Favourite Allied tank of the War (and semantic digressions)

To be pedantic, that should be CVR(T), rather than AVR(T) or even CVR(W) in the case of the Fox,.



CS

 

Thats good, I dont mind pedantic......

 

Way I understand it is;
If it has a high velocity gun in a fully enclosed rotating turret, it's a tank.
If it has a high velocity gun in an open top rotating turret = TD.
High velocity gun in a fixed superstructure = TD.
Gun / howitzer in a rotating turret (enclosed or open top) = SPG.
Gun / howitzer in a fixed superstructure = Assault gun.

Are there many exceptions?


So that makes the Swedish S tank a TD then?


Stridsvagen 103

 

Went for the Matilda, despite-less-than-decent mobility and a peashooter as the main armament, because it alone sent tumbling down Mussolini´s North African Empire, reigning as the queen (or king?) of the battlefield for a while.

Which of the other mentioned coffins can claim such a title? Maybe the T34, but it was too crude for me... :p

 

I Voted for the Churchill, It was after learning of its abilities in action from trooper Tom Canning that clinched it.

Appeared to be a good Infantry tank and liked by it's crews.

Tom

 

I voted for the Churchill becaused as it's namebearer it never surrenders

 

You said favorite....so I went with 'favorite'......at least as best I could. You didn't have my fav, the M3 Grant, which is my favorite right now because or it's sheer ugliness.



Look at that, a facing only a momma could love.

 

You said favorite....so I went with 'favorite'......at least as best I could. You didn't have my fav, the M3 Grant, which is my favorite right now because or it's sheer ugliness.



Look at that, a facing only a momma could love.


That's not a Grant. That, Jeff, is an M3 Lee!!!!

Bod

Edit: BTW it's favourite this side of the pond.

 

Jeff,

Thats a picture of Humphrey Bogards Lulabell!! in the film Sahara. definitely a 'Lee'.

Regards

Tom

 

It's the M2 Stuart for me. Ok, it's not much of a tank as far as tanks go, but I always thought that it was a good design for what it was intended for. Feel free to tear into it guys....

 

What kind of a poll is that that keeps the JS-II out?




Badass incarnate

 

What kind of a poll is that that keeps the JS-II out?




Badass incarnate
The same kind that excludes the Stuart....Just vote for "other."

 

I did, but I was allowed to vote only once

 

Ok Za, you convinced me, I went with the IS-2. Have stood beside one of those and they are a serious piece of kit.

 

The Cromwell.

 

Bringing the Cromwell right after the JS-2 must be what people call an anti-climax

 

Za my dear friend.

What did you expect from me?

The Cromwell is such a lovely little tank. The JS-2 is ugly by comparison. I feel sorry for the russian tankies who have to fight in such ugly kit. Poor form indeed.

The Cromwell has class and style. It also spawned the best tanks in history.

Now that we have decided what's what let us all sing land of hope and glory.

 

From my point of view, I would say EVERY OUR/FRIENDLY TANK is favourite one.
You know why? First I was foot soldier, then airborne recce and then I ... switched to thin but still armour of armoured recce vehicles. Even a teaspoon has a certain armour potential.

And lots of tank types are missing in the list... SU-76 was not tank but multipurpose SPG.

 

I couldn't let this thread finish without a reference to the Honey tank that was my home whilst serving with the IVth QOH.
BBC - WW2 People's War - Joining the 4th Queen's Own Hussars
My first shock on joining "A" Squadron was to find the following:
l. I had been assigned as wireless operator to the SSM (Squadron Sergeant Major), one Sgt. Major "Busty" Thomas, as Welsh as it was possible to be.
2. His tank wasn’t the nice, solid-looking Sherman on which I had been trained for the past three months, but was instead a Stuart tank from the 8th Army desert days. To make matters worse its turret had been removed and the only protection "up top" was a canvas hood that was designed to keep the rain off.
3. The SSM's job on the battlefield was to act as nursemaid to the squadron, and this involved anything and everything that no-one else had been detailed for, including picking up stragglers, prisoners, the wounded, and in fact every job that no one else could be spared for, or, would want to do.


This pic, that Bodston kindly placed on another thread to do with Honeys, is the nearest I've ever seen to the actual tank that I knew

Ron

ps
Just found the link to the Honey thread:
http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/weapons-technology-equipment/8169-%22honey-tank%22.html