Why was German Sloped Armor so late?

In this video we look at German sloped armor, how it is different to Allied sloped armor and potential reasons why it was introduced so late. For this we look at how the Germans welded their sloped armor differently, although this might be just a coincidence.

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00:00 Intro
German & French Sloped Armor before 1941
00:57 Why no sloped Armor on Panzer III, IV & Tiger?
01:32 Why non-sloped Armor was preferred by the Germans?
01:59 Tiger Promo
02:49 Structural Integrity
04:36 see the difference
05:39 T-34 Interlocking
07:46 Jagdpanzer 38 “Hetzer”
08:08 Why not earlier interlocking Armor?
08:47 Warning! Different Views!
09:01 Effectiveness?
10:24 Why no more Interlocking after 1945?
11:17 First Summary
12:29 Different Viewpoint / Second Summary
15:00 More Research needed

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