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Originally Posted by George Hopp
… Most of the tanks used by the Germans in that attack were Mk. 1 and Mk. 2 tanks that were only ever to be used for training. Nor did the Germans have numerical or qualitative superiority over the RAF during the Battle of Britain.
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Not forgetting the Pz.Kw. 38(t) which was a Czech tank which they acquired through invading that country. You see a lot of them in the newsreel footage.
By what measures did the Germans not have numerical superiority in the battle of Britain, though? I agree that the Luftwaffe was not as big as the RAF originally thought and that German production didn't keep pace with losses, but still …
I think that you could argue technological superiority in the BoB in a narrow sense. The Ju 88 was probably the best medium bomber around (perhaps because it was the newest?) and the Bf 110 had no British equivalent. As for the rest, the fighters were closely comparable (with pros and cons to all of them) and in an He 111/Wellington/Hampden/Whitley or Do 17/Blenheim comparison — is the difference that marked?