Funny meme. It’s actually quite the opposite however. Germany put ALOT of design and work into their tanks. At one point, they had a special anti magnetic coating that nearly doubled the production time of a single tank- the coating was because even though Germany was the only major combatant using magnetic tank mines- they figured that the allies may develop their own- or more likely the Soviets might use captured German mines against their own tanks. This is one of many examples- including the Tiger tanks complex suspension which required extra care.
By comparison- the US Sherman tanks were inferior in many ways to German tanks but the US fielded far more tanks than Germany, and the Soviet tanks likewise were produced in large number.
So while the number of designations the Nazis had for tanks very likely dwarfed the number of designations the Soviets had- with the actual tanks, the Soviets and Americans mass produced tanks in staggering numbers.
While there is some myth in a common sentiment that the Germans had “better” equipment but had less of it- there is truth in places, or at least to say that a combination of over engineering and other inefficiencies were at play, and that overall, a major hurdle to the Nazi war machine was that they lacked men and materials- especially late in the war, compared to the opposition. It isn’t as many say a case that “if they only had more.... xyz.... they probably would have won...” there were many factors that sealed their defeat- and by the time of the late war when the soviet war machine and US were in a state of mass production and mobilization- a “little more xyz” alone probably wouldn’t have done it.
Soviets: When it breaks, just make a new one and slap the old crew into it
Germans: Phenomenal Engineering-when the engine or transmission doesn't break.
Americans: Logistics win wars. If that fly washer is going to break long before anything else, re engineer the entire damn thing so it doesn't.
Germans: Phenomenal Engineering-when the engine or transmission doesn't break.
Americans: Logistics win wars. If that fly washer is going to break long before anything else, re engineer the entire damn thing so it doesn't.