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Originally Posted by 1967 R50/2
I'm not sure who your are reading but the Me-232, Comet, and V2 had 0 effect on the outcome of the war. That's indisputable.
The A-bomb on the other hand ended it. Our computers broke their codes and our radar could detect a U-boat snorkel, effectively ending the war in the Atlantic. So who had the better tech?
M-262: No range. Could be shot down over it's own airfield as it had no fuel for extended dog fights.
Comet: It's fuel could melt the pilot. And often did.
ME109 and FW109 were clearly inferior to the Allied counterparts. The proof is in the pudding.
As for the tanks you mention, they are generally considered to be overweight and underpowered, (Tiger/TigerII) difficult to build, difficult to maintain, (all of them) and having no range (also all of them). Many people tend to be obsessed with stats: Bigger guns, heavier armor, but in the end these things only made them more unwieldly, inflexible and rare as they were often broken down or bogged down.
The Germans obsession with gigantism also extended to their Tank Killers, which was a rather dead format having limited offensive capability because they had no turret.
In fact there are no major tank battles that employed these giants where the Germans came out on top. (see Kursk, Bulge, etc.)
The Panzer Mach IV was a possibly the best Axis tank and proved it through-out the war, but especially in Africa.
The best tank of the war is widely (and wisely) considered to be the T-32. Easy to produce, easy to maintain, fast with good range, packing good punch and protection. Very well suited to true blitzkrieg warfare and exploiting breakthroughs.
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My comments is a reply to your statement “But the reality is Germany did not lead the US in technology”, It has nothing to do with the outcome of the war – man your shifting gears to support your comments
BTW – the German Panzer IV or Mark IV was not referred as the Mach IV (man that’s a fast tank)
The Russian tank you refer to is the T-34 and not the T-32 but I guess that a typo huh.