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Old 28-07-2007, 12:26 AM   #170 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Owen D View Post
I'm fed up of this German tanks were great British tanks were rubbish.
This is from Churchill's Desert Rats (pages 53 & 54) by Patrick Delaforce (a 11th Armd Div Vet). Here is a quote about 5 RTR in 7th Armd at Op.Goodwood.



Norman Smith , 5 RTR wrote.



Hardly the stuff of five Shermans to one Tiger is it?
A myth, I think so.
Owen, you should be a in Government! Quoting one or two tiny examples that back up your theory, and ignoring the overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Just listen to what SAPPER is saying, at the end of the day the rest of us just quote from books, he actually knows what he is talking about.
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