I'm now proud to be an American. Because, this level of stubbornness and silliness is everything that I want from my country. It's makes me think of it as a big silly place full of unpredictable madmen.
That's an old tank. Idk if you've seen the tanks we've made, but they kick ass. If we turned down a design for something stupid like that, I'm alright with it cause us stubborn Americans decided we would just make our own, and they are better, no offense to Italy
Try France. And that was from WWI when we had no idea what a tank was. The US Army liked the French Renault FT because it was what we call today a light tank. It could move fast and keep up with advancing infantry and also could shield them from the machine guns while it had its own to shoot back with. It could also be produced faster and more efficiently, also easily upgraded.
Problem was that the US Army in WWI was understaffed and was more arrogant so they just gave up and went with the British ones, which while powerful, had more problems.
Everyone gives the French a lot of crap about their military, but every now and then they do something right. This was one of those times. To bad it was lost on arrogant US Army officers.
Also we do owe much of modern tank design to that tank. It was the first with a rotatable turret, the first full tread design, and easy to use steering.
For those keeping score, the US had no tanks in WWI, and WWII our tanks had issues.
I love my country, but is it necessary to be NUMBER 1 OMG NUMBER 1 WE'RE THE BEST NUMBER 1 AMERICA BITCHES. Yeah we do kick ass, and we do have the strongest military in the world, but it took a lot for America to become as great as it is, it's not like a baby fresh out of the womb can be hella ballin' just yet.
Problem was that the US Army in WWI was understaffed and was more arrogant so they just gave up and went with the British ones, which while powerful, had more problems.
Everyone gives the French a lot of crap about their military, but every now and then they do something right. This was one of those times. To bad it was lost on arrogant US Army officers.
Also we do owe much of modern tank design to that tank. It was the first with a rotatable turret, the first full tread design, and easy to use steering.
For those keeping score, the US had no tanks in WWI, and WWII our tanks had issues.