The Russians fielded as many IL-2s as the Germans fielded tanks. The main causes of German tank loss were direct fire by AP on the ground, from...
Some stats on the evolution of the heavier PAK and FLAK produced and fielded by the Germans over the course of the war. Then I will explain...
No, I am not counting SPA. I certainly do count StuGs and Jagds, those are full AFVs. Normandy is not the western theater. I never said the...
"in 1944 would have been 76mm Shermans" Well in 1944 they were making mostly 76mm Shermans and 105mm Shermans, as well as M18s and M36s. M10...
I don't think Ike's broadfront was particularly effective, but its limitations were largely logistical. Including southern France in the whole...
Panzer Division Gross Deustchland was supposed to be the main effort of the left of AG South's attack on the big day. But there was a little...
I detect an urban legend based on a misunderstanding. There is something that liquid soap is quite useful for, if you are trying to fight an...
On the fuel argument against ramping production, I have of course heard it many times before, but it is not convincing. First, the German...
Greig - thanks. And yes, that is exactly the sort of soft systems edge I am talking about. The French tanks are ergonomic nightmares. Once in...
Smeghead - your claims about lower German tank losses in the west do not withstand scrutiny. They sent 2200 AFVs to Normandy and fewer than 200...
The Germans did not have far more light tanks than the French. The French match or exceed the 38s, IIIs and IVs with their own modern tanks,...
"The US would have been better served with tanks with better armor and more powerful guns" Say, M-1 Abrams? What tanks with better armor and...
And the legere did not lack artillery or communications. They were light in infantry but did not lack it for combined arms purposes. The 2nd...
How many independent StuG battalions were the Germans using to stiffen their infantry in 1944? How many independent Sherman battalions were the...
Air to ground attack specifically against fully armored vehicles was systematically and hopelessly ineffective in WW II, all fronts, all dates....
There is nothing in what you say not already well known to all participants in this debate. But it is indeed Dupuy who made all the claims about...
Two distinct whole sets of issues, those you raise yourself and the conventional revisionist slams of McNair, which were popularized by Dupuy and...
US TD designs were not flawed. They did not fail in the event. Every time they were called upon to do what they were actually designed to do...
This whole subject is shot through with the most ridiculous misinformation, largely a result of people trying to justify pet theories of what is...
