My favourite tanks of world war 2, based on look rather than performance are ;

German - Jagdpanther
British/Canadian - Achilles
American - Sherman DD
Russian - IS 152

I was wondering what everyone else's favourites were, based on look, and not performance.

IS-2
M26 Super Pershing
M8

StuG III Ausf F8
IS 2 Stalin
Firefly Sherman

Tiger I
Panzer III L
King Tiger
Panther A
Panther G
KV1
Sherman -all varieties
Panzer IV/F2
Matilda

T34 and all its variants.
Short and sweet!

Tiger. Any flavor, like the early Afrika model best.

King, Hunting, Sturm, their all great.

Tiger.

Scott Gentry

my fav ww2 tanks are:

jadgpanther
panzer 1
T34
sherman all version

Panther, any variety.
The great-grandfather of all (western) modern tanks?

M3 Lee

I'd go for:
Axis:
TigerI
PantherG
Jagdpanther
King Tiger

Allied:
M18 Hellcat
T34

T-34 and all its variants
IS-3
Stug
Pershing

ShermiesRule!!!!

Axis:

Semevante (Italian)
Stug III
Panzer III
Panther G
Panzer IVH

Allies:
M18 Hellcat
M4 Sherman Jumbo
Cromwell
Archer
Stuart
Sherman Firefly VC
M26 Pershing
T34
KV1
Daimler Armored Car (I know, it's not really a tank)

Panther G
Pershing
IS 2
T-34/85
ISU 152( the one wif the long barrel)
King Tiger Henchel
JagdTiger

Tiger I
STUG IV
IS 2

German: StuG III G
British: Cromwell Mk VII
American: Sherman
Russian: T34/76 m42
That's it

how did you work that one out?

the panther was designed to fight the T34, taking as many features from it as possible. the T34 was an improvement of the BT7, which was copied from the US christie series tanks.

plus post war western tanks are largely based on the pershing and centurion, both of these tanks being designed not just as a reaction to the enemy, but to be the universal tank, drawing on the failings of the sherman and cruiser tanks.

cheers

joe

Pz. I -VI all variants
T-34

For me it's:
Jagdtiger
Jagdpanzer IV L/70
Hertze
jagdpanther

Panther
Jagdpanther

What else?

Btw I see a lot of Fireflies in the list. Then this link is something for you guys. A real running restored firefly.
BEWARE!! THE MPG FILE IS 20MB!!! Firefly

Kris

German Of course, my love for the tiger and all its variants, like the Elefant, and I also like the panther and the Pz. IV.

for the Americans I don't like any of them

The british I like the firefly

for the russians I like the T-34 and the KV's

Agree!!!

I have to agree about the Shermans right now..Early and late models ..Hard to believe they are the same vehicle...eeerrhhh well you know what I mean . The Pershing and Chaffee are right up there too.

Rick

I have to agree with you that BT-7 was pretty much the American Christie tank but the T-34 is a completly different tank, not merely a modernization. The T-34 was the best tank of WWII and served as an example to most if not all later tanks.

paul,

the T34 was designed around the BT7 design, it was not a completely new one. it was impossible to fit the 76.2mm gun on a BT7, so a new turret, hull to mount it on, and more powerful engine was needed. the soviets tried to keep as many components from the BT7 as possible, and althought it may appear to be a completely different design, it is more of an incredibly extensive update.

the western allies had very little knowlege of the T34 design when the centurion and pershing tanks were being designed, and most modern western designs originate from these tanks.

however the T34 has been the basis of all soviet post war designs, which are very influencial in their own right.

the T34 was the motivation behind most late war german designs, but how many features of those have been copied in post war tanks? underpowered unreliable engines and mechanical components, overly complicated suspension systems etc?

cheers

joe