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Kind of feels like a Tiger Tank is a death sentence. Perfect for Nazi shitbags! (infosec.pub)

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[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Yep.

It's pretty incredible to realise the US and allies somehow managed to lose that many Shermans in a dab of Africa and then the meadows of France.

Meanwhile, in Russia... 68,000 German tanks destroyed to 85,000 Russian.

"We soften them up a bit and they still distracted. Come now, comrades!"

Allies lose 8,500 Shermans

Russians: "How? To what?"

There were many great ally inventions during WW2, the Sherman was... Well it had its numbers just in case. Also they caught fire a lot and got stuck in soft terrain a lot, so a backup supply always ready was a good call.

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I think that has more to do with losing the war than the design of the tank. Especially considering the Germans didn't surrender until they were days away from being conquered anyway.

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I mean, consider that the Tiger tank was a heavy tank built for tank-on-tank combat, when the vast majority of tanks are lost to other causes, one might suspect that its out-of-touch specialization very much played against its rate of survival.

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Possibly, but the reality is, almost all of Germany's equipment was either destroyed or captured, air, sea, and land, so the fact that almost none survived the war isn't really an argument in any direction.

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 3 points 3 days ago

This is discussing losses during the war, though, not including those destroyed after the war. Not that there were many, considering that only a small percentage of Tiger I and IIs were captured.