Tanks

Tanks

I was recently pointed at this blog post about the Soviet T-34 [https://chris-intel-corner.blogspot.com/2012/07/wwii-myths-t-34-best-tank-of-war.html] . Not all it's cracked up to be, is the short version. > The Soviet T-34 tank is well known by anyone who has an interest in WWII history. Books, articles, documentaries present it in triumphant terms. It was superior to everything the Germans had, it had revolutionary sloped armor, unprecedented mobility and was one of the reasons the Soviet sid…

Read More

Improved Battle Plans

Improved Battle Plans

In case you didn't look at the battle for Winterfell or mz Dragonmom losing another of her kids through criminal carelessness and go " a six year old could have planned better", here's a couple of more pedantic breakdowns of how that could have been done better.…

Read More

Odds and Ends

Odds and Ends

First of all, to absolutely no-one's surprise, at least no-one who has been observant, the press isn't spending a lot of time reporting on the recent STEM shooting [http://datechguyblog.com/2019/05/13/why-the-left-wants-you-to-forget-the-colorado-stem-shooting/] . It violates the narrative in almost every conceivable way. Kids using handguns they couldn't legally buy, including a "trans" "boy" who's dad was a repeat offender and abusive illegal immigrant (why is he/she trans? Hmmm), who hated Ch…

Read More

The Wolf You Feed

While I recently posted on something that popped up at Bruce Charlton's blog that I disagreed with [https://thelastredoubt.com/anonymity/], there are reasons I pay attention to his site, and not to find ragebait to get spun up over. Not coincidentally, I'm effectively in complete agreement with this post against topical rants. [https://charltonteaching.blogspot.com/2019/05/against-topical-rants-francis-berger.html] > “Outrage du jour” posts serve a definite purpose – whether or not this purpose…

Read More