The “just sit and wait for the Phony War to end in April 1940” option is a bit perplexing as an answer to “You are the German High Command! What is your next Combat Movement?” because it seems to imply that the Phony War was operating on a fixed timetable, and that this timetable was in someone else’s hands. The lack of action on land on the Western Front is certainly due in part to inaction by France and Britain (whose strategy was basically to sit around for a couple of years to built up their strength for a showdown, while simultaneously hoping that the Nazi regime would be overthrown by a coup), but it was also very much a deliberate choice by Germany. The Wehrmacht needed to analyze the Polish Campaign, fix the tactical and operational elements that hadn’t worked as well as expected, plan the upcoming campaign against France and the Low Countries, rest and replenish its forces, give them more training, provide them with additional equipment, and redeploy them to the west. Doing this properly took time, but Germany could afford to take the time to do the job right because of the lack of Anglo-French pressure on the western front. ( In other words, by sitting on their collective hindquarters France and Britain surrendered the strategic initiative to Germany, which gave the Wehrmacht the luxury of attacking at the time and place of its own choosing.) Moreover, the time period during which these activities took place were the fall of 1939 and the winter of 1939-1940, which was conveniently timed because this meant that the Wehrmacht wouldn’t have to fight in the fall (manageable, but rainy and muddy) or in the winter (far less harsh in the West than in Russia, but still potentially nasty as veterans of the Battle of the Bulge will recall). The late spring / early summer period chosen for the offensive in the West was much more congenial for military operations.
Witch is your favourite WW2 tank
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Which is your favourite, mine is the King Tiger
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Panther G model just like the ones in the latest AA games.
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Witch is your favourite WW2 tank
LMFAO!!! hahahahah :-D :-D
Esmeralda from Bewitched of course.
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What do you mean by panzer?
My favor is the Panzer II because it has class.
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Whilst most of the heavy duty stuff was experimental, or in some cases never saw combat, I tend to lean towards Japanese armor innovations such as the Type 4 Chi-To and Type 5 Chi-Ri. Yes, most of these are foreign based designs, but the Japanese seemed to add their own ‘flair’.
Another vehicle that didn’t see combat, but a personal favorite, the Type 3 Chi-Nu.
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The Tiger.
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@i:
i like the ahh im not sure if this is a tank but i like the jagdpanter heres a pic
some years ago I visited the Imperial War Museum in London, UK, and right there they had a real Jagdpanther on the floor. It was awesome. Totally awesome. That was the coolest tank ever used in WWII. The other tanks in that museum would look dull in comparison.
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Which Tiger the 1 or the 2?@Brain:
The Tiger.
The Jagdpanther was a tank destroyer or a mobile anti-tank gun not a true tank. I think a true tank must have a revolving turret. I think it was built on a Panther chassis.@i:
i like the ahh im not sure if this is a tank but i like the jagdpanter heres a pic
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The Jagdpanther was a tank destroyer or a mobile anti-tank gun not a true tank. I think a true tank must have a revolving turret. I think it was built on a Panther chassis.@i:
i like the ahh im not sure if this is a tank but i like the jagdpanter heres a pic
Yes the jagdpanther was a tank destroyer. You can read about it here:
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The tiger H model.
Love that beast……
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@i:
the oddest looking tank of ww2 hast to be the panzer viii anyone agree?
Perhaps.
However, you always gotta’ wonder if such a beast ever had the chance for combat, how would it perform.
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@i:
i like the ahh im not sure if this is a tank but i like the jagdpanter heres a pic
some years ago I visited the Imperial War Museum in London, UK, and right there they had a real Jagdpanther on the floor. It was awesome. Totally awesome. That was the coolest tank ever used in WWII. The other tanks in that museum would look dull in comparison.
Just had my third visit a week ago - yeah, that Jagdpanther still has it’s holes even! Though I have to disagree with the other tanks looking dull in comparison… the Firefly is nice, and they have Monty’s own tank in there - and a Matilda with that funky camo job (light blue stripes even). If any of you happen to be in Old Smoke, I suggest the Imperial War Museum as one of your stops.
I voted for the Shermy - personal choice since my dad drove one in the war, grew up fascinated by them.
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I voted for the unloved Panzer IV.
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@Imperious:
Witch is your favourite WW2 tank
LMFAO!!! hahahahah :-D :-D
Esmeralda from Bewitched of course.
I’ll have to go with the Wicked Witch of the West from the Wizard of Oz!
C’mon finnman. Change Witch to Which.
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@i:
@ABWorsham:
I voted for the unloved Panzer IV.
why?
Why not?
The Panzer IV was by all standards, a pretty decent damn tank. Its also pretty iconic, at least in my opinion. :lol:
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@i:
@ABWorsham:
I voted for the unloved Panzer IV.
why?
The Panzer IV was the only tank to see combat from the beginning to the end of the war. It isn’t sexy like the Tiger and Panther; nor does it have the legendary blue collar status like the t-34. It doesn’t even have the curves of the Sherman. It was just an overall good tank.
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@ABWorsham:
@i:
@ABWorsham:
I voted for the unloved Panzer IV.
why?
It was just an overall good tank.
Nothing wrong with that. It earned my vote for that very reason.
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T 34
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@Dylan:
T 34
The T-34 should makes everyone’s top three list.
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