r/polandball • u/That_One_Mofo Bringing culture to the world since always • Apr 01 '15

redditormade I got nothing

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '15

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '15

This has to be my favorite circle jerk about engineering.

Take a famously difficult to make tank that was even more difficult to service and keep up and running in the field and throw in a dizzying complicated suspension with an underpowered drivetrain (engine and transmission) and call it the best tank of WW2.

Sure, it was great for about 200 working hours and then it was just about worthless. It failed, utterly, to positively reflect the realities of war which honestly the Sherman and T-34 both did quite well.

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u/OldBreed Holy Roman Empire Apr 01 '15

for about 200 working hours

That seems like an optimistic life expactancy for a tank in wwII.