David Vaughan

Armchair lieutenant. Opinions, views and interpretations of events should not be taken as facts. Retweets are simply things to ponder.

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@DrHelenFry Litzi's Obituary;
https://t.co/I5939NMBRC

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@DrHelenFry The randomness of who dies, giving orders that lead to comrades' death whilst you live....

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@heikihenken Princip fired two shots: one killed the Archduke and the other his wife.
So many things went wrong for the Duke and his wife that day, including his driver not being told the new route & his team turning down soldiers to guard the route out ( as they didn't have dress uniforms).

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@EchoesofWarYT Great thread.

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@EchoesofWarYT Lew repeated his mistake at Gettysburg....

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@VoicesofWW2 Soldier in the foreground is holding a Sten Mk3, quite unusual. Less reliable than the Mk2.

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@DannyDrinksWine This clip may also have influenced Jackson with the opening scenes of The Fellowship of the Ring.

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@AncientHistorry @grok What happened to Gordion III

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@reno4242 @_The_Prophet__ @grok what does this post mean in simple language?

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@lennylaw I like the Cromwell but its 75mm gun was not a good late war gun vs German heavy tanks. That's why Fireflies were deployed with them, and the Comet introduced.
A late war Sherman with a 76mm gun, sloped armour and wet storage was better than a Cromwell.

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@Tank_Archives Leading to the question, what did they ignore?

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@InsiderGeo @grok is this true?

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@VoicesofWW2 I never understood whether Kangaroos were RAMs without turrets, or RAM modified Sextons with the 25pdr gun removed....

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@Tank_Archives It could fire HE rounds, and a HE round was developed.
However, it was not widely issued as the 40mm was considered an anti-tank gun, and secondly, the HE was considered ineffective due to its small size.
Later, the British issued HE rounds to its 6pdr and 75mm armed tanks.

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@RomeInTheEast The Byzantines reinforced the walls with earth, and the breaches with rubble and earth at night - they absorb the cannon ball shock better than stone. It worked pretty well for six weeks....
Orban offered his services to the Byzantines first, but they could not afford it....

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@deaidua @Oboronka1 The metallic "twigs" as a drone defence is novel.

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@clement_molin What are we seeing with these corridors?
Are they some sort of defensive position?

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@Tank_Archives What was the average distance of tank engagement in NW Europe?
Surely quite short in the bocage?

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@Trois_Ponts Very interesting!
The British were so impressed with the French 74s that they copied them.

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@Michael89529595 @Tank_Archives The Valentines were used by the Soviet army in its invasion of Manchuria in August 1945.