[quote name='Brock7142' timestamp='1304884808' post='523338']
The authors you listed are not in the Stalin book, that said, I NEVER said it caught on fire due to the engines. Ever, that is another poster who stated that.[/quote]
The authors I listed as examples are not in the book in question, of course. But that does not take away from the legitimacy of the book or its authors. Once again, you are trying to find every excuse you possibly can to thrust your head in the sand and pretend sources against your view don't exist.
As for claiming the engine started fires - the sources you've posted, and are defending (including the military channel top ten) say it.
and that said, that Stalin Book is a source referenced in your operation Barbarossa link, so if you're saying that book is full of fallacies, that means your biggest link you've posted is full of fallacies, since it lists the book as a source for the information in that link.
I never said that the book was full of fallacies. Where on earth are you getting this from? Is making shit up some new form of legitimate debate that I just have not heard about?
Regarding the M4 Sherman, the United States Army NEVER AUTHORIZED ANY SHERMANS TO BE EQUIPPED WITH THE M1A1 76MM CANNON UNTIL MARCH OF 1945. If your Hannicut book says otherwise, it is FALSE. After March of 1945 it became "standard" to have the M1A1 and/or M1A2 equipped to the Shermans. Prior to that, it was not authorized, therefore, the factories would not be supplied the M1A1 76mm, and therefore the Tank Crews prior to March 1945 would NOT have access to it, and if they did, they would be subject to the UCMJ for violating military law via equipping non-issue, non-standard, non-approved weaponry onto a combat vehicle. Which per the UCMJ is against the law.
The M1A1 did NOT complete testing to be released outside of its experimental stage, and put into the US Inventory for non-testing purposes until[color="#0000FF"] MARCH OF [size="5"]1945![/size][/color]
If your hannicut book is supposedly the most authoritive book on information of the Sherman, it is piss poor WRONG.
Sources that I have posted disagree with you. This ranges from post-war literary works, wartime manuscripts and first hand accounts, and production figures.Post yours. But, hey, I'll go again and post some more sources.
Steven Zaolga, M4 (76mm) Medium Tank 1943-65Oh, hey, look at that - I have posted yet another literary source (with direct view of the pages, no less) to which you have not.
Even M4 Sherman at War by Michael Green and James D. Brown, a book which is overwhelmingly negative on the M4, says that... well, heck, I'm a nice guy. I'll just scan it and let you see it.
So, all this literary evidence. Pictoral evidence, as well - look up pictures of the M4A1 (76)w Sherman, "In the Mood" and its commander. He drove several 76-mm armed Shermans, but was taken out of the war before 1945 - which means these tanks were around before 1945.
So, yeah. Your turn. Sources. Post them.
