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Originally Posted by aldw
If the Imperials had fielded anything like these in the story, I wonder how the Edelweiss would fair in that case... |
The Edelweiss was based on the E-50 prototypes, which possessed similar specs, dimensions and performance. In theory, it would have been more than a match against any of the tanks you have listed.
http://www.panzer-archiv.de/images/d...46/bild220.jpg
Which can be compared with:
http://img453.imageshack.us/img453/8...amilieats7.jpg
Soviet tanks on the other hand, did not get scary until the T-34 rolled off the assembly in large numbers. Prior to that, German Panzers had a definite upper-hand against anything the Soviets fielded.
Even so, German tanks, such as the Panther, Tiger and King Tigers all proved to be more than a match against the T-34s and later series. Though, the losses of Soviet armored vehicles in the Eastern Front was... quite appalling even after superior models were fielded.
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Originally Posted by cloner4000
Edelweiss looks like German design..but have slop armor which most German tank doesn't have?
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Certainly, most German tanks did not possess slope armor, but at the end of the war years, the best German medium tank, the Panther and later the King Tiger, all sport slope armor. The Panther is often considered to be the
best overall tank in World War II.
But, don't forget, the Edelweiss was a prototype, just as the E-50 was a prototype. Both were meant to be revolutionary... and... both were just sitting in a garage at one point...
Otherwise, the main Gallian tank is really a smaller version of the German workhorse, the Panzer IV with armored skirt.
Which is interesting, as in VC2, the tank on the cover is none other than the Panzer III.
- Tak