british armour

Britain spent years getting their big tank ready for D-Day, but in the end one greedy industrialist de-railed the best of plans and gave them a sadly crappy tank.

This is the story of Cromwell.

(Note: This episode was recorded on 18 Feb 2024, we got confused about the year at the start)

Britain spent years getting their big tank ready for D-Day, but in the end one greedy industrialist de-railed the best of plans and gave them a sadly crappy tank.

This is the story of Cromwell.

(Note: This episode was recorded on 18 Feb 2024, we got confused about the year at the start)

Brought to you by the makers of the Titanic it was a vehicle only the British could conceive of. Monstrously heavy, incredibly slow, and anaemically armed.

Yet somehow over 5,000 Churchill tanks were built in the Second World War.

The halftime interview features author David Mitchelhill-Green, you can find his work at: https://www.amazon.com.au/David-Mitchelhill-Green/e/B01MZ9U8SW/

Brought to you by the makers of the Titanic it was a vehicle only the British could conceive of. Monstrously heavy, incredibly slow, and anaemically armed.

Yet somehow over 5,000 Churchill tanks were built in the Second World War.

The halftime interview features author David Mitchelhill-Green, you can find his work at: https://www.amazon.com.au/David-Mitchelhill-Green/e/B01MZ9U8SW/

In this episode we explore the murky world of making tanks in an era of disarmament, how keeping the Vickers company alive meant teaching the world how to make tanks, and then we go on to explore more recent events with the AbramsX and what's going on in Ukraine.

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In this episode we explore the murky world of making tanks in an era of disarmament, how keeping the Vickers company alive meant teaching the world how to make tanks, and then we go on to explore more recent events with the AbramsX and what's going on in Ukraine.

Sign up on Patreon to support the pod at: https://www.patreon.com/TotallyTanked

 

John stuffed up his expensive audio rig while Rob sounds delightful on a cheap headset, the end result being that Rob talks for 80 minutes with a Dalek about the tank which showed the British could build a decent one when they tried.

This episode is all about Centurion!

John stuffed up his expensive audio rig while Rob sounds delightful on a cheap headset, the end result being that Rob talks for 80 minutes with a Dalek about the tank which showed the British could build a decent one when they tried.

This episode is all about Centurion!