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Originally posted by Flamin_Squirrel
Lucky for us it was inefectual because they sqanderd their industrial resources developing many varients of machine instead of concentrating on a proven design. Surprising, because by using better tactics they beat the hell out of the french in '39 with inferior tanks.
I beg to differ, the German armour was way more sophisticated than anything the French or British could muster during the Battle of France. The French tanks were based on "infantry support vehicles" from WW1, and the British BEF were simply paper armoured replacements for cavalry like the "Cruiser" tanks, the Germans designed their tanks to match the style of warfare they used.
You may have been thinking of the Panzer IIc, but in France they also had the Panzer III and StuG III, and even Panzer IV towards the final stages. These were supported by the 88mm gun, a weapon not surpassed until the very end of the war.
Originally posted by Flamin_Squirrel
As for the air battle, their aircraft were more than a match all though the war
My point was that the allies had caught up with German technology, not that German was inferior, far from it. BY 1943 most of the German designs whilst excellent on the theoretical battlefield suffered from crippling shortages of spares and fuel.