Thanks for the info.
I recall a German tanker from the early Russian invasion and also from the Africa Corps on “The History Channel” I recall him saying the American Grant or maybe it was Lee tanks the British had were superior to theirs.
If that is true then their tanks must have been pretty weak. On the other hand he talked about fighting in Russia. He said they were safe from the Russian artillery while crossing bridges. He also said the German sappers were just out in the open with nothing but their helmets to protect them.
If that is true then their tanks must have been pretty weak.
The early Mark IIIs with the 50mm gun and the MKIV with the short-barrelled 75mm were not terribly well armed, especially for head-on frontal shots in a day when the best antitank ammo was solid shot or APC rounds. Later, after HEAT and hypershot came along, and Gerlach's squeeze-bore, and machinery heavy enough to carry an 88mm gun, it was a very different story.
But the bigger the engine, the more fuel it burned. And that was very much a consideration in the War of the western Desert.