Yep...and don’t forget, along with heavy armor and big guns, the Germans had two (2) other critical pieces of force multipliers: Veteran crews and Zeiss optics. The Germans could see farther and better than the Americans. Once the US got Air superiority and/or ANGLECO Radio operator on line, the heavy german tanks days were numbered.
“...Once the US got Air superiority ...”
True that...
Falaise Pocket.... ‘nuff said... the 1944 version of the Basra Road (out of Kuwait)...
The problem with the German tanks was that they were highly unreliable, and were essentially handmade in some respects.
From an in-depth article I read, they said that spare parts would often not fit because of the variables in the tank’s construction, and had to be “jerried” on the spot to make them work.
The amount of man-hours required to keep the tanks going was mind-boggling, too. I can’t remember the figure, but the amount for the King Tiger was astonishing. I remember reading and wondering how the heck they could have fielded them.
Bottom line, the German tanks were formidable machines, but they were in no sense perfect.