Last week I did an interview with Harry Yeide, author of several books on US Armor in WW2. For those interested in reading the interview, you can...
This past October I was able to do a phone interview with noted tank expert and writer Steven Zaloga. Topics addressed include his take on the...
Some armor piercing rounds did have a small amount of explosive filler. This was most common in German ammo if memory serves me correctly. I am...
That's a good question regarding the HE shells on the US 75 and 76 mm guns. I don't know for sure, but I would guess that part of the reason that...
From what I remember, the 75mm x 70 gun on the Panther and the 88mm x56 gun on the Tiger 1 had very similar penetrating power. Due to its higher...
The 88mm shell for the tiger is much bigger than the 75mm or 76mm shells used in the M4 sherman. Check out the graphic. The Tiger I shell is the...
I would guess the shape of the Pershing turret was dictated by the size of the turret ring, which was the same size as the ring on the sherman...
I believe the 90mm armed M48's did have trouble with the Russian heavy tanks. According to Zaloga in "IS-2 Heavy Tank 1944-73", in reference to...
I seem to remember reading about commanders using their feet to direct drivers in US light tanks before as well. Without going through all my...
Perhaps I should have said that France, Germany and the USA were the only countries that developed half-tracked AFV's and issued them to their...
From what I have read, the idea behind a half track was to build a transport that had better off road mobility than an all wheeled truck, yet...
Something else I was wondering about was why did they send these vehicles to Italy? A vehicle as heavy and as well armed at the Elefant was best...
I always thought it was a bit ironic that the most reliable tank in German service was the Czech designed 38(t). It would have been interesting...
I'm not sure if this has been addressed here before, but I was wondering what everyone thought about the Ferdinand/Elefant? Ever since I was a...
Hmm, not as many comments on this thread as I was expecting. Part of the issue may be that it's hard to come by detailed information concerning...
Hopefully I can make it out there and to the Patton Museum in the next year or two. It all depends on what I can talk the wife into. She has...
Nice! Thanks Von Poop! Glad to see it's not sitting outside rotting anymore. I have not been to Aberdeen since I was a kid back in the early...
I was uploading some old pictures to my blog, when I spotted something that confused me. I have a picture of a M2A3 light tank from Aberdeen...
Ok Ace, you have a point, criteria is important. So how will we define the "best" (maybe it would be more accurate to say the "least worst"...
I guess each responder can use their own criteria for what is "best." I doubt there is a "right" answer to this question, I just want to get some...
