Yankee Doodle went to Europe

Yankee Doodle went to Europe
Riding on a Sherman
Put a round straight through his hull
And watched him as he's burning

Yankee Doodle is on fire
Yankee Doodle's burning
Yankee Doodle burns all night
Until it's in the morning...

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if only someone made a dumb poem about how much easier to maintain, repair, and transport the sherman was

You know there was a Tiger I that was knocked out by a Greyhound armored car right?

Drove up right behind him and kept slamming AP shells into its engine bay until one of them penetrated and set it on fire.

>busts one transmission every mile
BEST TANK OF THE WAR GUYS

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ITT: Americans that cant handle 1 ounce of banter

>OP bants
>anons bant back
>OP immediately gives in like a bitch
>"f-f-fucking yanks can't handle the bants"

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Why is everyone so obsessed with the Tiger? It's always the Tiger. Not the Panther, not the STuG III, not any of the weird ass tank destroyers Germany made, it's always the fucking Tiger.

you need to up your bait game there hans

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Who would win 3 kangniggers manned by elite german retards vs 1 t3485 and a bush

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>just a picture with not effort in humor
>banter
I thought you fags are brits are denial

It's simple.The Tiger overwhelmed the allies in ways the other german tanks couldn't even dream of.
> 88mm gun can dispatch even the most troublesome allied tanks
> side armor can only be penetrated by russians/american tanks at 300/600 m

So,lets picture 2 ambush scenarios:
> Tiger vs T-34
T-34 opens fire at 400m on the side armor.Tiger turns and explodes T-34.T-34 gunner escapes and tells everyone "Tiger stronk!"
> KT vs T-34 85
T-34 opens fire at 800m.KT blows up.T-34 Commander becomes Hero of the Soviet Union

>Tiger Tank went up a hill, smoke from its transmission
>Hans turned around a made a frown, it’s transmission exploded

>Hans fixed it up and turned it on, it resulted in ignition
>Hans bailed from the tank, and hit the ground, his tank had failed its mission

is terror effect from an impressive, but ultimately costly and inefficient weapon really worth praise?
it cost as much as 10 AT guns, which would kill more tanks than the tiger overall
unlike, say, a stug III or panzer IV, the tiger was built primarily for tank killing and this is a bigger opportunity cost than it would be for a stug

shouldn't we praise less glamourous, but more cost effective weapons like the panzer IV, stug III instead?

I dunno.German situation was fucking nuts.They lacked oil,men and industry.

The Tiger may seem to be a waste of resources,but maybe it was trading one thing Germany could throw away for one they couldn't.

Autist Euro went to Jow Forums
He’s intent on trolling
But his country doesn’t matter
So I’ll keep on scrolling

You know how anti-vaxxers act? Here on Jow Forums we have Tigers are invulnerable and Shermans catch on fire and all from one poorly written and error filled book.

>>>Cooper’s indictment of the Sherman tank’s inferiority compared to the heavier German Panther and Tiger tanks ignores many important facts. First, the Sherman was designed for mass production and this allowed the Allies to enjoy a 4-1 superiority in numbers. Second, fewer than 50% of the German armor in France in 1944 were Tigers or Panthers. Third, if the German tanks were as deadly as Cooper claims, why did the Germans lose 1,500 tanks in Normandy against about 1,700 Allied tanks? Indeed, Cooper claims that the 3AD lost 648 Shermans in the war, but the division claimed to have destroyed 1,023 German tanks. Clearly, there was no great kill-ratio in the German favor, and the Allies could afford to trade tank-for-tank. Finally, if the Sherman was such a “death trap,” why did the US Army use it later in Korea or the Israelis use it in the 1967 War?

OP is a troll
knowledgeglue.com/dispelling-myths-surrounding-m4-sherman/

critical thinking and research aren't your friend, eh?

Remember how Shermans wiped the floor with Panthers when they fought? I do, Hans.

That was actually a Tiger II in fact, but the reality is it doesn't matter how big or powerful your tank is, a proper ambush can and will do it in. Hitler youth in berlin slaughtered multiple IS-2's, America's M26 got wiped frontally by a tiger 1, and a single T-34 solo'd 3 tiger II's by hiding in hay bales.

If the Sherman and Nazi germany was so great. Why did they lose the war?

Germany can’t win one world war.

>busts one transmission every mile
What is a stupid meme by stupid people. They more often ran out of gas thanks to the kraut's dwindling supplies than suffered mechanical break down, the jagdtiger being the exception to the rule.

>why did the Germans lose 1,500 tanks in Normandy against about 1,700 Allied tanks?
what is carpet bombing, cas, and artillery.

>but the division claimed to have destroyed 1,023 German tanks
"claimed"

>If the Sherman and Nazi germany was so great. Why did they lose the war?
Better question. Why do Jow Forums circle jerk over might is right yet bitch about Nazi Germany, Rhodesia and confederate states losing? By the logic of might makes right. They are culturally and militarily weaker and were in the wrong.

tank vs tank action was always the exception, not the rule

the battle of arracourt and the battle of the bulge were rare cases when the US airforce was grounded and tanks were forced to fight other tanks
in these cases, mixed battalions of M4 75s, M4 76s, M10s, M18s, and in the later case M36s fought agaisnt stug iiis, pz IVs panthers, tigers, and in the latter king tigers

US losses in such cases were 1.45 lost to 1 german vehicle
so, from a strategic perspective, the tanks were nearly equal, with the shermans managing to go almost 1v1 against larger vehicles

>T-34 solo'd 3 tiger II's by hiding in hay bales.
source? you mean t-34-85?

>germans overwhelming allies
ok lol

The brits put a big gun on the sherm and it was all good, it doesn't matter who has the bigger tank, whoever gets the first hit wins. M4s running into an ambush? Lose. Tigers running into an ambush? Lose.

More research has been done on the Greyhound Vs Tiger story and there's no possible way it was a Tiger or Tiger II. Thus it was likely a late model Pz IV. It's still amazing that a fucking Greyhound could knock out a tank at all. Driving right up behind an enemy tank and shooting him in the ass at point blank range is something I thought only happened in World Of Tanks.

Although I suppose the Greyhound was originally envisaged as a wheeled tank destroyer, a role it actually fulfilled in the Pacific where the 37mm was still plenty good for penetrating Japanese armor.

Even if it was one for one it's not bad. In defense the attacker had better be prepared to lose more than the defender. As a aside after battles the allies actually had people out studying killed vehicles and such. Most of the vehicles kills post D-Day are probably pretty accurate. One of the interesting results of the studies were how poor air power was at killing tanks of any nation outside of very specific events.

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>Be Stug
>Given handmedown bodywork of PZ III to save the fatherland the resources it desperately needs
>Receive "standard" 75mm gun that can kill about everything I will encounter
>Crew is inexperienced, but my transmission can weather their abuse
>Be frugal with gasoline, because it's now in short supply and every gallon saved can be used to keep the crew warm at night
>Start even in the coldest soviet winters whilst other tanks have their wheels stuck with mud and require lengthy startup procedures, proudly roar my little engine to let the soldiers know I've got their back, always ready for duty
>Keep my chosen crew safe with my low silhouette and strong frontal armor, two months ago they gave me some clothing in the form of sideskirts!
>Served with every unit, from the basic infantry to the most glamorous elite units, because I know it's not badges or uniforms, but the warrior's heart that makes a good soldier
>Be deployed as an assault gun, tank killer, infantry supporter and even as a regular tank when nothing else was available
>Refuse to give up even as the allied tanks now have bigger guns and more armor than me
>My sisters keep rolling off the assembly lines even at the end of the war

>70 years later everyone is getting wet at the thought of a bitch that required constant part changes, sucked the gas pools dry, threw a hissy fit and blew her transmission if the driver didn't shift with perfect timing, needed all kinds of expensive jewelry during production to drive up her own costs for a minimal increase in battlefield performance and would only allow herself to be crewed by the most elite divisions
>Meanwhile the trusty, reliable girl who served diligently and never complained is parked in a corner of the museum, passed by unknowing tourists on their way to the Tiger, never given a second look

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>Cheer up soldier! You may have burned to crisp alive, but think about the easy maintenance of your tuna c- I mean tank.
>Send in the 5th wave, those Tigers will run out of ammo eventually.

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The second T-34, commanded by Igor Ivanovic, who shoots the first T-34 in the bush in a drunken rage.

Fuckin kek, saving.

While you were getting bogged down on your 15km drive to the battlefield I was being transported across the globe
While you blew your 7th crankshaft and needed transport back to the factory I had my transmission changed in half an hour
While you were abandoned for a small malfunction I got my crew through Africa, Italy and Germany without a single breakdown
While you bragged about your 88 I used tactics and experience to overcome every challenge
While you overloaded every bridge and trailer in the western front, and needed a train network to get around I drove from Normandy to Berlin on my own tracks

And now that the Reds are at your door and all of your parts have worn out, you dare come to me for help?

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>In the autumn of 1942, for instance, heavy Tiger tanks were committed for the first time in the Russian theater. The production of extra parts for this tank had been neglected to the extent that only 1 spare engine and 1 spare transmission were produced for every 10 tanks. Within a short time almost all of the new Tiger tanks were lost or deadlined because of lack of parts.
>Instead of simplifying the design of the engine, Maybach continued to turn out new, improved series, so that eventually a tremendous variety of spare parts was required for the repair of the tank engines.

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Well what can you real expect, most ww2 buffs only ever really care about the Cool tanks, planes and tactical side of things. Its why self propelled artillery gets overlooked and people never really bother much with logistics and grand strategy other than actual historians and megaautists.

So of course the StuG IIII, Germany's most produce armored vehicle during the war, gets overlooked.

Considering how strained German supply lines were in USSR its doubtful if spare parts could have even made to the front.

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DADADADAH DADADADAH DUHDA DUHDA DUHDA

I heard that the U.S. Ordnance Department was aware of the Sherman being a 'Tommy Cooker', and attempted to implement various measures to address this issue. The design team was lead by Sheldon Rosenstein, a convicted child-beater, arsonist, and avid necrophiliac. Sheldon was reportedly pen-pals with Shiro Ishii, and Oskar Dirlewanger. When questioned about these letters outgoing to hostile countries, Sheldon replied that he was merely exchanging 'tips and tricks'. Sheldon's team designed a mechanism that would lock the crew hatches shut, thus trapping the crew, when smoke was detected inside the sherman after being penetrated and set alight. Not only that, but apparently there was also a following feature that was a re-take on the Brazen Bull. When the crew was burning to death, their screams would be amplified by speakers that projected outside the tank. The U.S. Ordnance Department justified these features by proclaiming that the Germans would be frightened by the hellish screams of the sherman crews being incinerated, and allied soldiers would be more motivated to fight hard, lest the same fate befall them. Sheldon also later devised a system that had a 1 in 59 chance of setting off an explosive charge in the ammunition storage every time the Sherman's engine was turned on. Supposedly, this was to 'test the crew's luck before battle'. This innovation was well-received by the U.S. Army, but was rejected for budgetary reasons. Upon receiving news of the Army's rejection, Sheldon bludgeoned his manservant to death with a fire iron in a fit of unstoppable rage. Years after the war, Sheldon tragically died in a fire, which he had started in a New York orphanage.

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Mhm. The funnies thing about logistics the report noted, was that on supply-depots fights occasionally broke out over rare parts when a train arrived, with trucks being immediately called by "representatives" of different units to collect the "spoils".

Oh, and the source is: "Historical Study, German Tank Maintenance in World War 2, June 1954" by the Department of the Army.

Germany lost the war because it's economy and military was dependent upon Oil imports which ceased after the Royal Navy's blockade. When Hitler decided to invade the USSR to seize the oil fields of the caucuses so he would be able to successfully prosecute a war against Britain, Halder and the general staff quietly changed Barbarossa to prioritize Moscow over the Caucuses. When Barbarossa ultimately did occur there was only enough oil left for about 3 months of offensive operations along the entire front, German supply lines would start to break down after advancing couple hundred km into the USSR (as per Wagner's predictions), and the Red Army failed to collapse by September of 1941.

>supply-depots fights occasionally broke out
Not surprising, there was a good deal of fighting within Army Group center during the Battle of Smolensk between 2nd Panzer Group and 9th Army because there was only enough supplies for one Army to continue advancing.

US Armor had the fewest losses of just about anybody both in terms of percentage and totals.

Don't forget the greyhound had a 37mm prewar gun.

Stug is cool in all, but turretless tanks are better on defense and lack in the breakthrough and exploitation deparment.

>Muh Tiger
>Muh tommie cooker
>Muh Ronsons
Didnt keep the allies from crossing the Rhine and it didnt keep the commies out of berlin

Let's look at germanys embarrassing military record and the American one; Germans have lost most of the wars they fought. The worst part is that krauts are the ones that start fights but can never finish them

They did catch the Allies by surprise in the Battle Of The Bulge, and actually inflicted America's greatest casualties in the European theater.
Which isn't saying THAT much because they still got their asses pounded soon after.

I was just about to post this.

It Get's Knocked Out
But it's gets Up Again
You're never going to keep it down

It Get's Knocked Out
But it's gets Up Again
You're never going to keep it down

Cope germanoid

>Keep zerg rushing the enemy until they run out of bullets
>1 German outpost creates 100 Russian corpses +10 slower ones who were shot by the commissar
>This is a good tactic
Coping red cuckold.
And I guess you would gladly charge at the front line with minimal ammo, right?

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>this is what wehraboo cucks believe

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>if i keep regurgitating the same myths over and over again it'll be true for real
stay mad youtube.com/watch?v=_7BE8CsM9ds&

I think the tactics of the Red Army were often a monstrous waste of life, but that's just what happens under socialism.
That doesn't change that you still not being the strongest in the end, no matter how valiantly and/or dirty you did fight.