Agreed. The incentive to sell books certainly can result in skewed history, especially when the author believes he/she has hit upon a new idea,...
One point that can be made here, is the concept of best evidence. Naturally, as the time proximity lengthens from an event, it becomes more...
And by this post I am also responding to JBark's observation that there was no German Warplan. German Doctrine - defining the basis for the...
Nice post.
If it was a battle of philosophies, then we know who lost that battle. However, I suspect the difference was the industrial power available to...
Yeah. So you completely gloss over my argument with an argument of your own! lol its ok and not unexpected. However, I will try to respond to some...
JBark, I will respond to your critique of my argument momentarily. All I will say for the minute is that you did not answer my question. You...
This is a good post. The only counterpoint I will make is that the Tiger was explicitly designed for armor breakthrough attack. In this respect,...
I'll take your word for it. I've heard about the "hedge row country." It's always been my impression that the Sherman was produced as the US...
Wait. Don't be reckless with the numbers. Sherman 75 has to close to 100 m to have a reasonable chance of knocking out a Tiger. Successful...
Well the Germans/Italians sea transported Tigers to North Africa. I would think that the Americans and Brits, with their enhanced capabilities in...
I would think that bridging equipment designed to handle the Tiger would have been produced by the Allies before the invasion. That would be a...
I speak operationally. Of course, their will be instances of effective resistance. Even a Molotov cocktail can be effective sometimes. :) But,...
Of course Tigers have range to exploit a breakout, that's what they were designed for. When the breakout does occur, you're talking about fuel...
The only gun the Germans had that would have been able to effectively deal with the Tiger, would have been the 88mm flak! The same gun. The guns...
Your information is congenially valuable as always. What you offer is specific antecdotal evidence that the Tigers were not being used as they...