(August 18, 2016 at 2:38 am)Rhythm Wrote: Yeah, that's the usual narrative. It helped that their tank design was fucking visionary, too (since you mentioned tanks). The 34 and IS were monstrous. German armor didn't stand a chance (a fact which was immediately realized by german tank commanders and generals).
Someone who understands WW2. Thank you.
The T-34 was pretty insane. Sure, the Tigers and panthers took it down a notch, but at the start of the war with russia, the 37mm guns on the german tanks couldn't penetrate it's armour in the slightest.
"He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. For if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes unto you."
