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Mar 27 |
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How was the United States able to produce excellent tanks in 1942? @jwenting - Here is a great forum post on the operational history of the Israeli "Super Sherman" I ran into while googling around for something else: ww2incolor.com/forum/showthread.php/… |
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Mar 27 |
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How was the United States able to produce excellent tanks in 1942? @jwenting - Interesting to note that the French Char B2 could take out 5-8 Panzers, it was a real monster tank, but the mobility, reliability and sheer numbers of German armor overwhelmed them. The Nazis then went ahead and made the same mistake - slow, expensive vs. quick and cheap. |
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Mar 27 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Mar 27 |
answered | How was the United States able to produce excellent tanks in 1942? |
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Mar 22 |
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Battle of Seattle @MarkC.Wallace - Side with them or not, it was a watershed event for the far left - sort of like asking about how the 2009 Tea Party Protests were organized on the right side of the equation - and an important part of recent American history =and= Internet history, as it was where Indymedia came into its own. I had no trouble understanding what was being asked, and the question is now much improved. |
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Mar 21 |
answered | Battle of Seattle |
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Mar 20 |
answered | At the Battle of Zama, was the Roman army more “native” than the Carthaginian? |
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Mar 19 |
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When were swords last used in European warfare? @Nathan Cooper - Bayonets are pole-arms, not swords, sadly - they were designed to turn a musket into an impromptu pike. Pikes require less training, and operate more efficiently with soldiers fighting shoulder to shoulder than a sword. Bayonets are still used to turn a rifle into a (very short) pike, not a sword. So, it would be the last battle involving spearmen. |
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Mar 19 |
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Historical use of alcohol as a source of clean water @Mark C. Wallace - Well, they make the claim it was to make the beverage safe by killing bacteria, but they don't source it. I'm beginning to think it's a bit of "common knowledge" some of those writing on the topic haven't actually verified. |
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Mar 13 |
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What advantages have motorized infantry enjoyed over standard infantry besides speed? @Anixx - They use them a bit differently as of late; often patrols will be done entirely inside an AFV of some description, usually an armored humvee or MRAP. |
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Mar 8 |
reviewed | Approve suggested edit on Contemporary opinions on Caliph Omar's burning of the library of Alexandria? |
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Mar 7 |
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Gender Color Association: When did boys become blue and girls pink? This does not answer the question adequately. It provides neither time-table nor cultural background for the (very strong) current gender association with color, and offers instead scattershot anecdotes. Sometimes even well-sourced Wikipedia articles are not up to standard. |
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Mar 6 |
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What advantages have motorized infantry enjoyed over standard infantry besides speed? Another drawback is that they can isolate the soldiers from the battlefield - they can neither observe nor react as effectively as they could on foot. |
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Mar 1 |
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Was the Minoan civilization warlike? added 13 characters in body |
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Mar 1 |
answered | Was the Minoan civilization warlike? |
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Feb 22 |
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How did a nomadic minority group the Manchus come to rule over China? @T.E.D. - And yet it was usually the peasants with pointy sticks who did the most damage - Martel at Tours, Richard the Lionhearted vs. Saladin, Swiss Pikemen - western cavalry was always a bit crap, even in antiquity, but its heavy infantry usually matched up well. |
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Feb 22 |
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How did a nomadic minority group the Manchus come to rule over China? @Ted - There were a lot of Chinese defectors; POWs and refugees from the rebellions. Musketry didn't really play much of a part in 17th century China, tho they did use artillery. |
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