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Comment on TIL that Hitler approved the construction of a supertank weighing 1,000 tons, over 100 feet long, with a main gun repurposed from the deck gun of a battleship.

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rhombus@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

It was probably a factor, but I don’t think a significant one. You could make the argument that if they made more mass-producible armor that they could have put more on the front, but that would have likely further strained the serious supply line issues they were facing. They also were hurting for industrial materials and fuel, so just building more wasn’t really in the cards.

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setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
It was, especially by mid-war a no win scenario for German tank production. They could mass produce only Panzer IIIs and run out of material and importantly crews, or they could swing heavy into making super tanks and not have enough of them to do anything of value.

Both were bad choices that couldn’t be fixed by engineers.

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