>>27678042> full rate production in the USSR in 19451947. Only prototype existed in 1945.
While no doubt impressive tank for medium class, you make T-54 a more beast than it actually was.
>immune to the Tiger II's 8.8cm KwK 43 from the front?also you assume Germans would just sit and watch, instead of improving their own stuff
Glacis, yes, because Germans did not have APDS for it, although perfomance of 20-pounder gives a hint what would come of it. It also worked both ways, because with BR-412B offered penetration inferior to Panther's Pzgr. 40/42. Even post-war BR-412D would likely fail to defeat Tiger's glacis.
Using French 75mm SA50 as reference point for Panther makes its 75mm still somehow revelant.
But all in all, yes, Pz IV would be o badly outgunned, and same goes for tank destroyers, StuGs and Hetzers.
>>27678092Germany lacked virtually unlimited tank production capability, so they could not afford putting in crew after just few hours of training. You cannot afford vehicle waste, if you can't replace loses. Sometimes commanders, especially in heavy tanks battalions, would send new tanks with their crews back to Germany to complete their training first.
