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   It always turns out the same when one starts discussing the German tanks. It inevitably turns to Tigers and Panthers, which inevitably turns to either their reliability, or actual quality of their armor. Which will naturally lead to what people consider the holy grail on this subject, the test of Tiger II published on the English speaking side of the internet by the tank archives blog. It can be found here -  http://www.tankarchives.ca/2013/03/is-2-vs-german-big-cats.html  .    What is it about? Well, it is a rather "scathing review" based on a test of various guns performed on a Tiger II hull and turret, along with a different test of a Panther, which is not relevant now. What is relevant, is a rather large number of visual and contextual peculiarities for a comparatively short text. One hit Knock-out?     Author of the blog goes out of his way in setting-up a particular picture about this particular Tiger and this particular test. One can argue whether or not the placeme

"About tank losses of the 3rd Army for the period of 27.2 - 8.4.42. Tanks Heavy Medium Light Tankettes Total Available on 27.2. 36 20 275 50 381 Ready for action on 27.2. 29 19 248 45 341 Replacements from 27.2. to 8.4.42 30 --- 29 100 159     Losses Tanks Heavy Medium Light Tankettes Total Knocked-out 25 12 147 23 207 Burned-out --- 6 86 17 109 Disabled by mines 2 --- 17 2 21 Missing 1 2 --- 2 5 From the number of losses: Tanks Heavy Medium Light Tankettes Total Cannot be repaired -- 3 39 21 63 Not evacuated from the battlefield 7 4 70 5 86 Need capital repair 5 4 72 6 87 In medium repair 2 4 1 1 8 Repaired from the number of knocked-out and mined tanks. x/ 21 3 87 9 120 Tanks operational on 8.4.42 - 51 heavy tanks, 3 medium tanks, 120 light tanks and 111 tankettes for a total of 285 tanks. x/ Note: Many tanks were repaired twice, which is not reflected in this collumn. Signed Deputy Commander of the tank forces of Crimean Front, Major-General of the Tank Forces Volsky, on 13th A