CMBB v CMAK

[Mad Russian]

I'm gonna throw my 2 cents in.

Isn't it a fact that throughout the war German armour, unlike Russian armour, was designed to operate in a tank vs. tank roll? This would imply that tank vs tank battles happened with great frequency. Russian tanks were designed as a duel roll vehicle with infantry support leading the way. Would this not partially explain the lack of radios and two man turrets in the Russian tanks as well as the poor performance vs German armour.

Ok now, be gentle...:)

Tanks were never really a weapons platform designed to do anything but fight infantry. They took on the role of tank killer by default. What better weapon to kill a heavily armoured, mobile gun platform, than another heavily armoured gun platform?

They tried lots of solutions. Tank Destroyers, Assault Guns and of course other tanks. The combination of all of them gives layers to the defense and is generally successful at some point.

Tank to tank battles happen by accident for the attacker and by design for the defender.

The attacker wants overwhelming firepower at the point of attack and the defender wants to be able to blunt that firepower. A balanced attack is something we strive for here in CM but in real life that is the last thing an attacking commander wants to see.

Good Hunting.

MR