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<blockquote data-quote="rhodesbe" data-source="post: 2581975" data-attributes="member: 2415"><p>The mechanical problems with Nazi armor are a bit overstated. They didn't just randomly fail and break at a higher comparative rate.</p><p></p><p>They were more difficult to maintain in the field without proper tools, and were more mechanically fickle about having that maintenance done. </p><p></p><p>When you combined this with the fact we were continually bombing the factories producing replacement parts and the transport utilities to get them where they were needed, it resulted in operational issues.</p><p></p><p>I have to imagine if the Allies faced the same logistics problems the Krauts did from mid-war, you'd hear the same things about the Shermans and transport trucks.</p><p></p><p>The Germans had a well-established modern auto industry by the time the 1930's came around. And the fact that Ford was a huge player in German armor manufacturing development, via <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Germany" target="_blank">Ford-Werke AG</a> is commonly overlooked.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rhodesbe, post: 2581975, member: 2415"] The mechanical problems with Nazi armor are a bit overstated. They didn't just randomly fail and break at a higher comparative rate. They were more difficult to maintain in the field without proper tools, and were more mechanically fickle about having that maintenance done. When you combined this with the fact we were continually bombing the factories producing replacement parts and the transport utilities to get them where they were needed, it resulted in operational issues. I have to imagine if the Allies faced the same logistics problems the Krauts did from mid-war, you'd hear the same things about the Shermans and transport trucks. The Germans had a well-established modern auto industry by the time the 1930's came around. And the fact that Ford was a huge player in German armor manufacturing development, via [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Germany"]Ford-Werke AG[/URL] is commonly overlooked. [/QUOTE]
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