What were the top 5 tanks of WWII?

5. IS-2. The only heavy tank in the list, it was very useful in 1944–1945 to crush german strongholds. Huge 122mm gun was good (while not optimal) at tank hunting, but its main purpose was destruction of buldings/pillboxes/bunkers. read more

The US M18 Hellcat was one of the most successful tank destroyers of World War 2. Of course the big stars of WW2 were the German Tigers and Panthers. Good as they were on paper they were huge fuel hogs, difficult to produce, maintain and transport. read more

"A tank armed with a 76-millimeter gun was a world-beater in 1941, but by 1945 was a pop-gun in a tank-versus-tank duel." Instead,"Armored Champion" hedges its bets by spreading them. Instead of one best tank for World War II, there is one best tank for each year of the war. read more