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The question "what is the best tank?" as a way of examining engineering stereotypes
Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2020 6:39 am
by jackssmirkingrevenge
I found this quite interesting:
The Tank Museum's
channel in general is worth looking through, a lot of illuminating material that is very well presented.
Re: The question "what is the best tank?" as a way of examining engineering stereotypes
Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2020 4:57 pm
by farcticox1
Tiger Tank workshop manual on the filing cabinet, lol, I got that in PDF.
Re: The question "what is the best tank?" as a way of examining engineering stereotypes
Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2020 7:40 pm
by jackssmirkingrevenge
farcticox1 wrote: Sun Jun 21, 2020 4:57 pmTiger Tank workshop manual on the filing cabinet, lol, I got that in PDF.
I have
this in hardback...
To tie with what is said in the video, I am a great admirer of what comes out the German compulsion to do things "properly" resulting in something big, complicated, beautiful and expensive. For myself however, I think it's very much the British way, aiming for something brilliant in its simplicity. At least as an aspiration

sometimes chasing the simplest solution is more work that simply going with the effort to make something work.
Re: The question "what is the best tank?" as a way of examining engineering stereotypes
Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2020 6:27 am
by farcticox1
Next week, 'What is the best Donut' obviously Boston Cream,

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