you make excellent points, in terms of armor, france, and Soviet Russia had the technological advantage, however thats what all they had.

it took sheer skill and training to overcome such obstacles at first, however France was using WWI “trench” tactics at the beginning of the war, they did not, or could not grasp the concept of blitzkrieg, and despite their initial encounters, most of the divisions had their tanks spread over the fronts, and could be taken apart one by one. those tank concentrations the germans encountered where quickly surrounded and left contained for the subsequent armed divisions that followed, this, tactically, would isolate the units form any form or resupply or contact within their high command, and all the enemy had to do is wait until they became desperate for fuel and supplies, leading to an ulterior and terrible defeat.

thats how Germans won against france, with such tiny and poorly armer/armored vehicles.

In Russia, the events at the beggining was more or less the same, excpet that this little machines could not cover such a massive front as quickly, suffered brutal amount of mechanical problems and lack of supply due the front getting farther and wider, and unlike the b1 whose tactical weakspot was the radiators ar the side, being shot at with repeated force would break the panel and eventually kill the engine within minutes due overheating. the KV1 was a “tank” by all definitions and would bounce about anything the germans tossed at him, until Von Manstein, actually had the brilliant idea to use the 88mm flak cannon against it using composite armor piercing shells.

“To win a war you dont need a frightening machine, just a tactic that your enemy considers unpractical to win, thus win with it” -Rommel

Ontopic;
Just to think that with machines like these the Germans brought down the allied armies early in the war. But even in those early years, what could a crew of a PzII possibly hope to achieve against an actually decent machine like a B1, Valentine, Matilda or Somua tank?

While even then the tanks like these were already clearly inferior, the Germans kept using them even at the invasion of Russia. Any aircraft, tank or hidden AT gun would knock you out. These tanks, and Czech 35 and 38 tanks were still widely used (and not just for recon), but these tanks simply could not tolerate any AT fire. I’m not saying that the Heer used only these tanks, but its no small wonder why Germany suffered such high losses pretty much throughout the entire Russian campaign.

What these tanks do teach is that good coordination goes a long way. The successes of the German & Czech light tanks cannot be denied.

WG should seriously think of treating this game as is – a game using military tech and sites as a context but stay away from nursing old enmities and prejudices. Don’t forget you want to be a global player in our times.

“Don’t throw bricks when you live in a glass house.”

Sometimes I have the feeling some fans of go’old times have an inferiority complex due to the fail of socialism and some former warsaw pact countries deal with it better than others….not to mention the former enemies.

On the positive side – thanks for preserving and restoring historical items WG!