers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guachi Posted January 20, 2000 Share Posted January 20, 2000 I'm not sure it was intentional that they mounted it backwards. Didn't they mount it backwards to prevent the vehicle from being nose heavy? Ingenuity born of necessity. The Germans encountered this problem, notably with the JagdPanzer IV/70. Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fionn Posted January 20, 2000 Share Posted January 20, 2000 Nose heaviness can be gotten around with a little counter-weighting etc... I really doubt that was the main reason although it might have fed into the design discussions. ------------------ ___________ Fionn Kelly Manager of Historical Research, The Gamers Net - Gaming for Gamers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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