Comment on TIL that Hitler approved the construction of a supertank weighing 1,000 tons, over 100 feet long, with a main gun repurposed from the deck gun of a battleship.

• Kbin_space_program@kbin.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The Sherman had the best crew survivability of any tank in the war.

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  • gullible@kbin.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I mean… stepping out of a molten disabled husk after it is destroyed by a single shot from an enemy too distant to even see is neat, I guess. What a weird cope.

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    • Aqarius@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Username checks out.

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      • setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I am tickled that the perception of Shermans being flimsy death traps can be traced back to a guy who worked at depots of battle damaged Shermans. It’s like, yeah of course that guy only saw the destroyed tanks, why would he ever see the functional ones?

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      • gullible@kbin.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        It’s not visible to you, but Kbin users can see who downvotes them. They were being sincere.

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