James Holland
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
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.
And in moments, in the first 30 seconds, 10 rounds from that Sherman tank had hit the Tiger tank, for 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.
And what that tells you is that experience counts. Training counts. The agility of the Sherman tank also counts. It's a smaller shelf, therefore it's easier to manhandle, which means you can put more in a breech quicker. There's features on a Sherman tank, like it's the first tank to have a gun-stabilizing gyro, which means it's more effective on the move.
And what that tells you is that experience counts. Training counts. The agility of the Sherman tank also counts. It's a smaller shelf, therefore it's easier to manhandle, which means you can put more in a breech quicker. There's features on a Sherman tank, like it's the first tank to have a gun-stabilizing gyro, which means it's more effective on the move.
And what that tells you is that experience counts. Training counts. The agility of the Sherman tank also counts. It's a smaller shelf, therefore it's easier to manhandle, which means you can put more in a breech quicker. There's features on a Sherman tank, like it's the first tank to have a gun-stabilizing gyro, which means it's more effective on the move.
And what that tells you is that experience counts.
Training counts.
The agility of the Sherman tank also counts.
It's a smaller shelf, therefore it's easier to manhandle, which means you can put more in a breech quicker.
There's features on a Sherman tank, like it's the first tank to have a gun-stabilizing gyro, which means it's more effective on the move.
There's also an override switch on the underside of the turret so that the commander, if he just sees something out of the corner of his eye, can immediately start moving the turret before the gunner, who is down in the belly of the turret, can react. There's many different facts of it. But the main fact of all is of 1,347 tigers built, there were 49,000 Shermans.
There's also an override switch on the underside of the turret so that the commander, if he just sees something out of the corner of his eye, can immediately start moving the turret before the gunner, who is down in the belly of the turret, can react. There's many different facts of it. But the main fact of all is of 1,347 tigers built, there were 49,000 Shermans.
There's also an override switch on the underside of the turret so that the commander, if he just sees something out of the corner of his eye, can immediately start moving the turret before the gunner, who is down in the belly of the turret, can react. There's many different facts of it. But the main fact of all is of 1,347 tigers built, there were 49,000 Shermans.
There's also an override switch on the underside of the turret so that the commander, if he just sees something out of the corner of his eye, can immediately start moving the turret before the gunner, who is down in the belly of the turret,