I went to The Armor Ball at Fort Knox, KY one year, and the guest speaker was a WWII Tanker. It came time for him to speak, and the place was totally quiet. We all waited to hear his experience and wisdom.
“The Russians bought the Christie tank and it was better than what we had. Thank-you.”
And he sat down.
One of the best speeches I ever heard.
Very interesting. Years ago I had involvement with the Abrams powertrain, and there’s as much politics as engineering in the development of these machines.
Guessing it was that way in the 30s and 40s too.