Band of brothers ep 4
Added 2023-05-15 18:23:38 +0000 UTCComments
The Panzerkampfwagen VI or ‘Tiger’ tank was the premiere German tank of WWII. It was widely feared to the point that reports flooded Allied HQs about them being on the battlefield. The problem is that in the whole course of the war, only 1900 were produced. It was physically impossible for all of them to be Tigers. In contrast, the M-4 Sherman was a lighter, simpler design that could be altered very easily. The factories in America, especially Detroit, went from producing cars before the war to cranking out 49,000 Shermans of all models. The US made enough Sherman’s to supply their own armies in European theater and the Pacific Theater plus export huge numbers to England, Canada, Australia and France. The Tiger was a great tank, to be sure but not so great that it could stand up to 25-1 odds. One of the designers of the Tiger was Ferdinand Porsche. It was much heavier with thicker armor and a much heavier gun than the Sherman but it was slow and it was a very complex machine, lots of moving parts. Anyone who studies engineering or has been to war understands that the more moving parts a machine has, the more ways it can break down in the brutal conditions of battle. It might benefit you to re-imagine a tank. Don’t think of it as a discrete object, just a simple machine parked outside. Think of each tank as the end point of a stream of resources. In order to keep that tank working and advancing across the battlefield, it’s going to need multiple streams of supplies. Throughout its life, the tank will need a small river of gasoline, pools of motor oil, piles of ammunition. It’ll require a supply of rubber parts that’ll get dry and cracked and fall apart like hoses and gaskets and such. The tank will require coils of copper wires, a mountain of automobile batteries and an enormous stack of the standard nuts and bolts that hold the thing together. If any one of those streams is interrupted that monstrous machine turns out to be surprisingly fragile thing. So, how did the Army kill Tigers? Many of them, they didn’t have to. Later in the war Germany was out of everything you needed to keep their tanks running. Lack of fuel or spare parts saw many Tigers abandoned. German tanks’ most common death came from above. More Tigers were killed by Allied fighter pilots that roamed the skies over the front and areas to the rear so effectively that German columns couldn’t move in daylight without being constantly shot up. Even though planes might only shoot machine guns, the speed and height of the plane and the very thin armor on the top of the tank meant that a tank could be put out of commission with a single pass and well aimed fire. Even Tigers that tried hiding under trees were often killed when eagle eyed fighter pilots followed the tanks tracks in the dirt and shot up the spot where the tracks ended.
Lamar Smith
2024-03-24 03:00:56 +0000 UTCand the Tiger is a big tank haha
Cregg Riley
2023-05-24 00:36:11 +0000 UTCSo there's a Tiger there is a Bull... That really cracked me up! 🤣
Veli-Jussi Hirvonen
2023-05-22 08:11:17 +0000 UTCI like how they paid attention to detail because the spoken German of the German soldiers sounded authentic. other than that, yeah, one step closer to the promised tears
Sven
2023-05-16 15:14:23 +0000 UTCThis is a Rifle Company: https://www.custermen.com/ItalyWW2/ArmyOrg/OrgChart/Company.gif This is the regiment (with letters for the Companies): https://www.custermen.com/ItalyWW2/ArmyOrg/OrgChart/Regiment.GIF Army Ranks (Look at Enlisted): https://www.goarmy.com/content/dam/goarmy/downloaded_assets/pdfs/advocates-army-rank.pdf Pictures always help... but maybe you'll get something from these. Clearly I'm busy at work - thanks for entertaining me.
Joe
2023-05-16 06:25:27 +0000 UTCI always have a lot of things I want to explain but I tend to err on the side of caution and simply explain knowledge based things. The feelings of resentment or the benefits of becoming numb in an environment like that in order to do your job are things you can't really explain but I will say that often times you'll see a character being mean and it's not malicious - just a means to cope and sometimes hide fear; cause fear is contageous - it spreads. Can't imagine what any of those boys went through but all war is hell and it's fucked up but they had each other. A common theme in most movies but true in life. Fury does a good job showing this (though not a true story) and I hope one day you watch We Were Soldiers... based on a book my father and grandfather's friend wrote (Joe Galloway) and it just so happens to be my old Unit (before I served in it anyway) ;) ... Really love you're giving this show it's due Madalina, multu miss.
Joe
2023-05-16 06:15:27 +0000 UTCNo clue what ur setup is but basically there are "riders" that work like compressors or limiters but with a slower "human" touch. Still prolly have to tweak but don't have to constantly automate volume manually.
Graeme Miller
2023-05-16 00:01:59 +0000 UTCThere's a few plugins that might make your life a bit easier in terms of automating loudness stuff.
Graeme Miller
2023-05-15 23:57:37 +0000 UTCTiger tank 1 and 2 are the heaviest tanks of ww2. So not a little tank :) The american sherman tank was weaker but the production of the tank was higher then the tiger tanks. Nice reaction Biss!
Chris
2023-05-15 22:16:41 +0000 UTCFlash!!! Since this is 10 episode series, a lot time can be spent with the men of Easy Comonay. If this was a movie, not so much time could be spent getting to know these men. So I'm glad this story was told this way.
Rob Schofield
2023-05-15 21:45:28 +0000 UTCHello Winters! ox love that
Graeme Miller
2023-05-15 21:42:25 +0000 UTCYes i did. There is also another well known young actor that appears later in the series. Don't want to ruin it for anybody so I won't say the name
Michael Aalgaard
2023-05-15 20:47:38 +0000 UTCAnybody notice a young James MacAvoy in this episode. He played private James Miller.
Rob Schofield
2023-05-15 20:44:01 +0000 UTCThis series does have its emotional moments. The worst was when winters and Nixon get killed in that submarine when they struck that mine in antarctic when on that mission to kill Saint Nicholas. Oops my bad SPOILER ALERT
Michael Aalgaard
2023-05-15 20:21:56 +0000 UTCNCO..(Non commissioned officer) Regular guy .......NOT a full commissioned officer Like winters or Nixon
duane
2023-05-15 20:05:04 +0000 UTCTHUNDER! Thanks for an awesome reaction as always Biss, for a future reaction thinking of what you mentioned that you always wanted to be a sniper. Look into the movie " Enemy at the gate from 2001 ". Also based on truth story but with an extra touch. Also a Tiger tank II was the germans best tank. The american tanks are the shermans which was a decent tank but it stood no chance to a Tiger. Problem was the Tigers were extremely expensive to build while the Shermans were on mass production at a much lower cost. Got to love a neighbor with powertools. :) Looking forward to the next episode.
Adde Karlsson
2023-05-15 20:01:34 +0000 UTCDOC Rowe wasn't a Doctor. "DOC" was the nickname given to combat medics in the US Army. I was given the same nickname when I served as a US Navy Corpsman which is the same thing as a army medic. Desmond Doss was an army medic as well.
Michael Aalgaard
2023-05-15 19:22:57 +0000 UTCThe man was color blind and managed to lie his way into the military. Being color blind meant you were 4F medically unfit to serve in the military.
Michael Aalgaard
2023-05-15 19:11:37 +0000 UTCYes lying about your age to serve in WWII was common. Navy Veteran Calvin Leon Graham has the distinction of being the youngest World War II veteran to lie about his age and enlist at the age of 12.
Michael Aalgaard
2023-05-15 19:03:59 +0000 UTCThat man even though he wasn't at Normandy is required to wear that ribbon on his uniform because the unit he is now in Normandy received such a high medal for their actions that all those in the unit are required to wear that ribbon regardless if they were there or not. His action of taking the ribbon off is now in violation of being OUT of uniform and can actually get in trouble for not having the ribbon on. But he has taken the ribbon off in respect for those that had earned the ribbon became did not. Yes its confusing but what I said is 100% accurate I just hope I explained it accurately lol
Michael Aalgaard
2023-05-15 18:58:27 +0000 UTCNCO is a Non commissioned officer. NCOs were the enlisted but were in charge of the lowest of the ranks. Officers were the ones receiving all the salutes and giving all the orders. NCOs ensured all orders given were carried out by themselves and those lower rank enlisted soldiers under their command. NCOs are the backbone of all military services they make stuff happen.
Michael Aalgaard
2023-05-15 18:46:46 +0000 UTC
