Favourite tank of World War Two?

[Killar]

2 years are nothing. Look how long the leopard had to be developed to be a stable design..

[MBJrP36]

That is because the Leopard was designed to be the end all be all for the Heer, the Jagdtiger was a single-role vehicle.

[Sommarkatze]

The Centurion is pretty neat too. Didnt see any action in the war ( thank god from a german perspective?) but imo its a masterpiece being in active service for like 60 years. And thats a tank not a rifle XD ( ofc with upgrades and some modifying)

[DrRockzo1986]

The T-34 was probably the crapiest tank ever made, as shown in the picture below the welds were just awful some tankers even reported being able to stick their fingers out of the tank from inside through the welded areas. One report from Michael Wittmann's crew said that they had been rammed by a T-34 instanly blowing the engine and transmission on the soviet tank and not even leaving more than a scratch on his Tiger. idk how anyone could say they love this pos.

[Pac-Fish]

LOL that sounds so funny XD. Soviet Russia kamikazes  

[GodlikeDennis]

People like it because, despite the problems with quality and crew of four, it still had a good mix of armour, speed, reliability and weaponry. The mass production came at the expense of quality but that nonetheless won the war. Everyone knows German tanks were gorgeous beasts but it doesn't matter when you're surrounded by 10 reasonably good T-34s and your engine won't start.

[Pac-Fish]

Quantity over quality I guess

[Tankbuster]

Lawl, my Dad's car has better welding.

[Pac-Fish]

But your dad's car cant fire 76mm rounds

[Max 'DonXavi' von B.]

You'll never know

[Otto Halfhand]

The T-34 was probably the crapiest tank ever made, as shown in the picture below the welds were just awful some tankers even reported being able to stick their fingers out of the tank from inside through the welded areas. One report from Michael Wittmann's crew said that they had been rammed by a T-34 instanly blowing the engine and transmission on the soviet tank and not even leaving more than a scratch on his Tiger. idk how anyone could say they love this pos.

Hi Doc. great picture . this x  "weld" isn't. They missed the join entirely. Going anti-clockwise the next weld (with dark spot is bad. the top weld with the Tack at the corner is good technique and a good weld . The last weld (running down to the non-weld) is not great (you can see where they didn't get full penetration) but it would keep fumes and vapors out. Its difficult to make welds on the 40 degree angles of the T34 but the angle of the armor caused many shots to just ricochet away. Shoddy craftsmanship couldn,t take that away from tank. From what I see here  I would guess a lot of tankers were asphyxiated by fumes in cold weather. When I look at the picture again this tank is probably reconstructed from one or more wrecked tanks in a museum somewhere. Kublinka maybe?

[DrRockzo1986]

Could be, I typed in Soviet T-34 welds, or something like that and this is one of the pictures that came up. I can say at least the T-34 was welded and not riveted, like Italian tanks 

[Pac-Fish]

Could be, I typed in Soviet T-34 welds, or something like that and this is one of the pictures that came up. I can say at least the T-34 was welded and not riveted, like Italian tank 

Whats the advantages of riveting as opposed to welding ?

[DrRockzo1986]

Rivets will shear off when hit causing them to become additional projectiles inside the tank.

[Otto Halfhand]

Could be, I typed in Soviet T-34 welds, or something like that and this is one of the pictures that came up. I can say at least the T-34 was welded and not riveted, like Italian tanks 

38Ts were riveted then mae west was welded over top to good effect.