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Check your numbers. Number of tanks as of June 1941. And Germany oil consumption and sources as of 1940. You'll be surprised.
by dimavs 5y ago
Check your numbers. Number of tanks as of June 1941. And Germany oil consumption and sources as of 1940. You'll be surprised.
- sudosysgen 5y agoThe tanks the Red Army has in 1939 were of incredibly poor quality and many of them were barely even tanks by later standards. You're also changing the goalposts. We're talking about 1939, not 1941, which was after two years of herculean production. https://defense.info/re-thinking-strategy/2018/10/oil-and-war/ https://defense.info/re-thinking-strategy/2018/10/oil-and-wa... By 1939 Germany was at less than half of its peak, and only 24% (replaceable, 1936 composition) came from Romania+USSR.