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by jcranmer 2647 days ago
> What the "troops" want is not a good variable in understanding what the best method of providing CAS is.

That reminds of a talk I heard by a historian who pointed out that the Sherman tank was actually a better tank than its reputation suggests. While a bigger gun and more armor could have helped, the tank commands actually turned down bigger guns (because they hadn't yet seen tanks that needed them) and providing sufficient armor to actually stop the weapon fire being trained on them may not have been possible with the logistical constraints of the US Army.

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Probably this one by the chieftain "Myths of American Armor"?

https://youtu.be/bNjp_4jY8pY

Same guy, although I don't think that was the precise talk in question.