Eastern Front Tank Warfare 1944 - WW2 Documentary Special

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  @WorldWarTwo · 2 years ago · pinned

  What’s your favourite tank of the war, and why?

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• GA

  @gafeleon9032 · 2 years ago

  Just a quick correction, the SU-76 isn&apos;t built on the chassis of the T-34 but a lengthened T-70 chassis and while it has some limited anti-tank capabilities by 1944 the 76mm is mostly only useful for close support<br><br>Love your work

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• HI

  @HistoryHussar · 2 years ago

  Hungarian 1st Army received 10 Tigers in the Summer of 1944. They were effective in combat, but most of them would be lost within a few months, mainly due to mechanical breakdowns and a lack of fuel. Since the Hungarians did not have anything that could tow a Tiger (aside from another Tiger, which exposed both tanks to enemy fire), they proved to be too heavy and cumbersome to operate over the long term. By October, 3-4 were left, but we are not sure what happened to them.

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• PE

  @pennings855 · 2 years ago

  OMG I CAN&apos;T WAIT TO SEE HOW WELL THE FERDINAND PERFORMED

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• PO

  @podemosurss8316 · 2 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVCNgFfop_I&amp;t=362">6:02</a> About tungsten, being Spanish, I remember hearing stories on the ways that our government (aligned with Germany) used to transfer them tungsten through the borders without the Allies knowing: It was in small ore chunks, the size of a fist, that could be carried easily. Children in border towns would be hired for extra cash and given those &quot;stones&quot; to play throwing the stones onto the other side of the border, where German agents collected those stones. They also tied them to dogs and made it look like a kid&apos;s prank.

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• RA

  @Ralphieboy · 2 years ago

  The USA sent some 225,000 2.5 ton cargo trucks, 1,000 locomotives and around 7,000 railway freight cars. That not only freed up a lot of Soviet heavy industry to concentrate on tanks, but it gave them the logistical ability to successfully support deep battle.

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• RE

  @Red_Four · 2 years ago

  The Tiger 1 we have in the US Army Armor and Cavalry collection at Fort Moore was captured in a maintenance area towards the end of the North Africa campaign. &nbsp;Some of the parts on that tank contain serial numbers that belonged to around a dozen other Tigers from that unit.

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• ON

  @OneofInfinity. · 2 years ago

  Beauty is in the eye of the beholder Indy, the T-34/85 is a looker to me.

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• MI

  @michaelmorley7719 · 2 years ago

  As The Chieftain has pointed out in multiple videos, the Panther also featured challenging ergonomics. &nbsp;It is a very difficult tank to learn to use effectively.

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• MI

  @MinhVo-ig7no · 2 years ago

  Every German tank crews gangster until they see a lone KV-2 standing in the middle of the road.

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• YO

  @yosawin3018 · 2 years ago

  The main front where allies tanks were actually the main force was in the Caucasus since they were cut off for quite while but they usually preferred their own tanks over British tanks or whatever light tanks the Americans sent them, they quite liked the Sherman though.

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• JO

  @johnclements5888 · 2 years ago

  Hook, line, and sinker with the Mad Max intro.

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