Heavy tanks, there were only a handful made before they brought the Centurion

Originally Posted by LeEnfield

icecold....Said
Conqueror (Heavy tank of the 60’s – so bad that Chieftain was a great improvement.)
Tortoise (80 ton monster that was too big and heavy for most bridges)

My you have been doing some reading, The British Conqueror never made it into service as it cancelled at the end of WW2 and only a few of these tanks still exist. The Tortoises was mainly designed to block bridges and control sections of the battlefield. You can still see this beastie in Bovington Tank Museum

The Conqueror was certainly not a bad tank, just that its intended role became obsolete with the advent of the Main Battle Tank concept. Futhermore, the 1st generation of post WW2 tanks definately had mobility as the most important factor from the 3 classic tenets of tank design, something that wasn't designed as being the Conqueror's strong point.

Ok, so the Conqueror was slow, But did it compensate with good fire power?

Zander..... there was only a limited number of the Conqueror tanks ever made, I don't think that they ever fired a shot in anger.

oh! ok! so did they took part in any fighting?

To answer your question Zander the answer is no, as the Centurion came out just afterwards and the British settled on this Tank as its main Battle Tank.

Ok, So it actually was a tank that seen no action! weird!

I was doing some thinking, (rare for me, but it does happen sometimes) and I realized that my personal worst tank of all time, the Sherman, actually outclassed its Japanese opposition. Could anyone enlighten me on the subject of Japanese WW 2 tanks and why they were so bad?

Dean.

Wad ype of Japanese tanks, cause the Japanese did not use tanks in most warfare! I only remember them using the small three men tanks!

Originally Posted by Dean

I was doing some thinking, (rare for me, but it does happen sometimes) and I realized that my personal worst tank of all time, the Sherman, actually outclassed its Japanese opposition. Could anyone enlighten me on the subject of Japanese WW 2 tanks and why they were so bad?

Dean.

Interesting question.