It was a lengthy process for the commander to open the hatch from its completely closed position in the event of a fire, and all of the positions were very cramped and uncomfortable. The second significant problem with the panther was that of crew ergonomics. In addition, the allies found half of abandoned panther's with evidence of final drive failure. The French army also cited these issues in there Panther report in 1947, stating that the driver would have to be extremely careful while traversing and while travelling over rough terrain, taking away much of the versatility that i believe a tank needs to have for it to truly be a 'main battle tank'. 1944-45 Panther's broke down after 150km on average. The first and most infamous being reliability. There were two glaring flaws with this tank. The Panther is a pretty popular choice because of it's statistics on paper but upon doing some research it begins to look quite the different story. Since I found nothing I thought I would put together a bit of a comparison between the popular contenders. I was having a browse through reddit and youtube the other day to see if there was anything of this topic around. Slope Multipliers Posts: Tiger vs T-34 vs M4A3E8, Tiger vs M4A3E8 (angled at 45°), Tiger vs Panther vs M4A3E8, T-34 vs Tiger I vs M4A1. YouTubers that run armour penetration simulations

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