World War 2 Talk - View Single Post - T-34 no better than the M4 Sherman.

sapper_k9 · 10-07-2007, 06:25 AM

T34 was diesel. What Guderian liked was that it worked! Hit the starter, it goes! Diesel motor is obviously more appropriate than petrol, more torque and a flatter torque curve.

Come rain, hail, snow or shine, it just worked, first with its 76mm then 85mm gun.

By the time the Germans had sorted the Panther and that was six months after it arrived with the Panzer Regts! they had transfered/adopted some of its key points into the Tiger - wrong Demo.

The interlaced road wheels (Panther and Tiger) used to clog with mud, and the next morning the crews had to use a blow torch on the thing to melt the ice so they could move the damn thing!

Typical example of the technocrat having more to say in the design than the user.

Guderian's opinion will do me.

10-07-2007, 06:25 AM	#25 (permalink)
sapper_k9 Junior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 6	T34 T34 was diesel. What Guderian liked was that it worked! Hit the starter, it goes! Diesel motor is obviously more appropriate than petrol, more torque and a flatter torque curve. Come rain, hail, snow or shine, it just worked, first with its 76mm then 85mm gun. By the time the Germans had sorted the Panther and that was six months after it arrived with the Panzer Regts! they had transfered/adopted some of its key points into the Tiger - wrong Demo. The interlaced road wheels (Panther and Tiger) used to clog with mud, and the next morning the crews had to use a blow torch on the thing to melt the ice so they could move the damn thing! Typical example of the technocrat having more to say in the design than the user. Guderian's opinion will do me. Last edited by sapper_k9; 10-07-2007 at 11:12 AM.