Incorrect term Triple. Minutia by definition means A minor detail, often of negligible importance. Things like gearboxes, guns, drivetrains, fire...
Might've bought em some time as it would add an extra thorn for the US & Aussies to remove. But beyond that I have to agree, Japan's Barbarossa...
As to your extensive training comment, notice last sentence, couple hours of instruction required. From Michael Green's 'Tiger Tanks' "Tiger...
Sgt. George A. Barden, (US Army), of the 2nd Armoured Division: "I took from a German officer a pair of field glasses 10x50, the best glasses...
Nope, data is from manuals, Right! Meteor was not in combat in Viet Nam, irrelevant argument.
Skill of the crew aside, we have this... Tiger "Up to 2000m the 88 shoots flat. Only from 3000m is one shot in 3 a miss. ( 75 was even better...
Funny I once read a Sherman tanker jumped into a panzer & peeked through the optics, he was amazed by it's superiority. He had wondered why they...
6 years after the war was over, it was "still" considered on a par with a Gremlin or a Vega in the Tank world. the 70th, was composed of the...
You picked the fight Triple, you lost it too, but let's be clear & honest about it, you picked it. You claim fire controls equal, Uh, then where...
Panther automotive design is not its sole measure of battle performance,( or any other tank's for that matter), hence gun performance posts etc....
Yep, but moreso than the M-26. Ranking the World's Best Land Weapons of World War II," by Robert A. Slayton on a one-on-one basis, with a...
I still am not seeing anything indicating improved final drive or transmission. Now, Ausf A the introduction of a stronger running gear and...
"a design that was glaringly bad." Interesting that all tank experts on every tank show on the Military Channel & History channel one could not...
M-26 was later upgraded oddly enough to pivot like the Panther. (how exactly was the Panther A "fixed" of the foundemental flaws of its...
I didn't state that it did. Fact remains the Zero was not an antique in 41 42. & the Frank & George were competitive designs in 44 & 45.
Uh, no Triple, the problems don't just go away. Have no idea what you're talking about with this Panther March comment. I certainly said no such...
Sorry, here's the link. Sakai And another. Saburo Sakai, a Japanese Ace, said, "On my first confrontation with the P-38, I was astonished to...
That's a different argument. I believe you meant Aug 42 to Mar 43. That is a different time period to 41-42. Pearl Harbor, & before that...
& again, this quote, ( which I noticed you left out the 43 part of 2nd time you posted it), is not time relevant to the thread. Zaloga's Panther...
Which has been delineated previously. & the speedier turret was an nice upgrade. With the replacement gun sight Turrnzielfernrohr 12a,...
