Another factor was the "quality controll" of the workers building them. The US had the Michigan auto industry building tanks, the Soviets had...
If you ever find yourself in Munich, check out the Deutsches Museum. There are some great aircraft there (as well as cars, trains, boats, etc.)
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I think that to be accurate/fair, this debate should have been split between bolt-action rifles and semi- & other(select fire?)-automatic rifles....
What about "Force 10 from Navarone" or "Isle; She-wolf of the SS"?
Yeah, I guess it's not a "roundell" if it's not round. A squarell, maybe. :D
In the older Time Life WW2 series (late 70's), there was a volume titled The Neutrals. I beleive that there was a whole chapter on interdicted...
Watch which version of the disc that you get. Some of the earlier versions had bad sound. They remastered it with a secial edition release a...
I remember seeing a picture of a knocked out T34 in Angola. It was in the Jane's book on the South African Defence Force in the U of L library....
How about "skosh" as in "Just a skosh over." There's also the cubit. And what was that Russian one, the picah?
I saw a piece on this on BBC America about the intended destination of the tanks. It was purported that they were headed for the Government of...
What about the Japanese landings on the Aleutians? Seemed pretty ill-conceived and poorly suported.
My main gripe about the film Patton was the tanks that were used to simulate the battles. But, I'm a tank nerd.
It seems that conversely, the German Officer Corps was decimated towards the end of the war, mostly from casualtie, granted, but to some degree,...
I'm new here, at least as a registered member. I've been interested in WWII and military history since I learned how to read. I hope that I can...