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To: BroJoeK

It wasn’t that version of the Mk4 in use at the time of Barbarossa. It was the short barreled infantry gun version.
At the time of Barbarossa the German main battle tank was the Mk3 with a 37mm or 50mm main gun. That was inadequate for KVs and T-34s.
If the Germans had the long barrel PAK version of the Mk4 things would had gone much better!


142 posted on 01/31/2021 1:52:15 PM PST by Little Ray (The Government is always its own largest and most important Special Interest. .)
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To: Little Ray

Thanks for the history lesson!


144 posted on 01/31/2021 4:38:01 PM PST by BroJoeK ((a little historical perspective...) )
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