Comments by "Adam Bainbridge" (@AdamMGTF) on "Germany's most feared tank destroyer" video.

You know, on the internet I read this sort of thing all the time. But you never read about how awe inspiring the Lancaster was compared to the JU88. How astonishing the number of Sherman's shipped across the Atlantic is in comparison to how few German tanks managed to get to Africa across a few miles of Mediterranean. Or how the VT fuse was a massive feat of engineering put into a shell in comparison to the 88 anti aircraft gun. Which of these shot down more aircraft/caused aircraft to alter their 'runs'? Let's not delve into radar. ASDIC. The atom bomb. The Merlin engine. The mosquito (churned out of furniture shops -HG 🤣) the tall boy/grand slam. The convoy protection systems and tactics. The efforts of bletchly park (including the first computers). It seems to me. The allies technology really deserves much more awe and admiration
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@maxkronader5225 I don't disagree. But I have to wonder. How many German designs are seen as impressive/awe inspiring/scary because they were nazi designed? It's a phycological question, not a historical one. But worth considering. I think the Volksshall and the Nuremberg platz are good examples of this. Had they been built by the Romans or Greeks. We'd probably see them as a positive. Like Westminster Abbey, the arch de triumph or the Lincoln memorial. But when you see them in old films (in the case of Nurembergs rally's) or in CGI (on man in the high castle for the Volksshall)... They are impressive and even scary. Certainly spine tingling.
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@Teutonic Nobility I wasn't trying to minimise German advances and not was I intending to be petty (and I don't think I was being petty). The Nazi system managed to produce a few technical weapons that were impressive. But the system largely suppressed innovation (Shierer has some very interesting insights into the way the system basically made it impossible to advance in a way that made the most of German engineering talent). It's worth noting. Bismarck and Tirpitz were terrible designs from an engineering standpoint. Worth reading Norman Freedman's stuff. The design wasted tonnage like it was going out of fashion. It was in efficient and the design of the radar sensors and the anti aircraft fire control were terrible. This of course can be forgiven given the Germans lost 15 years of capital ship design. But it's very confusing why people now seem to think they were amazing ships. They were very much not. The V2 was incredible. A real feat of engineering. Especially as it was produced when the Reich was in decline. As a final aside. The most impressive thing the Germans managed in the area of weapons engineering and production was in actually producing weapons in volume and (until the final months) in good quality and quantity. And of course development of erzatz replacements. It's a reason Speers efforts were considered miracles. I hope that was helpful?
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