A myth, perpetrated by the British. They're actually loading the cannon. They didn't put breech-loaders on their tanks until near the end of the war.
- oldman (those are all nice photos, Fork, thanks)
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Yeah, it often left their gun crews exposed while they ran outside to load the power first, then the wadding, then the shell. And then they ran inside to light the fuse. Kinda like a clown car at a circus during battle
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I'm not sure which job was worse during WWII for Allied forces, infantry soldier or tank crew? Panzer divisions were notoriously battle hardened in their superior tanks designed to actually protect their crews, ease of operation, and allow easy egress to escape... not much could be said for American and British tanks, especially the Sherman....however...
Am I the only one who thinks Soviet tanks were designed around the function of the machine and not the operators? (Soviet accent) "To heel wit da crewz, we feiht for Stalinnn'