flying 262s again...

[tlclark]

"How did we ever beat you guys?"

Faster, more manoeuvrable, less needy, more adaptable, and greater in numbers; the Sherman.

Yeah, we hashed that out over here:

http://www.romanarmy.com/rat/viewtopic. ... c&start=40

Paul Allen's comments are dead on I might add. One might also add that expendability of crews and materials was a factor as well. We had more red-shirted ensigns - to use the star trek vernacular. That's a pretty awful calculus though. Ain't war grand? :roll:

Update:

I do have to add though, Rommel was living on biscuits and what fuel he could steal from the Allies and kicking booty all up and down N. Africa. Initially Monty was very casualty averse under the erroneous assumption that he had to preserve his superior force numbers instead of burning them. Monty was no coward, but the practical effect of his strategy was the same as strategic timidity. He avoided the hard fights and Rommel figured out he could play him, bully him, keep operational despite being outnumbered and shut off from supplies. Now that's versatility.

In the end Monty figured out what we all figure out in time. Troops are there to get killed. He pressed his advantage, and won. It was all over for the Germans from that point on.

That war was all about the numbers after that.

I repeat: Ain't war grand? :roll: