The "5 Sherman for 1 Panther" was nonsense, alright. But what makes i...

The_Chieftain: I did run across a document in the British archives from some officer (Not Monty, far lower) suggesting that people should refer to the tanks as Mark five and Mark six instead of Panther and Tiger, as the use of the cat names implies greater threat than they really are. I'll try and drag it up.