Comments by "Zetectic" (@zetectic7968) on "Military History Visualized" channel.

  1. You could say the stick grenade was more photogenic 😁 I had an "Action Man" doll as a kid and the German uniform came with a potato masher: easier to fit in the hand grip and less likely to be lost.
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  2. In English there is a saying "How long is a piece of string?" It depends on the criteria and situations differ. When I was young it was how good Rommel was in North Africa and it wasn't until Mongomery arrived that Britain had a good general to fight & beat him (no mention of the RAF support). Come forward to more recent years and it comes out about Enigma decrypts & how the British were able to attack the Afrika Korp's supply convoys that of course allowed the 8th Army et al to gain the advantage. Very interesting discussion. Thanks 👍
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  3. RUSI is pretty good at analysis & Jack Watling often pops up on the radio(BBC) to give his thought about military matters. Thanks for the video, very interesting. No getting away from the eye in the sky.
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  4. British repeat the mistake of the Germans at Stalingrad by bombing the monastery. British did not learn from this mistake & repeated it at Caen ☹ So much for the soft under-belly of Europe.
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  5. I doubt it as hardliners were in charge both in the USSR & DDR. The change under Gorbachev was short lived and Putin stopped all reforms and returned to the Cold War narrative.
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  6. Very interesting, I was unaware that these existed. I thought Hummel were ceramic figurines
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  7.  @Bullet-Tooth-Tony-  I should have made it clear that it was a myth that Montgomery was the best & only general to beat Rommel
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  8. With the war in Ukraine it seems the Russian have lost a lots of armoured vehicles already, from tanks to APC. Whether it is poor usage by the Russians or better tactics and anti-tank weapons of the Ukrainians time will tell.
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  9. Thanks for an interesting video. I wasn't aware that SPGs were that common in WW2. I'm not sure if the British had them & they don't seem to appear in war movies.
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  10. This variety of effectively the same vehicle could be an exercise in reinventing the wheel. It just made life so much more difficult to source spares and to repair vehicles.
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  11. You could say the stick grenade was more photogenic 😁
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  12. Use as a training vehicle and second line support is surely better than not having them it would also reduce the demand for ammunition.
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  13.  @MilitaryHistoryVisualized  😉
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  14. Interesting to see how it developed & what a contrast to the British PIAT
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  15.  @jrd33  It seems a bit Heath-Robinson being spring loaded and needing a fair bit of strength to cock it. The other problem was the small warhead needed you to get suicidally close for it to be effective.
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  16.  @jrd33  That maybe so but the charge was small and it had a tendency to either bounce off or skip from the tank armour. The PIAT was very heavy about 70lbs. Compare to the Bazooka & Panzerfaust it was the worst performer
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  17. Good anti-tank gun but a PITA to use effectively.
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  18.  @stevepirie8130  I did not know that. Thanks for the info
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  19. With the possibility of 5 shells on target at once not so much the shout of "incoming!" more "hello Saint Peter"
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  20. Dieppe Raid very poorly planned & executed = fiasco. Its not as if the UK is lacking in shingle beaches to have tested the tank upon. As usual the Brits had a persistent habit of putting weak guns on their tanks. Interesting video 👍
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  21. TLDR, too heavy & underpowered. Look good on paper but is a white elephant.
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  22.  @zanzan2738  Or just being a Russian troll
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  23.  @SirAntoniousBlock  Heard of it but never played it.
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  24.  @SirAntoniousBlock  I will have to look where to find it. Thanks!
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  25. Thanks for an interesting update.analysis
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