Comments by "Ben Wilson" (@benwilson6145) on "The Drydock - Episode 313" video.

  1. Many ships use heavy low value cargo as ballast. The ports on East Fife has the old houses roofed with red Dutch pantiles taken over from holland by vessels coming to get barrels of fish. All over the former colonies there are slate roof take from quarries in Scotland and Wales. Panamax bulk carries still load crushed rock from GlenSanda Quarry situated off Oban and take it to Houston.
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  2. Perhaps if look back into the history of tanks you will find that the British invented combined arms in the 1930's long before Germany or the USA. The Germans attended the maneuver's as observers and learned from it. The British also invented the first modern tank in WW2, the Centurion, a way superior to any other tank and the model for the modern MBT.
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  3. I think that a bit of research will show that just as O’Connor defeat of the Italians in North Africa, this was replicated by Montgomerie’s vulture like destruction of Rommel’s Africa Corp in North Africa. Rommels failure to follow the combined armour doctrine is shown after the Africa’ Corp defeat at Mareth/Medenine, this was described by a Major in the Royal Tank Regiment (David Belchem), later to be the youngest Major General in the British Army) as. The three Panzer Divisions had such overwhelming success at Kasserine that their leaders and advisors were overconfident. They did not concern themselves with diversionary tactics, they adopted a phalanx type attack, demanding each division create a breach in the Eighth Army positions. Further research will show that Centurions of the Indian Army destroyed The US Armour of the Pakistani's. The Centurions of the Israeli Army destroyed the Panzers of the Syrian Army and later the Russian tanks also.
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  4. You cannot armour the superstructure, its too heavy
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