Re: Tiger and Sherman

 > > Whoa! Germans in Europe had "...strategic movement problems.." that
> > Americans across the Atlantic had less of? Please clarify what you >
> wrote? I'm confused - well, more then normal... > >Well, by mid-1944
the Germans did have strategic movement problems, courtesy >of the RAF
and USAAF ;-) > >I think that Laserlight means specifically the
comparison between Tiger and >Sherman here. The Tiger was considerable
heavier, hence could be less easily >transported on ships, trucks or
railroad. Also I remember reading that it >was too wide to fit on
European railroads, so that special narrow "railroad" >tracks had to be
used if it was to be transported by rail.    I think that the JagdTiger
weighed in at 85 tonnes (so heavy in fact that virtually no bridge in
Europe could support it) and required special refits for railroad
transportation   Donogh

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