Doppleganger
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The main reason why Japanese AFV developement was so backward was defined by the nature of the terrain the Japanese mainly fought in - which was mainly jungle or hilly and unsuitable for armour. Thus they never really improved upon their pre-war designs.
As I stated previously a dark horse for the best tank of WW2 could be the Soviet IS-2/IS-3 tank. It was about the same weight as a Panther but it was feared by German panzertruppen as a 'Tiger Killer', and I include King Tigers in this. It was reasonably mobile, had decent protection and a powerful gun. My money's still on the Panther G but the IS-2 was the other great Soviet tank of WW2.
As I stated previously a dark horse for the best tank of WW2 could be the Soviet IS-2/IS-3 tank. It was about the same weight as a Panther but it was feared by German panzertruppen as a 'Tiger Killer', and I include King Tigers in this. It was reasonably mobile, had decent protection and a powerful gun. My money's still on the Panther G but the IS-2 was the other great Soviet tank of WW2.