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Sherman Death Trap: Veterans vs Historians

Belton Cooper's book Death Traps is quite infamous for it's myriad of errors and other problems. Of course, it is very important to consider the context here, so both the division Cooper served in and also the fact that there was at least one ghostwriter involved. And oh boy there are a lot of errors and some are quite weird as well. I look mainly at technical aspects here and some might consider those errors minor, but they are so consistently wrong and with a pattern that I am not sure if there was not actual sabotage or trolling involved. Cover design by vonKickass. »» GET OUR BOOKS «« » The Assault Platoon of the Grenadier-Company November 1944 (StG 44) - http://sturmzug.com » Army Regulation Medium Panzer Company 1941 - http://www.hdv470-7.com »» SUPPORT MHV «« » patreon, see videos early (adfree) - https://www.patreon.com/join/mhv » subscribe star - https://www.subscribestar.com/mhv » paypal donation - https://paypal.me/mhvis »» MERCHANDISE «« » teespring - https://teespring.com/stores/military-history-visualized » SOURCES « Cooper, Benton Y.: Death Traps: The survival of an American Armored Division in World War II. Ballatine Books: New York, USA, 2003. Thomson, Harry C.; Mayo, Lida: The Ordnance Department: Procurement and Supply. United States Army in World War II. The Technical Services. Center of Military History, United States Army: Washington D.C., USA, 1991. Hunnicutt, Richard Pearce: Sherman: A History of the American Medium Tank. ECHO POINT Books & MEDIA: Brattleboro, Vermont, USA, 2015. Zaloga, Steven: Armored Champion: the top Tanks of World War II. Stackpole Books: Mechanicsburg, PA, USA, 2015. Zaloga, Steven: Armored Thunderbolt: The U.S. Army Sherman in World War II. Stackpole Books: Mechanicsburg, PA, USA, 2008. Zaloga, Steven J.: Panzer IV vs Sherman: France 1944. Osprey Publishing: Oxford, UK, 2015. Spielberger, Walter J./Doyle, Hilary L./Jentz, Tom: Panzer IV und seine Abarten. Motorbuch Verlag: Stuttgart, Germany, 2019. Newsome, Bruce: The Tiger Tank and Allied intelligence. Volume III: Tiger 131: from Africa to Europe. Tank Archives Press: Coronado, CA, USA, 2020. Newsome, Bruce: The Tiger Tank and Allied intelligence. Volume IV: Capabilities and Performance. Tank Archives Press: Coronado, CA, USA, 2020. Military Intelligence Division: Tactical and Technical Trends. War Department: Washington, D.C., USA, 1942-1945. Tank and AFV News: Interview with Steven Zaloga, 27th January 2015: https://tankandafvnews.com/2015/01/27/zaloga_interview/ From the Editor: Debunking Deathtraps Part 1, 29th January 29 2015: https://tankandafvnews.com/2015/01/29/debunking-deathtraps-part-1/ Statistics on M4 Sherman Page on Wikipedia https://xtools.wmflabs.org/articleinfo/en.wikipedia.org/M4_Sherman 28 July 2002 Version of M4 Sherman on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=701247 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Wikipedia #DeathTraps,#Sherman,#BeltonCooper