James Holland
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Yeah.
And it's based on the same principle.
The only thing that's different is the steering.
So the steering is and the brakes are with levers.
So you're breaking off one side to make it turn up another way.
But otherwise, you know, it's got a clutch.
It's got a throttle.
It's got a synchromesh gearbox, which goes four forward, one back.
It just couldn't be easier.
I mean, literally anyone who can drive a car can get into a Sherman and drive it.
It's not more complicated.
And it's an incredibly effective... Yeah, and it's got a velocity which exceeds the 88mm of the Pac-36.
It's a Pac-43.
So it can do 3,200 feet per second.
Definitely flying a flag for Team GB.
Yeah, that's pretty good.
So it's worth just reminding everyone that we judge the scale of armies in the Second World War by divisions.
You know, scale of armies has reduced massively, which is why people tend to talk in terms of brigades these days.
Basically, there's kind of three brigades to a division.
That's the idea.