They did, however, have an advantage- the vision of hundreds of T-34s and KVs fighting tank to tank with 38T and PzIII is mythology not based on operational history.
Too bad no-one thinks of a vision of hundreds of t-34s and KVs fighting tank to tank with there german lessers.
Its not like russia made way too many T-26s during the
interwar period along with the BT series and had them waiting in motor-pools all across Russia. Wannabe WW2 Historians always forget about how the
interwar period helped shape things before.
This means the fact that the few(hundred) KVs and T-34s that fought during the time had even more effectiveness on the large number of Panzer 3s and 38ts.
Yet again, these tank hold-outs effected the time tables that germany could not afford to lose.
Yet again, I await the nit-picking.