Something that often gets lost in T-34 vs Panzer comparisons is the fact that not only did the Soviets build about twice as many tanks as the Germans over the course of the war, their tanks were also built with field serviceability in mind meaning that a higher proportion of Soviet tanks remained in action at any given time. If a T-34 it broke down you could re-track it or patch the engine or whatever you needed to do, unlike a Panther which needed specialized facilities.
way more than twice as many thousands of Nazi tanks verses tens of thousands of Soviet tanks and that's just Nazi vs Soviet tank deployment if you add in US tank production it's thousands vs just under a hundred thousand
Ignores that Tigers broke down so damn often that only a fraction of them were ever in service
More fun Tiger facts: Germany had to put out a call to tankers to not tow a broken Tiger with another Tiger, because their shitty gearbox was not rated for it. Meaning that you would sometimes have a scenario where one broken Tiger turned into two lmao
Something that often gets lost in T-34 vs Panzer comparisons is the fact that not only did the Soviets build about twice as many tanks as the Germans over the course of the war, their tanks were also built with field serviceability in mind meaning that a higher proportion of Soviet tanks remained in action at any given time. If a T-34 it broke down you could re-track it or patch the engine or whatever you needed to do, unlike a Panther which needed specialized facilities.
way more than twice as many thousands of Nazi tanks verses tens of thousands of Soviet tanks and that's just Nazi vs Soviet tank deployment if you add in US tank production it's thousands vs just under a hundred thousand
Wikipedia gives 49,777 German vehicles produced versus 107,311 Soviet vehicles. Lend lease adds an additional 12,000 armored vehicles, but the majority of it was jeeps and trucks.
So 2.4 to 1.
fair enough I was wrong
meh 2.4 times vs 2 times is actually a decent amount when dealing with big numbers
Yeah, but Tigers bro
Ignores that Tigers broke down so damn often that only a fraction of them were ever in service
More fun Tiger facts: Germany had to put out a call to tankers to not tow a broken Tiger with another Tiger, because their shitty gearbox was not rated for it. Meaning that you would sometimes have a scenario where one broken Tiger turned into two lmao
Currently imagining two german squads trying to fix two massive tanks in a flat grassland with no air superiority. :wholesome: