Not nearly enough.
>> ^hugith:

So do your cars.
>> ^Entropy001:
Also, our current tanks still take from the German tank design.

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The point you just stated is why I love this community SO much.>> ^Lithic:

So a comedy clip about the civil war and dinosaurs just turned into a historical debate about the merits and design philosophy of WW2 tanks. Yes, that just happened. Only on freaking Videosift, I swear to the Flying Spagetti Monster.
I'll be over there with the popcorn. -->

>> ^Entropy001:
When in reality the Sherman tank was inferior to the German design.
Well, one could argue that it's more of a difference in the underlying philosophy than quality of engineering. German doctrin was based upon the use of what we now refer to as MBTs (Panzer I-V) while the Brits used infantry tanks (Mathilda, Valentine, Churchill, etc) and cruiser tanks (Cruiser, Crusader, Cromwell, etc), and the US troops deployed infantry tanks (Sherman) and TDs (M10, M18, M36). Once you split breakthrough and exploitation or infantry support and anti-tank warfare into separate vehicles, you're bound to end up with vastly different designs that might draw the short straw more often than not if not used properly.


If you include the lack of resources and manpower in particular, Wehrmacht tanks had to be superior individually, because they were doomed to be inferior numerically. Thus, the US could focus on easier and cheaper production. You don't need Zeiss optics and Krupp steel if you simply aim for number superiority. I'd say both design principles fulfilled their respective roles just fine, even though they could hardly have been more different. Simple, easy to maintain and reliable versus the latest in technology.

The Firefly was nice though, 17pdr was a beast.

Or maybe what I wrote is just a load of cockswallow and the German designs were, in fact, simply superior.

That said, this kitty was one hell of an engineering masterpiece. If they hadn't lost access to rare materials, even the transmission might have worked properly and those buggers wouldn't have broken down every 100km.

Still waiting to see the Panther at Koblenz again, last time was a blast.

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ha!>> ^hugith:

So do your cars.
>> ^Entropy001:
Also, our current tanks still take from the German tank design.

Always remember - the history channel is run by Disney

So do your cars.

>> ^Entropy001:

Also, our current tanks still take from the German tank design.

Your video, This is how the History Channel died, has made it into the Top 15 New Videos listing. Congratulations on your achievement. For your contribution you have been awarded 1 Power Point.

The History Channel is guilty of propaganda.

I was watching a special on World War 2 tanks and they were saying that the Sherman tank was a shining piece of American engineering. When in reality the Sherman tank was inferior to the German design.

Which is certainly why the next tank, which looks like a German tank, was named after Patton.

Also, our current tanks still take from the German design.

Btw, the fact this is in the history channel makes me lol.

>> ^Tingles:

The 2012 phenomenon is pretty funny with the dozens of theories and the 400 History Channel specials.
I don't believe there is some end of the world thing coming. I do, however, just feel that we're building up to something. Economy, Politics, Religion, Population, Energy, Environment and the list goes on; all of it appears to be getting more and more fucked with no signs of the fucked'ness slowing down.
There are so many things today that seem to be on the verge of exploding or imploding into something; things that 10-15 years ago didn't. Maybe it's only because media coverage is so much higher now then back then, and the majority of what the media wants to cover and throw in your face is everything that's wrong in the world.


every generation before us has felt this way
every generation after us will feel this way
when I was a kid, the ATeam TV show KICKED @$$, watching it now? not so much
everything was always better before, and the future always looks bleak
we gloss over the past, and hate the fact that the future isn't ours to inherit, but other's

The 2012 phenomenon is pretty funny with the dozens of theories and the 400 History Channel specials.
I don't believe there is some end of the world thing coming. I do, however, just feel that we're building up to something. Economy, Politics, Religion, Population, Energy, Environment and the list goes on; all of it appears to be getting more and more fucked with no signs of the fucked'ness slowing down.

There are so many things today that seem to be on the verge of exploding or imploding into something; things that 10-15 years ago didn't. Maybe it's only because media coverage is so much higher now then back then, and the majority of what the media wants to cover and throw in your face is everything that's wrong in the world.

Sounds reasonable to me. Polls might be particularly handy for channel owners to ask the community questions regarding their channel.

Even your example regarding the most influential person in human history seems fair enough for the history channel.

I guess what we don't want is lots and lots of pointless, mundane polls created for the hell of it, or to settle petty arguments.

Sorry Dag. I enjoy random polls. I'll start one within the history channel.

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Pardon me.

>> ^ant:
Dang, short video. Would like to see and hear more.


Isn't that kinda the point of History channel doing these? I know it makes me interested in seeing the show.