Well, only God will really know eh !!
I just get the feeling that ANY method of offensive capability would be better than a specific vehicle defensive only type system...
Tiger 1 (pictured with one of the mystery fittings) has better side armour than the Panther, AND there was already a King Tiger in production that beat them both in that area , with a series of even heavier vehicles in the pipe line
Im going with an area saturation weapon.................simple, cheap to make, uses existing systems in manufacturing,launching & supply, and turns each vehicle into a more versatile delivery system. Like a '251 but tougher.
The Panther '75 had slightly better armour penetration specs than the Tiger 1 '88............was lighter(bridges, just!) and had the bugs smoothed out.
Here is a 'punt' ;
- Late war, very late. Things are blatantly obvious that the elusive 'final Victory' will not come.
- BUT, what if there was some form of 11th hour settlement between Germany & the Western Allies
The German remnants supplied with fuel & basics, covered by the very Jabo's that terrorised them , turned East against the common threat that was indeed to become the single most serious threat to life and liberty that the world had known..........
That used massed infantry and towed artillery in swarms............
If I was on Myth Busters, I would go Plausible.
I hope to finish this theoretical build to maybe bring to life what could have been a very very powerful attack platform given the right circumstances.
Its a dagg to think that of all the wonders & mysteries of conflict, these simple fabrications on only two tanks either photographed or found since, can create such discussion on "what might have been "
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