This stick pin has been knocking around my desk drawer for years. It came from some stuff that belonged to a WWII US Army veteran. I have no idea...
Thanks for the schematic. It is my understanding the teething problems of the tranmission were sorted out rather quickly. After all, automatic...
Interesting points, which provide us with some equally interesting conclusions. Firstly, the Ordnance Dept. Tank and Automotive Division had the...
It appears from my quick check of the sources that the electric drive was pretty much on the back burner by mid-summer 1943, and the Ordnance...
Here's a salute for a fine post in defense of the good old 1911. Used to work in some regional hosptial emergency rooms. Great big, bad looking...
When the Ordnance Dept. received permission to produce 10 T26 tanks for testing, they advised the War Department that they had the capacity to...
You are wrong (Or more politely -- I disagree with you.) The pilot model was made from the existing blueprints. Thus, the tank went from the...
As previously mentioned, the Sherman went from the drawing board into production in 5 to 6 months with General Devers at the helm. There is no...
Your timeline does not tell the full story. They rarely do. The plans for the Sherman had been completed when General Devers ordered the Pilot...
It took something like 5 or 6 months for the Sherman to go from the drawing board to full production, and there is no reason to think the T26...
You are pretty much on the mark with this. The backstory is a bit complicated, and to some extent has not yet been published, but had LTG Devers,...
Now I'm confused. Not long ago a retired "Chosin" Marine NCO told me he was the equivalent of God, and told me I should fear and respect him (and...
Fischer's book is well known to me. It is an interesting (and refreshing/upsetting for its time) survey and analysis of what makes history and...
Of course they do. The only problem here is that you cannot tell the difference between historical narrative and tabular studies, and the manner...
Exactly. Well said indeed. And as you point out, production of the T26 was delayed until it became available too late to have any real impact on...
Well then, I certainly understand your pique at having the numbers on which so many of your posts rely being closely questioned, as well as the...
sniper, Wow ! If the police came into my house here in Arizona they would most likely say something like, "man that's a great old shotgun,...
The quotation of General Patton is as follows: I do not have to tell you who won the war. You know our artillery did. (McKenny, The Organizational...
Black6 wrote: People who are "fans" of the Sherman and sing its praises are basically accepting the loss of all of those who died because of its...
What is your source, and what is your source's source? Duckbill
