The Tiger PZ IVE under strength?

[Jumbo]

The Tiger I was by no stretch of the imagination a poor design. Actually it was an excellent design for what it was designed to do IMO. I believe the biggest problem for it was that they were often used or employed improperly and in to few numbers to make any real impact. This was not neccassarily the German armies fault either. Often it was the far larger allied armor formations and air power that negated any advantage the Tigers armor and firepower had. Spending the recources and time on building alot more StuG's and Pz IV's armed with the L/48 calibers gun would have probably been the way to go IMO also. the 75mm L/48 calibers was more than able to knock out all but the most heavily armored allied tanks ( Churchill Mk VII's, Jumbo's and IS-2's ) at regular combat ranges and with regularity. German high command and Hitler are probably to blame for not thinking of this ahead of time. It appears they had the idea that bigger had to be better all the way up until the end. That didn't turn out to be the case of course.