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I don't know where we can discuss things , so I'll do it here .
In your opinion which tank do you think is the WORST tank , Or simply sucks ?
V Tank...
Yea that tank had problems in WW1 though it had its shine as well
Ok maybe I'll be the first here. So my opinion:
1) swimming tanks. Well I don't want to say that they are the worst, but history showed that they are rather useless. Germans and english denyed them after few created hundreds and didn't produce it more. USA and USSR paid more attention to such tanks - Sheridsn and PT-76 respectivly but eventually they also stopped their production. BTW WW II showed that destroyed bridges are not a problem for none-swimming tanks.
2) superheavy tanks. Let's face it: most people says that they were needless and they failed. Let's clarify the situation. Yeah they failed it is no doubt. But were they really so useless? Let's remind why they failed.
First, there was an idea that these tanks can replace MBT;
Second, they can become a panacea against all threats;
Third, they can (Ratte) for example become a vengeance weapons which will change reality;
4th they were used without proper cover when in battle;
5th they were used in wrong place and in wrong time, and this is I think, is the main reason.
So check it in one example. How do you think - could (for example) few Ratte tanks seriously succeed in war against France (I mean Majino line) or in Poland? Definately could. Could for example 30 Ratte change the situation in 1945? Of course not!
My verdict: superheavy tanks failed, yes. But not because they were so bad and useless. They just were used improperly and thus - were underestimated.
While I was typing this I became only 3rd hehe...