When I saw over-engineered, I mean that the Nazi's tanks had a whole bunch of moving parts that had to be finely machined, and were all hard to replace. In addition, as their tank designs advanced, the newer tanks needed even more of those differing parts. Both of these things were a liability with how much their factories were being bombed towards the end of the war.
And yes, by contrast, when the Soviets made new tank designs, they'd have lesser amounts delicate parts, making them easier to produce.
I'm not a historion but I love to imagine that the Allies bombed a ball bearing factory in Munich and the Nazi engineers were just like, "what are you insane? We can't build a blender without ball bearings built to .001 mm tolerance."
When I saw over-engineered, I mean that the Nazi's tanks had a whole bunch of moving parts that had to be finely machined, and were all hard to replace. In addition, as their tank designs advanced, the newer tanks needed even more of those differing parts. Both of these things were a liability with how much their factories were being bombed towards the end of the war.
And yes, by contrast, when the Soviets made new tank designs, they'd have lesser amounts delicate parts, making them easier to produce.
I'm not a historion but I love to imagine that the Allies bombed a ball bearing factory in Munich and the Nazi engineers were just like, "what are you insane? We can't build a blender without ball bearings built to .001 mm tolerance."