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October 3rd, 2007  
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Originally Posted by Supostat
2. Wrong organization of armored forces - the practice of war showed that there is no need for large armored corps with thousands of tanks. Tank brigades or divisions were more efficient. At the same point - in Soviet tank division of 1941 was too much tanks and too less infantry. Germans had better organization of tank divisions and perform much better.
Soviet Mech Corps circa 1941 did not have 'thousands of tanks' within their ranks, in fact they had a bit over 1,000. This is comparable to a German Panzer Corps. Also, most of the Mech Corps in 1941 were not at full strength.
 
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