I did say Tigers rather than just tanks.
Inferior to what? In 1942 it was as good or better than the vast majority of Germany's medium tanks, by 1944 it wasn't. Incidentally, I saw a...
As far as I'm aware there is no official recognition of any tactic that entailed the loss of 5 Shermans to 1 Tiger. Indeed, US official tactics...
The difference being that nobody forced your Grandpa to join the National Guard.
Not entirely sure that's true, what's your source?
Actually it's a much better AT gun than the 75mm (something like 15mm @ 500 yds), but its HE shell was disappointing. Edit: Kel got there first.
It could penetrate 93mm of 30 degree FH plate from 500 yards which gives it an excellent chance of penetrating the Tiger's front, nevermind a...
What was the quote from? It pretty much reflects my views of infantry weapons almost exactly.
And yet there it is in Challengers and Firefly's (ie's?) killing Wittmans right, left and centre. 17pdr my choice.
The 77mm was not a cut down 17pdr, it was a completely new gun developed by Vickers.
Wholly unlikely. Statistics show that most tanks were killed by anti-tank guns, followed by other tanks and finally infantry. Despite the...
Ironically they're both tank destroyers.
Apparently there's a scene in the film where British Redcoats set fire to a church full of civilians which was actually inspired by an incident...
I'd just give them a phone and ask. I doubt they'd push for you to donate it to the museum, they're all reasonably civilised people, as far as I...
The Highlanders definitely had Tommy guns that they used for aggressive patrolling in 1940. Not many, for sure.
The signature looks like a photostat or auto-writer, but it doesn't mean it's not an important document. Try the Imperial War Museum?
I have to say that most heavy or medium tanks you see destroyed and with their turrets flipped off have been destroyed by their own crews with...
It could just as easily be the Sherman simply because there were so many of them, and there were loads of them on the Eastern front too.
The Churchill was an infantry support tank, it wasn't meant to be a tank killer. Essentially it was expected to encounter anti-tank guns,...
My grandad lost his leg at Salerno. He was knocked off his motorbike by a US Army truck! True story.
