CMBB v CMAK

[Mad Russian]

Lets count them shall we....

PzI's - 144

PzII's - 889

Pz35(t) - 155

Pz38(t) - 738

PzIII(37mm gun) - 259

PzIII (50L42/50L60) - 927

PzIV (75L24) - 449




The entire tank force for the German Army, on June 1st 1941, was as follows:

PzI - 877

PzII - 1074

Pz35(t) - 170

Pz38(t) - 754

PzIII(37mm) - 350

PzIII(50mm) - 1090

PzIV(75L24) - 517

The way I read that is, that in the entire German inventory they had only 1090 tanks capable of taking on a T-34 in anything like an even exchange.

Even then only 927 of those were on the Russian Front on opening day.

So, let's drop the mighty German tank superiority fairy tale shall we?

When the German attacked Russia they had more than twice as many tanks armed with a 37mm gun or less than they did PzIII's of all types. That doesn't make them a tank terror to be reckoned with. No wonder the German tactic was to fall back on the anti tank guns. The tanks couldn't do it.

Interesting don't you think?

Good Hunting.

MR