Although... ain't the Comet the singlemost potentially OP tank the Brits made in the later bits? I mean this thing can probably SLUG Panthers on equal footing and run away to a better position
Although... ain't the Comet the singlemost potentially OP tank the Brits made in the later bits? I mean this thing can probably SLUG Panthers on equal footing and run away to a better position
I don't know if it was their best tank. The guns though were indeed very good.
I did not know what the Comet tank was when I was playing the old "Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord" tactical games. I was playing with German forces, had a few precious Panthers. I was familiar of course with Shermans, Fireflies, Churchills. When I saw a bunch of Comets pop up, I figured they would be as soft as Shermans. They are, but the guns were very nasty and I ended up losing my Panthers to them.
Why Comet? That thing came too late to participate in the big brawls. If one thinks about WW2 British tanks, shouldn't it be Cromwells and Churchills (and maybe Sherman Fireflies)?
Why Comet? That thing came too late to participate in the big brawls. If one thinks about WW2 British tanks, shouldn't it be Cromwells and Churchills (and maybe Sherman Fireflies)?
Because while the Crusader and the Cromwell were Britain's main Cruiser tanks, the true success of British tank doctrine comes from the fusion of the heavily-armored Churchill with the fast and heavily armed Comet. The realization that "hey if we upscale this a bit and put in an engine that's actually worth a damn we can have more armor than a Tiger, more speed than a Comet, and more gun an IS-1" was what would lead to the most important innovation in tank design since the invention of tank design.
and just when I thought the ToG2 was the perfect british design, fit for a queen's tea party and is slow and has a pretty good gun. can also double as a boat
I think british classification of tanks were based on their experience on ww1, infantry tank and cruiser tank. Infantry well of course designed to be slow and heavily armored so infantry can keep up whilst they can get cover, reminiscent from trench warfare, whilst cruiser was designed fast so it can flank the enemy rear. There's no in between
those that were heavily armoured but slow...With so many bogies, one gets the feeling that maintenance would be quite the pain, non?The "Heavy-Armoured Lead-Footed" representative, the Churchill 1!And adjacent is the "Light-Armoured Fleet-Footed" cruiser tank, the Comet.Oh my, how rude of me!
I've thoughtlessly let my inner thoughts slip out of my lips, haven't I!...and the thinly armoured but fast.Polar opposites, indeed.As it was a vehicle for infantry support, it proved to be of great efficacy!With its top speed of around 50km/hr, it was a rather capable speed demon!Anglo-French...The British tanks of the Second Great War were separated into two broad categories:To say its speed is so wonderful - that's not all it has going for it, is there? Could you perhaps not put in your two pence on all and sundry?
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