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Post by Valkyrie on Jul 31, 2018 12:30:11 GMT
Quite a good video that explains in a good bit of detail about the infamous Cologne tank battle.
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Post by Snorelacks on Aug 1, 2018 0:56:40 GMT
I’ve seen the footage quite a few times if different documentaries, but never broken down like this. It’s neat to have the entire story.
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Post by Valkyrie on Aug 2, 2018 15:25:25 GMT
I’ve seen the footage quite a few times if different documentaries, but never broken down like this. It’s neat to have the entire story. It's pretty depressing and interesting at the same time, even the lengths the M26 crew went to make sure the Panther would die, like having the view port and gun turned right, even to the point of firing on the move. |
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Post by Snorelacks on Aug 2, 2018 15:37:52 GMT
I’ve seen the footage quite a few times if different documentaries, but never broken down like this. It’s neat to have the entire story. It's pretty depressing and interesting at the same time, even the lengths the M26 crew went to make sure the Panther would die, like having the view port and gun turned right, even to the point of firing on the move. I can't imagine fighting a war in a tin can. My grandfather was a tanker in Wolverines and later the Hellcat (later tank commander after a battlefield commission) across North Africa, Sicily, Italy (blown out of his tank and recuperated in Sicily) and Europe in Patton's 3rd Army and he never talked much about it outside of the massive scar across his cheek up to his ear (had his teeth completely blown out and lashed it up with baling wire). He grew up in the Alsace region of France and his family sent him to live with relatives in Massachusetts in 1938. He stayed in Germany as part of the occupation force since he spoke fluent German. |
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Post by Valkyrie on Aug 2, 2018 17:42:48 GMT
It's pretty depressing and interesting at the same time, even the lengths the M26 crew went to make sure the Panther would die, like having the view port and gun turned right, even to the point of firing on the move. I can't imagine fighting a war in a tin can. My grandfather was a tanker in Wolverines and later the Hellcat (later tank commander after a battlefield commission) across North Africa, Sicily, Italy (blown out of his tank and recuperated in Sicily) and Europe in Patton's 3rd Army and he never talked much about it outside of the massive scar across his cheek up to his ear (had his teeth completely blown out and lashed it up with baling wire). He grew up in the Alsace region of France and his family sent him to live with relatives in Massachusetts in 1938. He stayed in Germany as part of the occupation force since he spoke fluent German. Fucking hell, thank the M18 for being open topped, alleviating a lot of the damage. And my great-granddad served in the Desert Rats, from a Grant to eventually a Cromwell when he reached Germany in 1945, even helped liberate Belsen from what I've heard. Glad your grandfather survived that though, he had someone looking out for him that day. All these scenes from the second world war, the ensuing Arab-Israeli wars and everywhere else where tanks have been used, scare me, since I want to join the tankers, but at the same time, it emboldens me to be the best tanker I can possibly be, and keep me and my future crew members safe. People tend to think tankers have it easier, and for a lot of that it's true, but things like depleted uranium, or HEAT, or in WW2, armour-piercing high-explosive, you're not going to make it in one piece if one of those penetrate |
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