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James Holland

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
4177 total appearances

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Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

Soon as he saw the Tiger tank, he just said fire.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

That armor piercing round did not penetrate the Tiger tank.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

It was never going to.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

But what it did do is it hit the gun mantlet, which is a bit of reinforced steel that you have just as the barrel is entering the turret.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

And that caused spalling, which is the little shards of little bits of molten metal, which then hit the driver of the Tiger tank in the head.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

And that caused spalling, which is the little shards of little bits of molten metal, which then hit the driver of the Tiger tank in the head. And he was screaming, you know, gotten him or whatever. And, you know, we couldn't really see. The moment they got hit, the commander of the Tiger tank retreated into the turret of the Tiger. The moment you retreat into a turret, you can't see.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

And that caused spalling, which is the little shards of little bits of molten metal, which then hit the driver of the Tiger tank in the head. And he was screaming, you know, gotten him or whatever. And, you know, we couldn't really see. The moment they got hit, the commander of the Tiger tank retreated into the turret of the Tiger. The moment you retreat into a turret, you can't see.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

And that caused spalling, which is the little shards of little bits of molten metal, which then hit the driver of the Tiger tank in the head. And he was screaming, you know, gotten him or whatever. And, you know, we couldn't really see. The moment they got hit, the commander of the Tiger tank retreated into the turret of the Tiger. The moment you retreat into a turret, you can't see.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

And he was screaming, you know, gotten him or whatever.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

And, you know, we couldn't really see.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

The moment they got hit, the commander of the Tiger tank retreated into the turret of the Tiger.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

The moment you retreat into a turret, you can't see.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

You can see because you've got periscopes, but your visibility is nothing like as good as it is when you've got your head above the turret. Immediately after that, the armor-piercing round from the Sherman tank was repeated by a number of high-explosive rounds, which are rounds which detonate, have a little minor charge. Then there's a second charge, which creates lots of smoke.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

You can see because you've got periscopes, but your visibility is nothing like as good as it is when you've got your head above the turret. Immediately after that, the armor-piercing round from the Sherman tank was repeated by a number of high-explosive rounds, which are rounds which detonate, have a little minor charge. Then there's a second charge, which creates lots of smoke.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

You can see because you've got periscopes, but your visibility is nothing like as good as it is when you've got your head above the turret. Immediately after that, the armor-piercing round from the Sherman tank was repeated by a number of high-explosive rounds, which are rounds which detonate, have a little minor charge. Then there's a second charge, which creates lots of smoke.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

You can see because you've got periscopes, but your visibility is nothing like as good as it is when you've got your head above the turret.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

Immediately after that, the armor-piercing round from the Sherman tank was repeated by a number of high-explosive rounds, which are rounds which detonate, have a little minor charge.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

Then there's a second charge, which creates lots of smoke.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

And in moments, in the first 30 seconds, 10 rounds from that Sherman tank had hit the Tiger tank before the Tiger tank had unleashed a single round itself. And... The crew then surrendered. So you didn't need to destroy the Tiger tank. You just need to stop it operating. If it hasn't got a crew, it's just a chunk of metal that's inoperable. So that's all you need to do.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

And in moments, in the first 30 seconds, 10 rounds from that Sherman tank had hit the Tiger tank before the Tiger tank had unleashed a single round itself. And... The crew then surrendered. So you didn't need to destroy the Tiger tank. You just need to stop it operating. If it hasn't got a crew, it's just a chunk of metal that's inoperable. So that's all you need to do.