Comments by "John Burns" (@johnburns4017) on "Panzergrenadiers \u0026 Combined Arms Battalions - Road Diaries 1" video.

  1. The British and Canadians invented the armoured personnel carrier in WW2. This kept infantry losses down substantially improving fighting efficiency. The British could deliver a big blow with fewer men. Over the world the British had a vast army. 2.5 million in the British Indian Army alone.  Mobilization: Across SIX years of war, Britain and its Empire mobilized nine million people into land forces.  This figure excludes auxiliary, naval and air force personnel. Land Forces 1939-45 Australia  751,729 Britain 3,510,309 B. Indian Ocean 6,500 Canada   730,625 Cyprus   30,000  East Africa  200,000 Fiji           3,050 British Guiana 42 Hong Kong  2,200 India   2,455,779  Kenya   98,240 Malaysia  1,500 Nepal   250,280 Newfoundland 4,005 New Zealand  128,905 Nigeria   121,652 Sudan   20,000 South Africa  334,000 Southern Africa 77,767 West Africa  200,000 West Indies  10,000
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  2.  @TheChieftainsHatch  The Kangaroo initially based on the Churchill. Shermans had their turrets removed to just pile men inside. The allies were not short of tanks. The tanks were not as good as German tanks in many cases, but they had lots of them. Montgomery cared for his men under his command, British, Canadian, American, Poles, etc. Casualties were always lighter than American and German armies. Some US casualties were horrendous in WW2: 52,000 in Lorraine, 34,000 at Hurtgen Forest, 1000,000 at the Bulge alone. In the Scheldt, the Canadian casualties were far less than anticipated using Kangaroos. They were first used in Normandy. A Kanagroo was based on a Grant chassis. The Grant was outdated by the time Normandy came along, so those chassis' were rife for conversion. The chassis' were also used for mounting artillery guns on. The best Kangaroo was the converted Churchill. They had side doors and I believe the top was covered on some of them. The Churchill could climb to places no other tank could, like up steep hills and small mountains. The Merritt Brown gearbox assured all that. It could also turn on its axis, so ideal as an armoured personnel carrier. WW1 ended, for the armoured personnel carrier to be used, although invented for the 1919 plan. What amazes me is that the idea was not used for the outbreak of WW2. https://youtu.be/-DjcNZWVa0w
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