Pictures Damaged/Destroyed Tanks
Дата: 18.02.2010 18:59:10
ChemAli, on Feb 18 2010 - 17:48, said: I imagined something in that nature, guess that's just another
gruesome part to a war.ChrisK:
Because of the lack of cars (and tractors) in the Soviet Union at that time, it was very difficult to train tank drivers. The simplicity and durability of the T-34 and other tanks of that era derived from the fact that they had to be cheap (because they lost them at an alarming rate until about mid-1943) and they had to be crewed by often illiterate peasants with very little training. Germans had an extensive training program for tankers, and especially tank officers, but this hurt their ability to put out crews. Fortunately(?), this was matched by their slow tank production, which did pick up quite a bit once the national economy was mobilized, also in mid-1943 or thereabouts. The Western Allies had a much higher literacy rate and familiarity with vehicles, so that helped produce tank crews of a reasonable quality fairly quickly. I would say the Western Allies hit the right mix somewhere between Germany's emphasis on quality and the Soviet Union's emphasis on quantity.
Because of the lack of cars (and tractors) in the Soviet Union at that time, it was very difficult to train tank drivers. The simplicity and durability of the T-34 and other tanks of that era derived from the fact that they had to be cheap (because they lost them at an alarming rate until about mid-1943) and they had to be crewed by often illiterate peasants with very little training. Germans had an extensive training program for tankers, and especially tank officers, but this hurt their ability to put out crews. Fortunately(?), this was matched by their slow tank production, which did pick up quite a bit once the national economy was mobilized, also in mid-1943 or thereabouts. The Western Allies had a much higher literacy rate and familiarity with vehicles, so that helped produce tank crews of a reasonable quality fairly quickly. I would say the Western Allies hit the right mix somewhere between Germany's emphasis on quality and the Soviet Union's emphasis on quantity.
Pictures Damaged/Destroyed Tanks