Re: DS2 Tanks

> This is a lesson learned by some WW2 germans late in the war. A
panther is
> awesome and clearly is a much better tank than a sherman. However,
grab 15
> shermans and the panther is in a world of hurt.

    This addage is somewhat true.  There were a number of German heros
(most
winning the Iron Cross or better) while fighting, often times alone,
against
superior numbers of enemy units.  Although the hardware does make a
great
deal of difference, the quality of the troops makes a greater difference
in
the overall scheme.  For example, Barkman had faced well over 20 tanks
and
other fighting vehicles while in the bocage country in France.	Granted,
he
knew the terrain, had a good place to 'hide' under a shady tree, and had
surprise on the American and British forces there; however, the allied
forces attempted a counter attack on two occasions and were only greated
by
high velocity 75mm rounds poking holes in them.
    If you were to reverse the scale, Operation Barbarossa pitted German
light tanks against Russian KV tanks which in the same turn were far
superior.  The quality and leadership of the German war machine were the
overall defining factors during the invasion.  Tactics and leadership
(and a
little morale didn't help either) allowed the German tanks to keep the
KV's
busy while the infantry support would almost always take out the tanks
with
mines or grenades.

    This would be a good scenario to play.  An invading force is
striking
deeply into the countryside with their support assets well out of range
and
are faced by an S-tank with a low quality.  The invaders have a high
morale
and hi quality values.	Even though the invader's tanks cannot seem to
damage the S-tanks, the infantry will most likely end up destroying the
tank.
    Then reverse the tables.  The invaders have a low quality and
morale,
while the S-Tank has superior everything.  9 times out of 10 that S-tank
in
that situation would be avoided rather than engaged.

Scott