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Turns out IWM's 3 minute vid on Jagdpanther by Delaney was JUST an EDIT of an 11 MINUTE monstrosity!
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BUCKLE UP /1
#WW2 #SWW #History
First off, all my comments/facts in this thread stand.
That is important to remember.
So a huge amount is fundamentally misunderstood & confused. /2
He "that great combination of firepower... and the proven Panther tank chassis that is reliable and very well defended... the tank destroyer the German Army of the Second World War."
No.
Armoured triangle, but top trumps NONSENSE analysis. /3
He is still wrong about how tank destroyers are classified & basically states that according to his definition StuH is a tank destroyer etc, and other AFVs are not.
See prev thread on this... /4
Delaney states it's 'it become a very reliable gun platform, the best tank destroyer of the German army of the Second World War.'
This is the second time the phrase is stated.
Other AFVs are more effective than Jagdpanther. It is hard to know what to do with this. /5
Use of veteran testimony to push how fantastic it is.
A hugely complex topic, which is solely explored to push this 'greatest' view. /6
His Normandy coverage is dire.
Done in Land Warfare Hall no less, right by the very tired Normandy exhibition.
Lots of generic incorrect waffle in the 'Normandy' chunk, and it's first used mid-July 44 - not at the end. /7
Most surprising is how IWM ummm... have no clue who the Jagdpanther belonged to.
Also they think there are just two contestants, which shows real naivety.
There are other ways to ID AFVs than just date stamps.
Anyway. /8
Is it 'apex of the tank destroyer design'?
No.
Bovington's content is immeasurably better, but this racked up 26k views.
I am alarmed that IWM views such flawed, factoidal content as remotely acceptable. /9
ESPECIALLY
When their privileged position holding ALL the damn footage needed to make top quality WW2 content is so greedily hoarded.
We increasingly need a serious discussion about IWM's locking down of expired Crown Copyright images & film, to perhaps push monopoly. /end
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