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The German WWII Panzer VIII Maus Tannk Was Specified at 100 Tonnes, Redrawn at 120, and Came Out Near 190. Hitler Ordered 5 Before the Design Was Finished and Wanted 10 a Month. Germany Completed 2 Prototypes, and Neither Ever Fought.
19+ hour, 32+ min ago (547+ words) The Soviets found both Maus tank wrecks, took the good turret off one and the good hull off the other, and welded them into a single working tank. It is still on display....
Move Over, Patton: 276 Years Ago, Frederick the Great's Famous Line on Defense Is Still of the Greatest Military Quotes in Armed Forces History
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (412+ words) Concentration of force was the whole of Frederick's genius. The line is a warning against spreading an army thin enough to be strong nowhere, and it has outlived every war he fought....
The AH-64 Apache Helicopter Entered U.S. Army Service in the Mid-1980s, Purpose-Built to Destroy Soviet Tanks Pushing Through Central Europe. The Army Now Plans to Fly It Into the 2060s — Close to 80 Years of Service, About 70 of Them After the Soviet Union Stopped Existing.
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (439+ words) The AH-64E looks like the 1980s aircraft and is nothing like it underneath. The biggest change is that an Apache no longer has to find its own targets....
81 Years Ago, US Army General George Patton's Line on 'Attack and Attack and Attack' Is Still One of the Greatest Military Quotes in Armed Forces History
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (461+ words) The line has never been traced to a speech, a date, a location, or anything Patton wrote. The version that is well attested says almost the same thing. Patton lived for the attack....
Centuries Later, Alexander the Great's Best Line on 'Lions and Sheep' Is Still the One of the Greatest Military Quotes in Armed Forces History
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (296+ words) "I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion." Alexander was regent at 16, king at 20, ruled from Greece to India by 30, and never lost a battle in his life....
81 Years Ago, US Army General George Patton's Advice on History Is Still One of the Greatest Military Quotes in Armed Forces History
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (795+ words) Army quote of the day: “I am convinced that much more emphasis should be placed on history”- General George S. Patton General George S. Patton is known as a figure of history. But he was also thinking a lot about…...
Centuries Later, Julius Caesar’s Best Line on Pain and Patience Is Still One of the Greatest Military Quotes in Armed Forces History
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (649+ words) "It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die than to find those willing to endure pain with patience." Caesar said it, and was stabbed 23 times on the Ides of March....
64 Years Ago, US Army General Douglas MacArthur's Line on Soldiers and Suffering Is Still One of the Greatest Military Quotes in Armed Forces History
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (420+ words) "The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer." MacArthur said it at West Point on 12 May 1962, in the last speech of his life....
Decades Later, US Army General Dwight D Eisenhower's Line on Sergeants in the Army Is Still One of the Greatest Military Quotes in Armed Forces History
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (855+ words) “The Sergeant is the Army.” This quote is often attributed to General/President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who believed that wise and strong leadership was the cornerstone of an effective army. Eisenhower’s path began at the US Military Academy at West…...
Decades Later, US Army General George S. Patton’s Line on Defeat Is Still One of the Greatest Military Quotes in Armed Forces History
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (957+ words) "You're never beaten until you admit it." Patton was nearly finished after Sicily. At the Bulge he pivoted 250,000 men 90 degrees and told Eisenhower he could attack in 48 hours....