Myths of American Armor

The_Chieftain:   Mr Went, I have several comments in response to this. I'll take your last comment first: I don't care. I say as much in the first two or three minutes of the talk. Unless your Mike Golf school happened to have a course of instruction on the development timeline of the T26 tank, the casualty rates of the M4, or the doctrine of US armor of 1942, which I am fairly sure it doesn't, your Army skill-set is of little relevance.   Secondly, I'm not a Brit. Indeed, theoretically, I'm not supposed to like Brits, if you wish to consider me Irish. Then again, I was born in the US, I have a US passport, I live in the US, I think I meet most of the technical requirements for being an American. Not that I have any particular animosity to Brits, unless it's the Six Nations.   Yes, I throw tank destroyers into the mix. Several reasons. Firstly, the talk was on "American armor", and tank destroyers were generally armoured. (M6 GMC the obvious exception). Secondly, as I point out several times, everything is in the mix. It's never just tank vs tank. Thirdly, part of the myth foundations are based on a misunderstanding of the role of the TD, so they have to be mentioned.   I do, indeed, make mention of the fact that the British used Shermans. It was in the bit where I pointed out that British Sherman crews had higher casualty rates than American Sherman crews.   Finally, where did I downplay American tankers?   You seemed a fairly reasonable chap when I met you in Benning. I am a little confused by your post.