M46 Name Correction?
Дата: 01.06.2014 21:54:37
Dad_is_bad, on Jun 01 2014 - 03:17, said: Hetzer is German for "Baiter" it WAS called the Hetzer by it's
crews ,it was perfect bait for the enemy to move up on it , it
backed away and then boom it's friends joined in. There's
footage of captured German tankers calling it the Hetzer, this
modern history is just crud info. An M48A5 was almost identical to
an M60 but it wasn't.The_Chieftain: Hilary Doyle is adamant that it is a post-war appellation,
it is not unheard of for even servicemen who used the vehicle at
the time to call them names which weren't in use at the time.
Witness "Sherman" and "Starship" for other examples. That said,
Spielberger makes one reference to at least some German soldiers
who used the name at the time. I choose to avoid the issue entirely
by only using official names.
M46 Name Correction?