Actually, the mega-tank projects that they undertook were mostly abandoned because:
A. They were so heavy they literally sank into the ground
and/or
B. They were so slow they were sitting ducks for artillery
Up-armoring the tracks was one of the great innovations of tanks, and it took ad-hoc explosives rigged up as the first specialized anti-tank mines to get through to them.
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Sendpicsofsandwiches@sh.itjust.works · 23 pts · 1y
Ultimate pettiness from the germans will always be "French invention, manufactured in Germany" written on the aerial flechettes
groet@feddit.org · 0 pts · 1y
This could also be used the other way round. "The Germans can only build things they have stolen from somebody else"
ZealotOfLuna@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 1y
gibmiser@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 1y
HYUCK HYUCK MOTHERFUCKER
PugJesus@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y
TIME FOR THE WARCRIME STICK
Bougie_Birdie@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 1y
Then the Canadians show up with their shovels and frying pans and all hell breaks loose
ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net · 7 pts · 1y
Is there a single page timeline of all these changes?
Like they started building mega tanks but then realized it wasn't working out because land mines would cripple them.
PugJesus@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Actually, the mega-tank projects that they undertook were mostly abandoned because:
A. They were so heavy they literally sank into the ground
and/or
B. They were so slow they were sitting ducks for artillery
Up-armoring the tracks was one of the great innovations of tanks, and it took ad-hoc explosives rigged up as the first specialized anti-tank mines to get through to them.