re: #69 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Some of my favorite time killing videos on YouTube.

Tank building is something you cannot get “right”. Tanks have limitations and traits that mutually cancel each other out (speed vs armor, complexity of design vs ease of production & maintenance, etc.)

Russian friend of mine tells me when he was drafted that the first thing the drill sergeatn told them was: “You know why we won WWII? Because you could service a T-34 with a pair of pliers and some baling wire!”

I play a computer game called “Rule the Waves” which is naval stuff in a 1900-1925 time frame. Ship design is part of it and there is the same weapons/armor/speed balancing act going on there. Plus doing different ship types for different tasks. The sequel “Rule The Waves 2” just came out and the tech now goes to 1950 and includes aircraft and aircraft carrier development. (These games have me reading a lot more naval history now as well.)