I would suggest that whole suicide/kamakazi effort by Japan could be considered a super weapon.
We had Gamma Goats for a little while and as far as I'm concerned, that's about what should have been done to all of them! A buddy and I were...
As far as 2nd Lts as FOs go, there was a saying when I wore the funny green clothes: "The most dangerous thing in the Army inventory is a 2nd...
Rich, I don't believe that in the U. S. Army the Battery XO was ever the FO. An XO's job was to take care of all the details that needed to be...
Just the Wife, myself and the pets this year. Still, were still around so there's thanks for that. To all of you, American citizens or not, Happy...
Who cares if vee are loosink der var! Vee hafe plenty of schnapps, Ja!
So, the Leichte Pz actually was a Mittel Pz. after all! Now the Pzs I and II were truly LIGHT tanks.
I remember this from when I was in the artillery branch. We were still using the guns and fire control methods that were used in ww2, except some...
I think all of your factors were correct except # 2. The Germans invented the diesel engine and such an engine is no more "sophisticated" than a...
Just looking at the M3 and M4 tanks you can see a family resemblance there. The Panther looked like nothing else in the German inventory. The US...
Yes, but the Sherman's development didn't start after the war started. It was in production and being used by the Brits before we really got into...
Production-wise, the Germans didn't do so bad with the Panther. By the end of the war somewhere around 6,000 of all variants were produced. When...
Actually, The Pz IV was used by at least one middle east nation (Syria) and used up to and including the 6-day war.
The Germans were past-masters at stitching together mauled units to form effectively fighting kampfgruppen.. They would do it again during M-G and...
Perhaps a bit of "victory disease" crept into the brains of Allied commanders. It ain't over till it's over.
Let's all remember he was in "Darby O'Gill and the Little People" way back in the 60s as well as a part in "The Longest Day"!
I first "met" him when I saw him in Goldfinger. I was 16 and this was the first real "grown-up" movie my folks allowed me to see. I enjoyed him in...
Sorry, I disagree! The USA can figure out what it needs tactically and supply all sorts of things without too much trouble. Having MGs in 7.62...
