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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Hour by Hour: Showdown in Normandy
After 5 DAYS of intense action as Second Army attempted to envelop Panzergruppe West... tanks stop rolling, lines are refortified & both sides lick their wounds.
Our story will focus on the kink of the line at the BOTTOM, by Èvrecy.
This spur was hard won during Operation Greenline, as 15th Scottish & 53rd Welsh Divisions attempted to through through the blasted market town & reach the Orne.
II SS-Panzerkorps put paid to that plan. /2
The minuscule crossroads of Le Bon Repos sat near the bottom of Hill 113, allowing British FOOs to peer over the flank of Hill 112 & direct observation accordingly into II SS-Panzerkorps rear areas.
Second Army's massive offensive to destroy Panzergruppe West further expands to two Corps (XII and XXX) w. 4 Divisions involved in 3 Operations; Greenline, Pomegranate, & Cormorant.
Troubling reports reach Army Group B's Headquarters that some form of breakout looms.
Luftflotte III readies every available fighter and pilot, cancelling all rest and maintenance, to throw in a mega counter-strike. /2
One snapshot sees a massive armoured engagement swirling between the villages of Gavrus & Bougy as 153 'Essex' RAC's Churchills duke it out with 9th SS-Panzer's Panthers and StuGs at close range...
Will Panzergruppe West... and by extension Army Group B, survive? /thread
Special Interrogation Report
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Generalleutnant Edgar Feuchtinger commander of 21st Panzer Division in Normandy
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What does he have to say???
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A brief thread on Sir Tasker Watkins' VC action in 1944.
It's undeniable that Sir Tasker is one of the greatest Welshmen of the 20th Century, but there remains no biography & description of his VC action is just lazy copypasta of the original citation. /1 #WW2#SWW#History
So first off, there are two slightly variant citations kicking about - with one different phrasing on display at Ashcroft's gallery at IWM.
The original eye witness statements have been lost by MOD, are currently not at Kew & god-knows where.
Here is one of the variants. /2
In addition several other crucial files relating to Welsh soldiers were lost by MOD.