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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.

Agreed.

Originally Posted by 1967 R50/2

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?

In some areas the Allies were far ahead of the Germans in technology.

Originally Posted by 1967 R50/2

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.

This is more true than you allude to here. The production P-80 was actually significantly superior to the Me262 in a variety of performance categories. It was a better turner and had better range as well as more reliable engines. By 1945 allied jet engine tech was actually superior to that of the Germans. Our engines were producing more thrust and lasting several hundred % longer MTBF. And had the war stretched into 1946, the P80 would have been available in the thousands.

The (Me163?) Komet was a horribly flawed and desperate attempt to stop the destruction the US heavies were raining down on German industry.

The V-1 and V-2 were, IMO, a total waste of resources.

Originally Posted by 1967 R50/2

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.

There is a lot of validity to criticizing the Tiger I and II and some of the other exotic german heavy tank killers, but the Panther was probably the best all around tank of WWII. The real problem was that the Germans never standardized on one or two designs like the US and Russians did.

Originally Posted by 1967 R50/2

The Panzer Mach IV was a possibly the best Axis tank and proved it through-out the war, but especially in Africa.

I actually think the Panther was a significantly better tank, but the PzIV was also quite capable.

Originally Posted by 1967 R50/2

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.

I think you could make a strong argument for the GB Sherman Firefly, the German Panther or the T-34/85 being the 'best' tank of the war. The best US tank was clearly the M4A3E8/76 "Easy Eight" Sherman, and it was a very fine tank indeed, but it was still undergunned compared to the others.