"By rating« Top Ten Tanks », compiled by Military Channel television station in 2007 on the basis of surveys of British and American troops and experts, the best tank of the XX century was the Soviet T-34. He got close to the limit marks for firepower protected by mobility, the highest rating for the exploration industry. Conquered the T-34's reputation ensured him a high score on the last criterion "
The Military channel also shows you Jagdpanzer IVs in an animation and tells a story how the US forces were attacked by Jagdtigers.
They tell you that the Hetzer was armed with a 76mm gun (75mm in reality) etc.
Then it goes on in a documentary about the Panther, telling you how invincible it was, only to tell you how vulnerable it was from the sides when doing a documentary about Hellcats.
In short: Those documentaries are often shit. They try to catch the viewers attention with hyperbole and drama. The vehicle they are doing the documentary on is usually "the best".
That said, the T-34 was a war winning vehicle. But having talked to people who were actually facing it in the war, the perception was generally that the T-34 was crudely made and often didn´t see you, was ignoring targets, did unpredictable things and in general didn´t perform to what it should.
The concept of talking about a "best" tank is unprofessional imo. The best in what? There´s always a tank better in another aspect.
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