German equipment were well engineered designs that usually had close tolderances. This means that any dirt or sand would cause problems with engines and mechanisms. For vehicles and tanks, this meant that it required a lot of work to keep the engines tuned just right and in working condition. Some of the larger tanks, such as the Tiger Tank, had low gas mileage. So fuel became a problem. Also, it was slower than other tanks so it slowed the movement of the unit.
Ludwig Ewald von Kleist's company built the German tanks with the aid of paid workers and slave workers from the concentration camps. He was tried for war crimes after the war and imprisoned. He built the Panzer tanks.
there were German tanks that had AA guns like the Flakpanzer IV Wirbelwind and any other of the Flakpanzer tanks.
It varied greatly but in general a Panzer battalion would have 90-100 tanks
Germany's first tanks were captured British tanks; they simply painted German emblems on them and sent them back against their former owners.
In total, around 285,000 tanks were produced during WW2. Around 185,000 were allied tanks and rest were Axis (mainly German) tanks.
Unreliable, they kept breaking down, which was understandable...they were new.
Yes, world war 1 had tanks. World War 1 was the introduction of battle-ready tanks used in war.
German U-boat attacks
There has yet to be a World War Eleven, and I hope for the sake of humanity that day never comes.
In a tank on tank encounter, I'd want to be in the Tiger.
Mechanically unsound, slow moving, un-reliable.
tanks in world war I were slow, lumbering, and relatively lightly armed. however tanks in world war II utilized new technology such as revolving turrets, rifled barrels, bigger engines, and thicker armor. German tanks were especially known to be ferocious. the Germans preffered quality over quantity. they were only defeated in 3-to-1 odds in favor of the allies.