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Too bad then, because the M4 Sherman wasn't ready by then. But you know what was and was more than enough to fight the Japanese? The M3 Lee. Frankly even the M2 was more than enough given the lack of quality Japanese armor. But if you want to fight in the Philippines you need to fix a...

You have two years or more to design it and then several more to perfect it in the course of service. The US didn't get Shermans into combat until 1943. And to honestly say that the Sherman's engine and transmission couldn't be made to work in a different layout isn't likely accurate. The...

I'm assuming January 1st 1939 is the start date, so the M4 wasn't in production before February 1942. The design wasn't even submitted before April 1940, so there is plenty of time to design the T20 analogue: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T20_Medium_Tank Given the timeline of the development of...

Why not a rear drive for US tanks as well? Early mini-M48

I don't think that is accurate. Maybe among German tanks, but I swear I've seen operations research from WW2 that showed US and British armor was knocked out from the front more than any other angle. Certainly the most hits received were frontal.

Got a source on that? Doesn't seem like it 20mm would make it that much less vulnerable from 1000-100m. The lack of 20mm of armor at the front would save at least 1 ton of weight. 20mm wasn't worth all the trouble that came with it. The teething issues came from being overweight and not...

Agreed.

Sure and the easiest way to incorporate more AFVs would be making more StuGs instead of Panzers and giving them to motorized infantry divisions and the single cavalry division. That way you enhance the combat power of those divisions and don't have to mess around with the existing panzer...

The Wehrmacht could have made a cavalry mechanized division in 1941 based on their 1st cavalry division, which IOTL was withdrawn and upgraded to the 24th panzer division during the campaign. Could have partially done it before the invasion instead. The Soviets innovated such a division during...

Sorry, edited that comment too right as you were working on this reply. Gotcha as to your point above, but my edit covers what you could do instead with AFV policy. See my edit in the last comment I made before this one.

I edited my post FYI. Also I think the strategic/operational errors Hitler made in 1941 were much more decisive than having more AFVs. Not saying having more AFVs would have been bad (should have partially mechanized the 1st Cavalry division IMHO and included AFVs in motorized infantry...

Or just focus on taking Moscow to the exclusion of Lenningrad and Ukraine in August. No need for additional AFVs. As you point out German panzer divisions were too AFV heavy in 1940 anyway, so more in existing divisions is no real help other than to replace losses and Pz Is, IIs, and 38ts with...

I did post about it earlier. Yes, IMHO it was the way to go pre-war since it already existed then. Why?

Turret rings and roadwheels, not armor plate. Those need to be machined to the exact diameters. You do know the difference? Said vid doesn't demonstrate what you claimed earlier. What other choice was there? Tanks were transported as far as possible via rail, but used roads when needed...

You have a source on that? Because they had other ones by 1939. You haven't demonstrated your point actually is accurate though. Just asserted something and gish galloped with it. Quality dropped because they prioritized output over quality. The Autobahn actually was used for military...

Yes, but lost about 50% of their economy in 1941-42, so L-L was helping make up for that loss...though it also added things that even the Soviets couldn't make for themselves in 1941 pre-war.

The Germans didn't machine anything, they welded plates: https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=232916 Again, what machining? They welded the armor into place. The III/IV certainly simplified things, but it wasn't as compact and was heavier. Huh? That specific model maybe, but the...

Not sure greatly is what I would say the proper adjective there. Reliability, ease of maintenance, and speed were probably more important, hence the post-war Leopard 1 design with less armor and weight than the Panther. Keeping to the original 60mm frontal armor design would have been...

If you lighten them then they lose their protection and become vulnerable to other weapons. Stukas still killed Matildas and would more easily against large formations. The 50mm AT guns did too. Plus FLAK 88s would have still been there along with the 105mm L52 artillery pieces used in AT...

Hindsight is 20/20. There was reasons/ing behind what they did, so it's not a matter of stupidity, but of what in hindsight turned out to be incorrect reasoning...assuming that other options were even viable for them at the time given their means. Sloped armor comes with drawbacks, including...