Comments on: Panther Project – Introduction and Competition!

By: lonigus

lonigus — Sun, 28 Sep 2014 06:37:56 +0000

holy shit now this is the holy grail for model builders of the Panter.

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By: Urie van Kerr

Urie van Kerr — Fri, 26 Sep 2014 21:31:12 +0000

It DID get named “back then”.
The British decided on the name (for their own use) before production began.
US troops in Africa were the first to start using the name as a regular practice

By: Some Small Fish

Some Small Fish — Fri, 26 Sep 2014 21:16:48 +0000

True. I bet absolutely none. The 75mm Gun Tank M4 had nothing to do back then with Sherman.

By: AesBinz

AesBinz — Fri, 26 Sep 2014 20:41:22 +0000

So you reduce the RNG to +9/-9 to get the winners?

By: Brett

Brett — Fri, 26 Sep 2014 20:38:21 +0000

The Brummbar used the panzer IV chassis, so it is not the correct answer.

By: Urie van Kerr

Urie van Kerr — Fri, 26 Sep 2014 19:47:10 +0000

But they did name the M551 “Sheridan” ……just to be awkward :)

By: ramp4ge

ramp4ge — Fri, 26 Sep 2014 19:22:46 +0000

That really doesn’t even matter. What matters is Cooper’s stupidity to insinuate that “Northern” Yankees named the tank Sherman to piss of Southerners.

The US didn’t even name the fucking tank Sherman. The British did.

Americans named it 75mm Gun Tank M4…

How many southerners do you think were pissed off by the designation 75mm Gun Tank M4?

By: Some Small Fish

Some Small Fish — Fri, 26 Sep 2014 17:10:03 +0000

So, I read through one of your old Panther articles, and I saw that you said this.
“One of my favorite quotes in Death Traps which shows Cooper’s ignorance is the following: “To make matters worse, the committee was apparently dominated by Yankees, who decided to name this tank(M3) the ‘Grant’ , after the Union general and later president. The Southerners were aggravated further by the later naming of the M4, known as the ‘Sherman’, after the Union general who burned a path through Georgia.” This tid-bit is disgustingly stupid and I can’t help feeling slightly angry at Cooper, by the way I am a Georgian. Also It was the British who named the M3 and M4, not “Yankees” for those who don’t know.”

I don’t mean to be a douche, but you do realize that he was talking about the United States of America Georgia, right? I don’t know, but being from Georgia USA for some reason that really pissed me off…
Sorry for the inconvenience, SilentStalker. I love your blog!