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Rifling twist in Artillery cannons
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<blockquote data-quote="Kevin Thomas" data-source="post: 568877" data-attributes="member: 15748"><p>Iron Worker,</p><p> </p><p>there's actually some fascinating details concerning the development of US tanks at that period, and the gun systems were really only a minor part of the story. There were some major misunderstandings as to what tanks were going to be asked to do on the ETO battlefields. Very interesting stuff, but if you're interested, you might want to read <strong><em>Death Traps, </em></strong>by Belton Cooper. Cooper was an ordnance recovery officer during the Normandy campaign, charged with recovering and refurbishing (when possible) the knocked out Shermans. He has some very caustic comments for G.S. Patton and several others who were involved in choosing the gun systems mounted in early US tanks. Good read, I'm sure you'd enjoy it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kevin Thomas, post: 568877, member: 15748"] Iron Worker, there's actually some fascinating details concerning the development of US tanks at that period, and the gun systems were really only a minor part of the story. There were some major misunderstandings as to what tanks were going to be asked to do on the ETO battlefields. Very interesting stuff, but if you're interested, you might want to read [B][I]Death Traps, [/I][/B]by Belton Cooper. Cooper was an ordnance recovery officer during the Normandy campaign, charged with recovering and refurbishing (when possible) the knocked out Shermans. He has some very caustic comments for G.S. Patton and several others who were involved in choosing the gun systems mounted in early US tanks. Good read, I'm sure you'd enjoy it. [/QUOTE]
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