T34/85 v M4A3 76 Sherman in Korea

[toxicpixie]

Yeah, that matches with the Russian experience. The narrow tracks don't help in massively deep snow. The addition of grousers and driver training seemed to help considerably mind. The Panther does very well under the test conditions, but unfortunately did very badly in real life, like all the interleaved wheel German designs - the wheels get frozen together with snow-mud gunk very easily and then you're immobile till you thaw it out!

One of the things the Germans really liked on the Sherman (aside from it's reliability, safety and ergonomics) was its excellent terrain crossing ability. Don't know if they tried any in the deep snow though, the evaluations I read were from Italy or middle Europe...

[Sunray]

Very interesting topic. 

This is the Pendraken forum at its best.  A relevant topic,  knowledgeable input, lucid debate, and .....an impact in wargaming with regard to rules....