Comments on: Ensign’s Q&A #9

By: Ensign’s Q&A #10 | For The Record

Ensign’s Q&A #10 | For The Record — Sat, 10 Aug 2013 10:35:27 +0000

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By: EnsignExpendable

EnsignExpendable — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 00:25:59 +0000

It’s a perfectly valid standard (that the Germans themselves don’t follow, but that’s another story). The trick is you can’t compare it to the Soviet loss rates and trumpet about how the Germans only lost one Tiger while the Soviets lost 10 T-34s. It just doesn’t work that way.

By: Kellomies

Kellomies — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 14:59:23 +0000

To be fair the M6 wasn’t “ridiculously impractical” an sich; the military merely quite sensibly noted its real enough advantages over the mediums were quite literally outweighed by its far greater bulk, which made it terribly impractical for what was in practical terms an expeditionary war fought an ocean away.

By: Kellomies

Kellomies — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 14:55:26 +0000

Lulz, Gino’s in good form.

He still hasn’t realised vague generalised insults and crass personal attacks aren’t legit arguments though…

By: Kellomies

Kellomies — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 14:51:42 +0000

Battle histories nigh invariably make a distinction between “knocked out” and “write-off”, ie. salvageables and total losses (ofc the former became the latter if they couldn’t be dragged off for repairs for whatever reason). Same thing as with manpower casualties being further divided to actual deaths, “unrecoverable” injuries that ended the war for the trooper in question, and the wounded who could be returned to duty after varying convalescences.

Nothing odd about that. A tank may have gone through several whole sets of crew and hold together mainly by duct tape, fresh paint and fervent prayer but so long as it can still move and shoot it obviously isn’t out of the game for good.

By: EnsignExpendable

EnsignExpendable — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 00:06:34 +0000

If you would like to write a blog about Stalin based on historical documents, you’re welcome to do so. However, since you clearly don’t want to make a meaningful contribution to anything, you are content to piss into comments sections of unrelated articles about how big bad Ensign Expendable is a “stalinite”.

By: Gino Tusconi

Gino Tusconi — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 22:57:22 +0000

I know you “write” about German tanks. Like your comment above providing enough to people to determine your stalinite bias. How about I write about your glorious lover Stalin? He didn’t “tactically retreat” into Stalingrad, instead he just flat out lucked out and the Germans wore themselves out resource wise via Hitler’s incompetence. The T-34 was an overrated pile of junk. In fact it’s main strategic use against Panthers and Tigers were to ram them elevating their canon hoping to tangle up the German tanks guns. The early IS series were piles of garbage, many actually “falling apart” during rail transit out of the factory. Stalin lets millions die, and killed hundreds of thousands via his order, civilians wise, let alone troop wise. And, established a form of MP to kill any soldiers who retreat.

Here’s a question for your Q&A:
EE, how far would you let Stalin get on the first date with you? Would you bite a pillow, or let him enjoy hearing your scream?

By: EnsignExpendable

EnsignExpendable — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 18:52:42 +0000

Engineering is an iterative process. Nobody gets everything 100% right immediately. The difference between Allied and German prototypes is that the Allies kept their ridiculous impractical tanks at home (like the M6) instead of dumping them out on the battlefield prematurely and attempting to salvage an inherently flawed design for some reason.

By: EnsignExpendable

EnsignExpendable — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 18:47:32 +0000

What’s a “civilizen”? What’s a “stalinite”?

My “article” here is based on questions I have received. If you would like me to write about German tanks, ask me questions about German tanks. I write plenty about non-Soviet tanks, but you don’t seem to like what I write.

Seeing as how you don’t pay me, I don’t think I’m obligated to take requests. If you want, you can make your own blog. It’s free!

By: Captian Nemo

Captian Nemo — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 17:43:23 +0000

People should realize that the Germans did not get their tank designs “right” 100% of the time. You guys might know of a few German tanks but there are so many design variations and ad-hoc ideas that what you have been seeing in WoT and here on FTR is nothing but a drop in the bucket. Same goes for most of the other country’s in the game.