View Poll Results: WWII tank beauty contest.
The German Panzer IV 19 46.34%
The French Renault R-35 4 9.76%
The Soviet KV-1 8 19.51%
The British Mathilda-2 1 2.44%
The American Sherman M4 9 21.95%
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Old April 6, 2003, 19:00   #31
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From the options I had to choose the sherman, I wish the banana had been there. KingTiger looks pretty cool... was the SuperKingTiger a joke or is it a real tank? If it's not a joke, then the nazis sound like nvidia.
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In terms of pure aesthetic beauty I'm surprised no one has mentioned the Panzer III, IMO it's the most attractive German tank followed by the Panther.

As for the allies, the Cromwell was pretty nice, so is the IS-2 soviet heavy tank.
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From the available options...the sherman.

My personal Fav is the Tiger.
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Ladies! You forgot the real big b@stard.

The "Mighty Maus", so big it destroyed the roads it operated on.
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Ladies! You forgot the real big b@stard.

The "Mighty Maus", so big it destroyed the roads it operated on.
Now that's a useful characteristic!!

I think that tank, called the PanzerKampfWagenMaus, has the Guiness World Record for heaviest tank of all time
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I like the KV of the tanks listed, and the Panther and T-34 for the best looking tanks of the war.
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Also, the M24 Chaffee was a very attractive vehicle, most people don't really know much about it because it was a light tank used until the end of the war in Europe.
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I think that on looks the Sherman wins for me very well!
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For sheer legendary Status, the Tiger ranks along side the T34 and Sherman...
That's not a real Tiger in the pic! It's some monstrous half-Tiger half-T-34 mongrel. Probably from SPR.
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Beautiful shmeautiful... The real question is - which one was the best (overall) main battle tank?
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T-34/85 hands down.
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Best all-round war machine?

Allies = T34...
Axis = Panther...
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For Axis I‘d say Pzkfw-IV with all further mods. No matter how wonderful the Panthers and Tigers were, they could not match the allies‘ industrial machine. Guderian himself said that instead of creating new „Wunderwaffe“, they should have focused on how to produce more and upgrade Panzer IV‘s.

Btw, does anyone play Steel Panthers - World at war?
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T-34, Panther.

Honestly, who puts a Sherman in a beauty contest?

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For Axis I‘d say Pzkfw-IV with all further mods. No matter how wonderful the Panthers and Tigers were, they could not match the allies‘ industrial machine. Guderian himself said that instead of creating new „Wunderwaffe“, they should have focused on how to produce more and upgrade Panzer IV‘s.

Btw, does anyone play Steel Panthers - World at war?
I play steel panthers 3. I haven't got any of the add ons though. Mine has about 4 ww2 campaigns and a Nato one
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Outside the poll's scope...

German: Jadgpanzer Elephant or Jadgpanzer Tiger
British: Churchill
Soviet union: BT-7 or IV-3
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And just pointing out there's several versions of the Panther, not just one.

As for the Maus, I have to elaborate that it e.g. crossed rivers under the water as it was so heavy. And to elaborate about the Tiger family: Tiger, Tiger II (Königtiger), Jadgpanzer Tiger and Sturmtiger.

Hmm... the TK-3 would have been a good candidate in this contest as there's no light tanks listed.
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Beutiest tank is the Panther.
Ok, I know you guys will say it is out of the poll cause it was not a tank ,but a masterpiece of engeneering.
Of the poll, I´d say most beautifull is the Panzer 4.
Though the version with the long barrel (Pz IV - F ? Can´t remember) is much beautier.
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Couldn't find a better picture...
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Jagdpanther, Panther, King Tiger. German Panzers all the way!
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The Germans were/are masters of the armour.

Sadly for them, they concentrated on ever heavier designs and not on how to churn out more of their killer designs like Panthers and Tigers...

Wars are won by the correct usage of winning weapons techonology.

Not time-wasting or spreading of resources on never-used prototypes...(The Maus, Lowe, etc)
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Hmm..?


Some finns...


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My goodness!

Someone has a Konigstiger in the driveway!

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Aha!

Captured T34 in German service.
Hence, the large Balkan Cross on the turret..

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Look at this wonderful baby Tiger! Awwwww!

Actually, I would love to get one of these rather awesome RC tanks!
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Waiit... Does the gun work in that mini-tank?

I have some noisy dogs and Lada's on the neighbourhood...



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BANG!

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Look at this wonderful baby Tiger! Awwwww!

Actually, I would love to get one of these rather awesome RC tanks!
Go for the small ones. They're easier to carry around

If you ever built 1/72 tank models and dreamed of motorising them, now you can get them. These are pics of 1/72 scale tiger and Abrams tanks that fit in your hand. The detailing is really great.
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Hey!

Gotta get one of those!

Any links?
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