The better tank is ultimately the Panzer because the T34s just beat them out of sheer numerical advantage.

Considering you're pitting a medium tank vs. a heavy the outcome is given, however the JS series tanks worked the tiger and king tiger tanks with
ease. Also a T-34 85 is at least on par with the panther, if not better.

And plus. The Germans during ww2 were trying to develop a tank that could withstand the t-34 and t-40. A t34 shell blew holes through tigers
and panzers while their shells bounced off the t-90s.

Please stop talking you're making it worse the tanks in question were made 5 dacades apart they were never in the same war.
I do think that the Russian tank competes for best tank, especially given price and weight considerations. I'm thinking that the leo 2 is probably
first though, Merk is just different built for a very specific enviroment.