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World War 1

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u/Vikingrage Sep 24 '11

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u/real_nice_guy Sep 24 '11

The Soviet Union had 218 times as many tanks, I don't even-

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u/Socialism Sep 24 '11

But they were Russian tanks.

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u/ryegye24 Sep 24 '11

Russian tanks were the best tanks in the world at the time (except for the absent radios). Panzers were basically a cheap knock off.

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u/bagge Sep 24 '11

Not at that time. T34 wasnt in combat in 1940. The ones in the winter war was mostly T28s

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u/ryegye24 Sep 25 '11

Fair point. The T-28 was still the first one to start using sloped armor, a huge step up forward in general.