This is really strange statement. The reality was different. ReichMinister Albert Speer is witnessing that already in November 1943 Germany had catastrophic shortage of strategic war materials (e.g. oil, manganese, nikel, chrome, tungsten, silicon) necessary for continuation of the war. According to Speer already in November 1943 it was clear to him that the war will be over latest by Jan 1946 because of depletion of the last reserves of the chrome mines.Christian Ankerstjerne wrote:The price doesn't really matter in itself, as Germany had tons of money, including large gold reserves.
So, one can see that a tank price and consumption of the precious war materials required for it manufacturing really mattered. And I would like to see some evidence that Nazi Germany had in 1944 when Tiger II was put into production "tons of money, including large gold reserves". Even if we count gold smelted from the teeth crowns of murdered Nazi death camp prisoners even then by mid of 1944 Nazi Germany didn't have large gold reserves.
We already discussed this issue many times and I don't want to waste my time with you on this. I just advise you to compare the weight, armor protection, gasoline consumption and engine reliability of both tanks and then make your conclusions. You can also check an average time Tiger II spent in repair for various reasons vs. time it was operational, or check what bridge in Russia or Europe could sustain its weight of 67 tons, or see how easy in railroad transportation Tiger II was and then compare it with JS.Christian Ankerstjerne wrote: I disagree. The JS-3, while certainly a potent tank, had a very low rate of fire and low ammunition storage capacity. The 8,8 cm Kw K 43 also had better anti-tank performance than the 122 mm. D-25T. In mobility, the JS-3 and Tiger II were quite similar.
Best Regards from Russia,