1941 American Armoured Divisions/ M-2 Light Tank

[SkibaFelix]

My sincere opinion is that when the Soviets in spite of poor tactics had enough armor to halt the German advance in 1939 or at least turn the quick German blitz into a slow bloody grind, the Soviet infantry was so poorly equiped that it could not evev as little as slow down the German tanks driving around the Soviet tanks and cutting off their supply lines. This needs to be researched, however! In 1939 the Poles observed that the Soviet infantry is underfed and all rifles are on strings!

[SkibaFelix]

@SkibaFelix When Mr. Professor Hunczak said that 3,000 Soviets gave up to the Germans within the 1st year of war and sometimes the Germans would by pass the Soviet colums trying to withdraw and wave at them! A decendant of Russian colonists from Eastern Ukraine got mad! He claimed that his grandfather and his 5 friends used 1 rifle to shoot at Germans.When asked why 1 rifle for 5!? He said that only 2 out of 5 worked from the day that they were issued to them, and after a couple weeks, only 1!

[SkibaFelix]

@SkibaFelix Not 3000, I meant to write 3,000,000!

[SkibaFelix]

In fact both the Poles and the Soviets gave up on the twin turret designs for light and medium tanks as early as 1938. Out of 132 Polish 7--Ton tanks (in reality 10 tons) that fought in 1939 (primarly concentrated in two brigades each of 50 tanks) only 11 were of the obsolete twin turret design, the rest was armed with improved Bofors 37 mm cannon (Polish version 1937). As to the Soviet T-26 only the 1st circa 2,200, and none after 1934, out of circa 11,000 were of twin turret design. T

[SkibaFelix]

@SkibaFelix I am forced to correct myself:

24 were left with twin--turret tanks and 13 single--turret tanks were fitted with better engine, more armor protection and provided the crew with more space. The so-called "9TP's" were at dead even with the German Panzer 3's of 1939.

[scarlebloke]

The tank going through the wooden building is an M2 Medium. It was pretty much obsolete as soon as it appeared so only just over 100 were made. The M3 Lee/Grant vehicle was developed from it.

[ghamdi070]

they make it sound 100 more funner to fight in a tank in this propaganda.

[Panzerwurfer]

stuart is such a nice looking tank, it's just too bad it's gun was so inadequate

[dividednation44]

it was manufactured and intended to be used on any revolting US citizens. hence the many machineguns installed on it.....

[DonMeaker]

@dividednation44 Actually the machine guns were to provide bands of interlocking and overlapping fire to protect against infantry attacks while defending. Other machine guns were to hit a 'deflection plate' and bounce bullets into the bottom of trenches that they crossed, a WWI tactic that ended up not being used in WWII.

And US Citizens are not revolting. I rather like most of them.

[dividednation44]

@DonMeaker oh yeah right, and would you explain the great deppression? M2 tanks were daily patrolling around the white house to thwart off any pissed off people, infact theres even a picture of it as physical proof

[DonMeaker]

@dividednation44 The M-2 was produced in response to a specification. After that, available assets are assigned. You confuse application with design. The Great Depression occurred due to Government intervention in the economy, mostly led by the Fed Reserve (1927 money creation to 'help out' the Bank of England) but continued by Hoover and FDR, whose vigorous actions made it impossible to start a business, or to adapt business to changed conditions. FDR made the depression great

[das81]

nice rip off of german panzers yanks.

[xn117]

ahah it appears the British had high exceptions for us Americans.

[MBguy2008]

Great propaganda flick.

[mustafakhalil]

it's all a game....a game of lives