NEW BUILD VOTE
08-04-2008 | 10:51 AM
#26
RE: NEW BUILD VOTE
Ethan, I think you should take it up a notch and build a Grant or Lee. Nothing would look sweeter on the desert battlefield then seeing that come around the Kasserine Pass! Besides all the modelling challenges you'd face (which we all know you could easily tackle), you'd also have to deal with a new hurdle in the IR battling hobby of firing two main guns, two recoil units, two of this, two of that, etc. 
Good luck!
Dave
Good luck!
Dave
08-04-2008 | 10:58 AM
#27
RE: NEW BUILD VOTE
Actually it was more than shear numbers. The Sherman down through the line shared alot of similar parts unlike many of the German tanks. It was assembled by unskilled workers, where most German tanks had such close tolerances and needed skilled laborers to assemble them and did have a strict maintenance schedule in the field. But instead they had to rely on slave workers instead which could account for most of the failures German tanks suffered from. This made the Sherman very reliable.
Everyone's entitled to their opinion and call it what you want, the Sherman (like the T34) was the right tank at the right time for the Allies.
Everyone's entitled to their opinion and call it what you want, the Sherman (like the T34) was the right tank at the right time for the Allies.
08-04-2008 | 10:18 PM
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RE: NEW BUILD VOTE
ORIGINAL: Panther F
Actually it was more than shear numbers. The Sherman down through the line shared alot of similar parts unlike many of the German tanks. It was assembled by unskilled workers, where most German tanks had such close tolerances and needed skilled laborers to assemble them and did have a strict maintenance schedule in the field. But instead they had to rely on slave workers instead which could account for most of the failures German tanks suffered from. This made the Sherman very reliable.
Everyone's entitled to their opinion and call it what you want, the Sherman (like the T34) was the right tank at the right time for the Allies.
Actually it was more than shear numbers. The Sherman down through the line shared alot of similar parts unlike many of the German tanks. It was assembled by unskilled workers, where most German tanks had such close tolerances and needed skilled laborers to assemble them and did have a strict maintenance schedule in the field. But instead they had to rely on slave workers instead which could account for most of the failures German tanks suffered from. This made the Sherman very reliable.
Everyone's entitled to their opinion and call it what you want, the Sherman (like the T34) was the right tank at the right time for the Allies.
Visit: http://books.google.com/books?id=CbL...mYD5TA#PPP1,M1
And or purchase & read this book: United States Vs. German Equipment, By Maj. Gen. Isaac D. White, Commanding General, 2nd Armored Division (1945)
Anyway build the new Tamiya Pz4 and let us know how good a kit it is, just a thought.
08-05-2008 | 06:17 AM
#30
RE: NEW BUILD VOTE
That'll work too! I always liked the desert tanks.
