Re: Russian engineering

DGDevin wrote:
WB wrote:

The Americans tried to float Sherman's ashore at Normandy in

The DD Shermans worked okay provided they weren't launched too far from shore in rougher seas than they were intended to handle. The fact that those used properly made it to shore and helped the infantry break out of the beachhead would seem to indicate it wasn't the design of these "swimming" tanks that was at fault.

True. It was discovered/surmised that tanks that were launched in
areas where they weren't broad sided by tides/waves and swamped
actually did make it ashore, but the German 88's quickly made any
armor on the beach mince meat. At Omaha, Naval ship's
that came in close range to take on pill boxes on a flat trajectory
allowed small teams of men to eventually take the hill by
late morning.


I went to Omaha last summer. It's worth the trip.
Actually, the whole Normandy beach front in over 60 miles long
and still nicely preserved and quiet except for the Americans
that continue to return. Farmers still travel the one lane
roads with cart and horses.

Sadly part of the American character seems to be the NIH
syndrome, i.e. Not Invented Here, in which good equipment and techniques are ignored if they came from somewhere else.


Portions of the Malbury Harbors still sit off the coast there.
Huge cement bridge footings scattered around Sword Beach like
toy blocks. The Americans simply drove huge cargo ships up
to the beach and drove off ... then backed them off ... after
their man made harbor sank.

Still ... Attaching balloons to a 20ton tank .. It's so "British" !



That would explain why the guy I met ages ago who collected such vehicles owned a heavy-equipment rental company....

I don't think I even own a tool that could be used to work
on any of that equipment. My Craftsmen tools seem completely
under rated.

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