MadDog_CDN
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Whose insignia is that on the front? What unit, or is it generic, or Waffen?
Am I the only one who smiled when reading this sentence - coming from Paul?While I'm not as much into Western or Japanese tanks as German and Soviet ones
Smile or not, it's true. Now understand that the number of books that I have on a theme is as much a reflection of what is published rather than simply as my interest in same. So I have lots of books on German AFV as publishers considered them far more marketable and sexy than other nations. The lack of English language serious original research on Soviet Armour is also a problem for publishers. I have some books that are on or also cover Western and Japanese but I don't really seek them out. I have 3 roughly thick magazine style books (Armata? series) on Japanese armour and about the same number of 'all countries' books that also cover them compared to multiple hundreds on German AFV.Am I the only one who smiled when reading this sentence - coming from Paul?
Right man, you're not that much into Western or Japanese tanks. It's just that you can usually tell the exact variant from a grainy photo of about anything. But, well, everybody can, it's no big deal, right?
Paul,Smile or not, it's true. Now understand that the number of books that I have on a theme is as much a reflection of what is published rather than simply as my interest in same. So I have lots of books on German AFV as publishers considered them far more marketable and sexy than other nations. The lack of English language serious original research on Soviet Armour is also a problem for publishers. I have some books that are on or also cover Western and Japanese but I don't really seek them out. I have 3 roughly thick magazine style books (Armata? series) on Japanese armour and about the same number of 'all countries' books that also cover them compared to multiple hundreds on German AFV.
While I had a good grounding in "what is what" from a '70s book on tanks, I did not much explore the details of what we might call Other AFV (IE non-German/Soviet) until the Internet really took off and became a useful and moderately reliable source. So while I could tell at a glance what is what and what is its gun, armour, etc is if it's German or Soviet, if it's US, British, French or Japanese I regularly would have to check my memory against books or internet. I have been consulted on AFV with regards to counter values for counters not in the system and find that I have to research things like horsepower/weight (a good guide to MP values) for all, but for the Others I often have to check a lot more details. While answering queries here I regularly recheck stuff so as not to mislead.
While your "everybody can" is clearly being facetious, there is a lot of truth in that. Anyone who can play and understand ASL to some decent degree clearly is not dumb. I strongly suspect that the average person here is within the top 10% of intelligence, likely few true geniuses , but definitely the cream. And odd as two left feet to boot . It's just a question of effort, exposure and lots of patience, simple volume of data, graphic or text, no math, no ultra complex logic, just memory. Anyone here could do it. I won't recommend either way. If your curiosity has been piqued then go for it, if not then enjoy the other aspects of the game. It takes all sorts to make up the ASL community, not every one has to be the history nerd. I, though I play, would not consider myself a Player or Gamer, just a player and nerd. Anyway people have to have a life and ASL is only a game and when it starts to feel like a shïtty job then you should reevaluate your approach to ASL.
I have an edge in AFV stuff because of my long interest in plastic models. Anyone here can surpass my level, it just takes time (and likely having no life ). If your exposure to such stuff intrigues you then google and ask here and other sites, if not, then don't. It's still a hobby and should distract, relax and refresh you, not keep you up at nights or give you a coronary.