posted this in another thread...probably more applic here:
I just watched an excellent doco on the History channel (called "Tank Battles" from memory) one of which was the Stalingrad tank battles - yes there were numerous and quite wide scale (including the real Gumrak ie. the russian attack on the airfields airlifting ammo/food/etc to the trapped 6th Army - note: IRL there were no german tanks...it was russian tanks vs A/T guns - the russian tanks ran out of ammo and just rammed the Junkers 52s that were parked there). Anyway, the doco showed how the main tank battles were between the following:
German:
PIVs
Stug IIIs (I think it was the ver III but definitely the Stug)
Russian:
T34s
KV1s
thats atleast twice as many tanks as there are now. oh, and there were quite a few large tank battles in towns.
We certainly need more tank maps. I hate seeing 64 player Gumrak only servers empty.
The above was in respose to another post but still the idea is there - whilst not exactly in stalingrad (is Gumrak IN stalingrad?), there were some massive tank battles that contributed to the defeat of the germans at Stalingrad which I'd love to play.
Agree on the Battle of Kursk - image a 64 player tank vs tank battle - that would be awesome! (and pure carnage).