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Why the Sherman was the way it was.

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  • 09-02-2018 7:01am
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    Manic Moran
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    90 minutes, if you are interested in listening to me rabbit on about the subject matter in question.



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    tac foley
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    Great lecture, Sir. My father used to repair the [many] holes in these vehicles [and others, too] after they came back from France...

    BTW, have you read 'Rude Mechanicals' by A J Smithers? ISBN 0-85052-722-8.

    tac


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    Stovepipe
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    Rude mechanicals is one of my favourites and Smithers has a right go at the British tank establishment.


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    tac foley
    Registered Users Posts: 5,500 ✭✭✭tac foley


    Stovepipe wrote: »
    Rude mechanicals is one of my favourites and Smithers has a right go at the British tank establishment.

    Rightly so. It was a series of complete and chaotic misinterpretations of battelfield requirements, and ignoring the lessons that were being paid for in blood and matériel.

    tac


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    Stovepipe
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    I thought his own desire to see TOG 2 roaming the battlefield was a bit far fetched; it didn't look any better than was currently being fielded....apart from that, I like David Fletcher's books but they cost silly money second hand.


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