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[–]Sea Fury Sexy Fury =3=RobinOfFoxley 0ポイント1ポイント  (2子コメント)

From D-Day until the fall of the Reich in 1945 US tankers only had 3 encounters with Tiger tanks.

In the first one the Sherman won, in the second one the Pershing lost, and in the third one the Tigers were being loaded onto train cars.

So to say "a few Tigers vs a large number of Shermans" is historical isn't really true.

Source: The Chieftain's recent "Sherman Myths" video.

[–]Fevered Dreams of P-47swillkinton247 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

That sounded really fishy to me, so I did some research. Clearly, I didn't have much to do at work today. This is what I found:

On December 21st, 1944 at 5 pm, 6 Tigers of 506th Heavy Panzer Battalion attacked the 7th Armored Division near St. Vith in the Ardennes. The Tigers started with Star Shells and followed up with armor piercing, destroying all of the defending American vehicles, including tanks. [1]

Also during the Battle of St. Vith, an M8 Greyhound of Troop B, 87th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron destroyed a Tiger I tank. [2]

Staff Sargent Lesniak encountered a Tiger in Nouville during the Battle of the Bulge. He quickly fired 3 75mm rounds that apparently did nothing, but the Tiger crew retreated, backing over a jeep and became disabled. The tankers destroyed the Tiger with thermite. [3]

On December 19th 1944, Donald Nichols engaged a Tiger at 600 yards with his 105mm Sherman, resulting in a confirmed kill. He was later engaged by a second Tiger, and retreated. [4]

Also on the 19th, two Tigers were engaged by a Sherman, a 57 mm gun, and infantry with bazookas. The Tigers were thoroughly destroyed. [4]

A Tank Destroyer engaged a Tiger near Foy. The Tiger was not destroyed, but it was driven off. [4]

On December 21st, 1944 an M16 engaged a Tiger with its .50s, and forced it to retreat. [4]

On December 24th, Lt. Brunson and his crew engaged a Tiger II at 30 yards and destroyed it. I believe he was in Sherman, but possibly a lighter tank as well. [4]

On Jan. 12th, three Shermans in support of an assault by the 101st Airborne engaged a Tiger. The Tiger destroyed one US tank. [4]

A Tiger knocked out a Pershing in an ambush at Elsdorf, as you mentioned, and this Tiger was abandoned by it's crew shortly after when it was stranded on some debris. [5] Shortly after that engagement though, another Tiger was destroyed by another M26 90-mm HVAP T30E16 ammunition at 900 yds. [6]

Another M26 destroyed a Tiger in Cologne, [7] and there was a report of a Tiger being killed by the lone Super Pershing, but it's questionable. [6]

Sources:

[1] Saddles and Sabers: Timeline of St. Vith

[2] The Battle at St. Vith, Belgium, 17-23 December 1944. US Army Armor School. Pg. 31

[3] Bastogne: The Story of the First Eight Days. Col. S. L. A. Marshall. Pg. 88

[4] The Tigers of Bastogne. Michael Collins. (which incidentally was not about Tiger tanks during the battle, but the 10th Armored Division, nicknamed "The Tigers.")

[5] Wikipedia page on M26 Pershing, which quotes United States Tanks of World War II by Georgy Forty, pg. 138-139

[6] Wikipedia page on M26 Pershing, which quotes Armored Thunderbolt by Steve Zalooga. p. 287

[7] Wikipedia page on M26 Pershing, which quotes Pershing, A History of the Medium Tank T20 Series by R.P. Hunnicutt. Pg. 25

[–]Vorsprung durch Dakkaaikl 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

While Moran is a credible source, whose content I enjoy, my mention of "historical" scale part was merely to provide some interesting gameplay, not battles that are historically accurate. Being that strict would certainly be boring, considering the relative lack of tank engagements like we know from the game. Rather, it could promote regulated balance as well as tactics and cooperation if the tanks pitted against each other are different enough.

Speaking of Moran, the concept isn't really new, World of Tanks had something similar a while back.