I don't think that's a concidence, Guy. So long as the troops and weapons are adequate a large number will always beat a small number.
The French Char B1 bis was a good tank but there weren't enough of them and the French used them in small numbers. Result- they got overwhelmed by all those Pzkw Is & IIs. Phil P On Nov 26, 7:17 pm, Guy Gregoire <[email protected]> wrote: > A tank depend on so much more than his numbers and stats do actually succeed > on the battlefield. > The Germans used the Panzer 1 in Poland, and the Panzer 2 in France, and even > if those was not > really suited to fight tank battles, their use "en Masse" surprised all > ennemies wich make them > scared and move back. > > The Sherman, like those small Panzers, did exactly the same thing but at the > end of the war. They > arrived "en Masse" againts superior ennemy Panzer, but won just because there > was more of them > than that "superior" Panzer had ammunition...or Fuel for that matter. > > How curious it is to think, the "en Masse" strategy wich maked the German win > at the beginning of > the war, was doing the same thing but for the Sherman at the end of the war. > > Guy > > > > > Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2011 07:29:58 -0800 > > Subject: [TANKS] Re: Opinions on the M4 Sherman > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > > No but there was enough of them. > > > > "Was the M4 Sherman used by the US and it's allies in WWII the right > > > tank for the job?" > > > > Aaron F > > > -- > > You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. > > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > > Visit the group athttp://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat- Hide quoted > > text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat
