Fav AFV of WW2 [Reasons]

[Newbie.]

Just a quick poll to see what tank we think was fav in ww2.
NO GODDARN FLAME WAR PLS

[SublimeSnugz]

Couldent find the "Brummbåar" ..... so i took the tiger, allmost just as cool

[Newbie.]

Ahah, Sorry, just added that

On Topic: I have to say the SOMUA S-35. Powerful tank with powerful armour, first-class radios and a gun still in use in D-Day, only drawbacks was cheap-trained crews and Reliablity. It paved the way for future French tanks like the AMX-30 and Lelerc.

So my top 5:

SOMUA S-35
T34/76 [C'mon has to be on SOMEONES list)
Panther
M4 Sherman
Tiger II

[Tico_1990]

I suggest that you split this list into sections. You've listed a number of vehicles out of different purposes (medium tanks, tank destroyers, SPArts etc.). It is like asking which fruit you like best in a list which features a number of different apples, pears, bananas and kiwi's.

To have a go at this:
fav spart: hummel because of it's massive firepower while still being mobile

fav medium tank: sherman, because of the ease of production and Panther because of overall characteristics.

As for the other categories, no idea (yet).

Cheers

[Newbie.]

Ok, i'll state then

Fav Light tank: Renualt FT17

Fav Med: Tank: SOMUA S-35

Fav Heavy: Char B1

Fav SPG: StuGIII

Fav Arty: Grille

Fav APC: ADGZ

Fav TD: Sturer Emil

Fav AA Tank: Mobelwagon

[Flippis]

T-34 in all of its versions. Something so crude and ugly, yet somehow so beautiful that I like it.

Closely followed by Panther, Stug 40 and Jagdpanther.

[Paciat]

Matilda II.
No Italian gun could stop it in 1940.
British force 36,000 strong captured 115,000 prisoners hundreds of tanks and artillery pieces and more than 1,100 aircraft with very few casualties of their own.
Matildas, Cruiser tanks and BREN Carriers formed the British spearheads.

[GodlikeDennis]

Tiger II

The pinnacle of German tank design, even if it was a broken mess quite often. Pretty much one angry SoB.

That or the T-34. The tank that drove the German might back. So basic yet effective, and still influencing tank design today.

I hope nobody votes for the M4 Sherman, death trap that it was.

EDIT: and I didn't know the panzer I was still around in those days.

[Seeme]

Sherman to the max!

[GodlikeDennis]

Typical Seeme.

[AbhMkh]

You should have split it into

1. mbt

2. tankdestroyer

3. spg

4. spa

5.armored car

6. tankette

7. recon


My favourite is pazer iv as could be produced in large numbers and was superior to the sheman!!!!!

[GodlikeDennis]

Panzer 4 was outnumbered by sherman production by like 6 fold. They, like any german tank, were not easy to produce at all. Unless you're talking ingame when they're about 10 fuel cheaper.

[Newbie.]

well, the Panzer IV was techically supieor to the M4A2 Sherman, but wasn't produced, and in a 1v1 Between a Panzer IV Ausf. H and a M4A3 Sherman, the Sherman would probaly win.

[AbhMkh]

If we consider in war the its the m4a3 sherman thts got to be the best since it was produced in tones and kilos,however we have to at the technology and the combat history too

i quote from wikipedia

"Robust and reliable, it saw service in all combat theaters involving Germany, and has the distinction of being the only German tank to remain in continuous production throughout the war, with over 8,800 produced between 1936 and 1945"

if one doesnt consider the numbers produced it was superior to the most widely produced and used 75 mm sherman

[Akalonor]

For me it is :
L: PzIII- well balanced
M:Panther- started a generation of MBT's
H:M26 Pershing -predecessor to most US tanks
AC:234/1-a very good IFV
R:sd. kfz. 222-fast and armored.