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ORIGINAL: aspqrz

Indeed.

But the Panzer 35t ands 38t were probably almost as good as the Matilda, Somua and R-35s ... and Panzer IIIs and IVs were coming online by 1939, and they were as good as the Matildas and French tanks, especially when upgunned ... though the T-34's were superior in concept.

Of course, you do know that the early model T-34's fielded in 1940 had guns whose barrels were bored, shall we say, somewhat askew on an unreliably reliable basis, and had considerable accuracy problems initially.

And, of course, you also know that the T-34 typically went into combat with a spare gearbox strapped to the back deck ... because the average MTBF for the gearbox was around 10 hours of driving time, so crudely made were the running parts of the engine and transmission.

In fact, Brand New T-34's are know to have had a MTBF of no more than 35 hours, all up, before something major took them down. They were, very much, throwaway vehicles ... it's fortunate the Russians were able to produce as many of them as they did because something like 80% were destroyed in combat or as a result of combat throughout the war.

Phil

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But the Panzer 35t ands 38t were probably almost as good as the Matilda, Somua and R-35s ... and Panzer IIIs and IVs were coming online by 1939, and they were as good as the Matildas and French tanks, especially when upgunned ... though the T-34's were superior in concept.

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ORIGINAL: Romdanzer

aspqrz yes that would be great if it could be done - unfortunately I don't think it can. I assume that if it could have been done WI would have done that with this game engine a long time ago - after all ToF is not the first in this series with this game engine. see ToW and SoP.

So I think that we will have to live with these starting tech values being stand-in, compromise, game-balancing values...

Romdanzer

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ORIGINAL: battlevonwar
So many great posts, I cannot keep up. I will have to return. I will say though, The 38(t) doesn't touch the S-35/Char ~tank to tank~, the Germans knew it. Look at at S-35 and you know what I mean..(she is just a thing of beauty) Of course French Training and Tactics? That is under Battlefield Doctrine. : ) personally, I would doubt they'll reprogram the game, but they may script events in for bonuses to certain fighting units?