[Pirate-Drakk]

While this is not a place to debate "the best tank of WWII". I will "Tell You" that the Panzer IV was the best tank of WWII. The design was so robust it lasted from before the first battle to the last and even beyond WWII. No other tank can make that claim. It also had dozens of variants (SP Guns, Flak, etc.) beside the basic models from Ausf A-H. When you start with a good thing, you can use it for the basis of better things. That's what the Panzer IV was, a good thing. In every battle on every front in WWII, a Panzer IV was holding the line and doing it well.