Stupid.
What we REALLY NEED is a whole bunch of new MEDIUM TANKS. These jerks are buying HEAVY/SUPERHEAVY tanks.
They would most likely be cheaper, too.
“What we REALLY NEED is a whole bunch of new MEDIUM TANKS... They would most likely be cheaper, too.”
That sounds good, and you may be right, but when the medium tanks start getting chewed up by the weapons that would bounce off the heavies, the press/public will have a fit.
When the shooting starts, everyone wants to be in the Tiger, not the Sherman.