why so many german tanks

[Craigm1992]

The Bulldog might seem an unusual choice over more well known Tanks but to the Chinese the "Walker Bulldog" is very important, They fought and usually beat it in concert with their allies in Korea and Vietnam, and it can be seen in various museums in those three countries, and this same thinking may explain the reluctance of HENG LONG and other Chinese Makers to produce a Centurian Tank, which famously embarrassed the Chinese army with a much smaller but very effective available force.
The Chinese have a very long history and the memories that go with it.
shaun

Good post as it does sound quite a plausible explanation, the Chinese government wouldn't want a company based there to sell a tank that was considerably better than their's for propaganda reasons. I wasn't aware of the Bulldog's in Chinese museums. Sounds interesting and makes sense when I think of the propaganda potential for them.

[Woz]

It was also easy to make an out of scale Bulldog using the Pershing lower (think PanTiger)

[43rdRecceReg]

Underrepresentation of British tanks? That's sheer tank discrimination and lack of armoured diversity...Harrummph.. It might also be payback for "HMS Amethyst', and the 'Yangste Incident' following the long Chinese memory theme. Given time, the British involvement in WW2
will, I seems, be airbrushed out of existence. Think : U-571, the movie in which Americans relieve the germans of an enigma machine, when in fact it was a modest Brit with his modest frigate.. ..

[wibblywobbly]

Its all down to the early days of HL. Quiet simply they took the Tamiya Tiger 1 and copied it, then fiited cheap electrics and gearboxes, and sold them for £50 in the UK. The Tamiya was around £800 at the time?

Why they produced the Pantiger is the existing Tiger lower they had. They still sell it, it's a toy market.

Pershing? Tamiya had one.

Panzer III variants, and Stug, all share lower hulls.
PanzerIV. Tamiya had one, and they already had the turret.
King Tiger...guess?

I am not knocking HL, they changed the hobby in ways that no one could ever have imagined.

I had a close look at a Chally2 at the weekend, and drove it. The quality is right up there with Tamiya. Just needs gearboxes and up to date electrics.

As for the Chieftain...I feel quite chuffed that I built these now.

[ALPHA]

Why are there so many german and russian tanks on the forum? Is there a draw back to the American Sherman or Pershings?

Availability???? Think there are more German tanks on the market in comparison to Allied tanks...with that said...there is a change in the tide as more companies are addressing the question...There is supposed to be two more M4 variant entries from Mato making their total 3 ...Three exist from Tamiya...One from HL...One from Taigen
I also think Soviet tanks still aren't that common...being the largest variety of them are produced by Tamiya...the once rare T34/85 was once only made by Mattorro is now just taking it's spot on the market with releases by HL and Taigen..then there is the KV1 which is enjoying a flurry of re fits ..but the number is still low
I think soon it will pretty much be a level playing field as far as the "Big" player tanks of WW2 are concerned...what I would like to see is more offering of obscure tanks as there were several other countries involved in the war of wars Unfortunately those are even rarer as they are for the most part scratch built ..kit bashed ...or produced in limited number kit form ...requiring a great deal of time to assemble


ALPHA