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After Barbarrossa, instead of trying to build a quality over quantity tank and ending up with the Panther troubled developement cycle, the germans decide to go ahead with the projected replacement of the PzIV with the sligthly larger, and much easier to upgrade, VK3001 (H) project. They end up with a tank that is easy to build, reliable, and avaiable in large numbers for the critical 1943 battles on the russian front.