tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post8524587022955486924..comments2024-03-28T14:35:30.147-04:00Comments on Tank Archives: World of Tanks History Section: How Japan Bought a TigerPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09622237223229485503noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-55313584932332684922018-06-07T00:40:56.675-04:002018-06-07T00:40:56.675-04:00The Japanese purchased a Tiger I and three Panzer ...The Japanese purchased a Tiger I and three Panzer III tanks and got blueprints as well. If you have a blueprint and a sample it's much easier to figure out how to build something.Mike Bunkermeister Creekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15875990546662630863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-75564222628794650832015-08-02T21:43:29.710-04:002015-08-02T21:43:29.710-04:00I would have then just asked for the blueprints/do...I would have then just asked for the blueprints/documentation; it's a lot easier to deliver that and proceed thusly. Going to the trouble to actually send a specimen just complicates the process and would be a "nice to have" but maybe not a "need to have". A Japanese "Tiger" would almost certainly differ anyway on a number of characteristics due to supply-chain considerations (available guns and ammo for starters).Stewart Millenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01261690405884935161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-11670776661706741472015-08-02T19:44:58.542-04:002015-08-02T19:44:58.542-04:00That was not the idea... they wanted the documenta...That was not the idea... they wanted the documentation to build there own copies, and having one on hand to study and test would greatly help that process ..Andy Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06001462912286981737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-59418934480182259082015-08-02T19:33:19.387-04:002015-08-02T19:33:19.387-04:00I thought that was Yamamoto's prediction:
&qu...I thought that was Yamamoto's prediction:<br /><br />"In the first six to twelve months of a war with the United States and Great Britain I will run wild and win victory upon victory. But then, if the war continues after that, I have no expectation of success."<br />Stewart Millenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01261690405884935161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-49989814534884820872015-08-02T19:16:52.535-04:002015-08-02T19:16:52.535-04:00The very idea of buying a *single* Tiger to stem t...The very idea of buying a *single* Tiger to stem the envisioned American invasion seems bizarre. <br /><br />For starters, without spare parts and people skilled in maintenance the thing would have eventually died due to wear-and-tear. <br /><br />Secondly, there's no such thing as an "invincible" tank. Tanks can die in combat in a million ways, not just to enemy AT fire but fire from enemy artillery, to enemy infantry AT teams, to mines, to air power, and more. And by 1944, the Tiger was far from an invincible tank; just considering the AT weapons fielded by enemy AFV it faced, it was frontally vulnerable to the US 76 mm and Soviet 85 mm to 1000 m, and to the US 90 mm, the British 17-pounder, and the Soviet 100 mm, 122 mm, and 152 mm at longer ranges. Even a regiment of Tigers, let alone a single one, would have had less impact on any envisioned US invasion of Japan than did the Soviet KV-1 in 1941 (and in 1941, relatively speaking, the KV-1 *was* more "invincible" compared to the AT fire it faced than the Tiger of 1944 would have been.<br /><br />The only practical use I could think of that the Japanese could have gotten from a single Tiger would be to disassemble it, to perhaps find development shortcuts to speed development of their own line of heavy tanks. <br /><br />Stewart Millenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01261690405884935161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-81630105894521361702015-08-02T16:49:15.515-04:002015-08-02T16:49:15.515-04:00It really was amazing that Hirohito predicted the ...It really was amazing that Hirohito predicted the Japanese would only have 6 months to make progress. This was proven nearly to the day with the Battle of Midway.KLDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17695567101101880959noreply@blogger.com