The Hunt for red October was ruined with the dress uniforms. Ridiculous. Soviet sailors actually wore overall one piece things. The officers not much better. This ruined a pretty good movie for me.
Posted on 10/16/2014 10:06:27 PM PDT by 31R1O
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The Hunt for red October was ruined with the dress uniforms. Ridiculous. Soviet sailors actually wore overall one piece things. The officers not much better. This ruined a pretty good movie for me.
The charge that Patton was responsible for the delay of the M26 is almost certainly false. The individual who apparently championed this claim was a Lieutenant in the 3d Armored Division and therefore not in a position to have personal knowledge. The documentary evidence points to Lt. Gen. Leslie J. McNair, Commander of Army Ground Forces. He was concerned by the lack of power and transmission problems and believed that the improved M4 was the best tank on the battlefield.
The field tests of captured German tanks was not done until the end of the Normandy campaign, by which time McNair was dead, having been killed by American bombers while visiting the front in France.
Actual combat proved McNair wrong, but the production delays surrounding the power and transmission issues, plus the delays in getting the 90mm gun meant that it was not fielded in great numbers.
Yeah, you are like my dad. He just shook his head.
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