Same goes with the German Tiger tank vs. the Soviet T-34 tank. The Tiger was more powerful. It was also more expensive and less reliable.
In some actions only 1/3 of the Tigers present were combat-ready. Tough to win a war when most of your tanks are in the shop.
The war in Russia was an example of how it’s the losers who write the history. The Tigers reputation is largely BS.
Between Tiger 1s (1347 built) and Tiger 2s (492 built) they had less than 1900 of the super tanks. The Soviets built close to 80,000 T-34s that were damned good according to Guderian.
Reminds me of the V2. Amazing marvel. But typical German blockhead thinking. They spent the equivalent of the Manhattan Project building it. And it delivered roughly 3300 tons of bombs with accuracy enough you could aim “at London”.
By contrast, we and the Brits dropped 3900 tons on Dresden.
What the Germans gadget project accomplished in the whole war, we could do once or twice a week.
Big numbers matter in wars.
And there are only 1,500 Tigers and 20,000 or so T-34s (and Shermans).