Most recently, I finished reading Pallud's Battle of the Bulge--Then and Now; right now, I've begun Liddell-Hart's The German Generals Talk and...
What's wrong with it, Fenrir? Much as I like the Mustang, the Zero's always been my true favorite WWII aircraft. Here, click up this article; I...
I went with the Jeep simply because I'm more familiar with it. Yours, Paul
Begging your pardon, Kai, but this is incorrect. There was a 115th Panzergrenadier Regiment, but not a 115th Panzergrenadier Division. The 115th...
No, I wouldn't say Mark Clark was an idiot, but like a lot of generals, he had a big ego. He was likely jealous of Ike and wanted to become...
Don't forget, Fenrir, that the US Marines put a flamethrower into the turret of a Sherman and mass-produced them for the island campaigns. I've...
No accounting for tastes when it comes to sexiness, eh, Fenrir? Good grief, tanks are a lot like women! Yours, Paul
Fenrir, my two great loves in German AFVs are the Panther and the Puma. I'll grant the Panzer IV was a good tank, but it lacks the sexy good...
"Ugly is as ugly does", eh, Fenrir? Yours, Paul
The guy who's faced with stuff the 75mm L/48 can't stop, that's who! ;) Yours, Paul
When the Sherman was sold to a number of countries following WWII, the old 75mm gun was removed and the later 76mm gun substituted, as we see in...
To me, what's most memorable about The Big Red One is that opening musical fanfare. It's emotionally moving music to hear; it makes me think of...
Just gotta wake this topic up! I tend to march to the beat of a different drummer, but I have to say "Mitsubishi A6M Zero" when it comes to...
I think I'll wake this topic back up. Here's mine ... Favorite British -- Lord Alexander of Tunis and Lord Mountbatten of Burma Favorite...
I also voted for the Panzerfaust. Cheap, easy to use, and in the hands of a determined user, it could destroy any tank in existence in those...
The 83rd's nickname was "The Ragtag Circus", KM. I recall it from reading Cornelius Ryan's The Last Battle. They really would grab ahold of any...
And one has to remember that by the time of the Battle of the Bulge, the average American tank crew was better trained than its German...
Actually, Friedrich, part of the fun with discussion groups like this one is watching the topics go off on odd tangents. Yours, Paul
Thank'ee kindly, Friedrich; I reckon I am enjoying myself, so far. Yours, Paul
That's right--the only operational Panther chassis armed with an 88mm gun was the Jagdpanther. None of the various proposals for upgunning the...
