James Holland

I mean, I think it's fair to say, you know, we're fans of the Sherman.

You know, tanks are incredibly complex things and you want to keep those complex things as simple as you possibly can.

And that's where the Sherman, you know, wins huge amounts of points.

It's mechanically reliable, which is a huge asset in the battlefield because the battlefield is incredibly robust.

And in Normandy, you've either got mud and wet and dots of grass and, you know, all the rest of it.

Or you've got it really, really dry and it's really dusty.

And all these things that kind of make it, you know, that can affect your mechanical reliability, its durability.

But the simplicity of the Sherman can weather all that.

It's a bit like the simplicity of the AK-47, which is just very loose.

It's not a precision weapon or anything, but it can take a lot of crap.

You know, it can take a lot of sort of dust and grit in the breech and all the rest of it.

And this is the same principle with the Sherman.

And the gun stabilising gyro, what that means is when you're on the move, it's incredibly difficult to fire accurately because you're bouncing up and down, you know, over rough ground or whatever.

But the gun stabilising gyro helps counteract that.

And it is the only tank

in the war at this stage that has that.

And certainly no Germans.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Yes, yes, yes.

And the point is most people in America can drive.