Those examples did go with sloped armor. But fortunately, they used it in a complex, slow, expensive machine. The Germans fell to their own societal idiosyncrasies and of course, to their evil.
And as always with the Nazis. King Tiger, awesome. All 496 of them at 12 mph cross country so big it couldn’t move by rail without swapping to transport tracks. Facing 85,000 T34s bouncing by at 33 mph.
Germans are something else. They either do things perfectly, or they use their intelligence to screw it up in a manner that leaves everyone in wonder. Like nerds that can’t talk to a girl.
Hahahahahahahaha! Great analogy!
“...King Tiger, awesome. All 496 of them at 12 mph cross country ...”
Haha! True that... and they had something called the “Maus” in the works too, some giant dinosaur of a vehicle. I think they made two of them, total.
Ironic, isn’t it? Guderian’s (and Rommel’s) tactics of fast, light armored vehicle Blitzkreig had turned into giant, lumbering behemoths overwhelmed by lighter, faster vehicles - doing Blitzkreig.
RE Germans:
My old man said that Frankfurt sort of reminded him of his old North Philly neighborhood... except for the accent. Ha!