There is probably no one even casually interested in World war 2, that has not seen this weapon pictured in the hands of some German soldaten or...
I think the reason you don't see more photos and film of German troops using captured US weapons, may be because of Goebbel's censorship. It...
All the tanks during WW2 had plenty of things wrong with them no matter who built them. The key to any successful tank design is balancing...
I learned a lot reading these discussions about the Battle of Midway i didn't know before. In answer to your question, the US Navy was in fact...
Against the Russians, tank quality was also very important factor and probably prolonged the war. Remember the Germans mostly fought the Russians...
It's a very good question you pose and one that could probably have a book all it's own. For the time, it's safe to say that tank for tank, there...
It's hard to find out how the first assault weapons were actually used, vs how they could/should have been employed...the first large scale use...
i bet you've no doubt found some interesting stuff....wouldn't it be safer though to take up a different hobby?
but wouldnt he only be interested in American tanks? I would think he'd have EOD with him to destroy any abandoned enemy tanks so they could...
In high school in the 1970's, I knew a guy who had friends in Italy. He claimed that there were plenty of old German bunkers that nobody had...
thanks for the correction on the engine cooling issue i will edit it sometime with corrections per that site.
There would have been much for the Germans to have gained by encircling Moscow, the sooner in in 1941 they did it the better. Actually surrounding...
No wonder they can't sell any cars here anymore.
OK i stand corrected, post has been edited.
Everybody above has a lot of the details right. Modern tanks are almost all fueled by diesel fuel (the American M1 tank has a turbine engine that...
I think i remeber the episodes you saw. There was one about the Battle of the Bulge and another one about Canadian army Sherman tank crews in...
Certainly by the late 1930's most of the German military leadership realized that Hitler was leading the nation into war. Naturally they had no...
NOT a myth. the T-34 was the greatest overall tank of all time. And probably saved Russia from permanent Nazi occupation. The Sherman was good...
German tank production figures, heavy tanks (approximate) Panzer Mark IV: 8,000 Tiger 1: 1,015 Tiger 2: 450 Panther: 5,000 USA AND RUSSIA...
The STG 44 was a walther design, the other, the MP43 a mauser design, the walther design (the got dropped in favor of the mauser design (as it was...
