Well, I think this belonges here, or maybe the military history area...Oh well, I can allways move it....So which WWII tank was the best?(Note, this pole is for medium tanks, not heavies.)

Panther G, awesome peice of machine. T34/85 is a close second.

Said the man with the Konigstiger as an avater...

Right but I could not find avatar with a panther, I have a picture with sitting on top of a panther g and a koenigstiger as well. Need to photoshop it down to size and use it. But I really love my german armour as if anyone could tell by now.

T-34 was cheaper and better then most German tanks.

Plus they had excellent sloped armour...

Originally Posted by panzer

Panther G, awesome peice of machine. T34/85 is a close second.

Agreed... T34/85 was beginning to be outclassed towards the end of the war whilst the Panther G was still a very good tank right up to the end.

Originally Posted by Snauhi

T-34 was cheaper and better then most German tanks.

Cheaper being the operative word.. One of the reasons for the T34's huge success was its simplicity and cheapness to make - exactly what you need in a hugly costly, sapping fight for existence. It was definately the best tank in the world up till late '43 when the revised Panthers began to appear.

Actually I'd make a case for the Tiger Mk1 being a better tank than the T34 too. My favourite tank of WW2 though is still the Konigstiger despite it's lack of mobility and reliabilty - what a monster

Anyway, I digress :P

King Tiger is quite a large monster........I was looking at one in person and you could see where the shells had deflected off the front of it.......But yes the T-34 was a great tank til the germans started using 88mm on its tanks.....

Some of the Tigers took in upwards of 70 hits from early T-34s. I think there was a Tiger crew that killed 80 enemy tanks before they kicked the bucket.