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Originally Posted by Tak

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.



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

All of the tankers on the Spacebattles forums would differ on that assessment.

The E-50 in the analysis of professional tankers is still inferior in performance to a T-54 (weight, firepower, armor protection) as listed in the link I put up, and the IS-7 uses a modified naval gun as its main armament strong enough to punch holes in cruiser armor, so that overweight E-50 is nothing more than an obsolete paperweight before it would even be fielded. (And these American tanks are just as capable of one-shotting an E-50 at range too).