The Tanks of WWII

[Nukchebi0]

Soviet air power won WWII for them. They destroyed more tanks with Il-2's and Il-10's than with tanks.

[Guerrilla Guy]

I have no proof to prove or disprove that claim, but I think that in actuality Snow was the main cause of tank deaths on the Eastern Front...

GG

[MechanizedWarfare]

I have no proof to prove or disprove that claim, but I think that in actuality Snow was the main cause of tank deaths on the Eastern Front...

GG

Snow wasnt the main, but was one of the top causes.  Some tank engines wouldnt even start in such cold weather and if they did, they had a hard time moving.

[Nukchebi0]

I was talking about in the later battles, such as those when Russia was regaining lost territory.

[Jermofoot]

How about this concept tank:

http://www.kensingtonbooks.com/finditem.cfm?itemid=9384

I don't know if I first saw this here, if I did...sorry for reposting.

[balungaloaf]

i think it would have gotten taken out by artillery, or planes. 

It would be abosutley scary on a battlefield though, soldiers would just run away.  how would you take that thing out.

It would take a ton of steel to make one of those.

IF the armor was thick enough to withstand anything, only napalm or flame would do the trick. nasty.

[Jermofoot]

i think it would have gotten taken out by artillery, or planes. 

It would be abosutley scary on a battlefield though, soldiers would just run away.  how would you take that thing out.

It would take a ton of steel to make one of those.

IF the armor was thick enough to withstand anything, only napalm or flame would do the trick. nasty.

I think planes would have been the deterrent of choice.  It did have flak guns, though (and mgs).  Hell...how would this thing be mobile anyway?  It was painful enough to get the Tigers moving...

[Imperious Leader]

considering the other book on that site and the fact i cant find any colloborating evidence for such a project even with having over 500 books on WW2. I can conclude that its a work of fiction.. or at the very best something that was never even drafted in terms of modeling the feasibility of such a tank. Only the Maus seems at least something that was attempted (* they have 2 of these tanks unfinished). I feel that the maus would have been defending Berlin if Hitler lasted a few more months. But as you know in trials the Maus wasnt able to meet the speed requirements as per the specifications.. the germans were working on a solution when work was halted for more important considerations.

[ShadowHAwk]

I also have no stuff on that tank and i also poses a nice library of books, and have read a lot library books on the subject.

But even if it was on the battlefield bombers would not miss a tank that big and we all know what bombers did to battleships that had even more armor and where more mobile

Scary fact that if hitler had not ordered stopping of most research projects he would have had ICBM's he was close with the V2 rocket and nukes.
Germany was for most of the war on par on that research with the US. ICBM + Nukes now there is a scary thought even the US would have capitulated against that might ( just imagine NY getting the same processing as nagasaki )

[Jermofoot]

considering the other book on that site and the fact i cant find any colloborating evidence for such a project even with having over 500 books on WW2. I can conclude that its a work of fiction.. or at the very best something that was never even drafted in terms of modeling the feasibility of such a tank. Only the Maus seems at least something that was attempted (* they have 2 of these tanks unfinished). I feel that the maus would have been defending Berlin if Hitler lasted a few more months. But as you know in trials the Maus wasnt able to meet the speed requirements as per the specifications.. the germans were working on a solution when work was halted for more important considerations.

I never took it as even a possibility for deployment, but I wouldn't put it past the Germans to dream something like this.  Either way, interesting that someone put that much thought into it. 
The Maus was another thing I was going to mention, but couldn't recall it's actual name.

Didn't the Russians have some sort of land rover tank?  Multiple turrets, quite large?  I remember seeing something a long time ago...

[Jermofoot]

Check this out:
http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=374

[Imperious Leader]

If you want to check out some real German airplane projects try www.luft46.com  that guy has compiled everything from diagrams to pics to photos of real models and test planes.