tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891119298493688249.post5860963827084975975..comments2023-03-21T23:27:43.281+08:00Comments on Allied Tanks and Combat Vehicles of World War II: “Fortress Tank”Mitch Williamsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14692138354674511017noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891119298493688249.post-75057831575713419642018-01-06T15:03:19.793+08:002018-01-06T15:03:19.793+08:00This vehicle realized, more than any other, Winsto...This vehicle realized, more than any other, Winston Churchill's "Landship" paradigm. So much about it was revolutionary; the multiple man turret, the ability to ford most streams and creeks (which was incumbent on such a heavy AFV), onboard radio link with higher command. Arming the big turret with a "Soisant Cans" gun, tried and true, with a good spread of ammunition types already in production, put the design far ahead of anyone else. In the minds of WW1 era thinkers (and dreamers) it sometimes loomed large. By WW2, however, it was dated, much like the similarly fantastic Surcouf Submarine Cruiser. Still imagine a company of Panzers One and Two advancing across a field, only to run into three or four of these monsters lurking at the treeline?Wild Bill Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11140781234585227165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891119298493688249.post-75959086538317995242017-11-20T13:03:27.444+08:002017-11-20T13:03:27.444+08:00"It was to be sent to the south by rail trans..."It was to be sent to the south by rail transport." - That must have been one very, very heavy train!Graham Claytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09182805428889776703noreply@blogger.com