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(17) POTENTIAL HISTORY (USA 2017)
He brought the Bob Semple tank – “the best tank ever built” – to my attention, deserving special mention for that alone.
His Twitter bio is brief and to the point – “I sh*tpost about history on Youtube”. As for that matter is his Twitter handle – Tank memes. A history channel with a focus on World War Two, particularly the tanks of World War Two, often told through memes – and much to my delight, usually skewering Wehraboo delusions or pretensions about Germany or its tanks.
Hence the adaptation of Palpatine’s dialogue for his Youtube bio – “Did you ever hear the tragedy of King Tiger the heavy? I thought not. It’s not a story the Panzerwaffe would tell you. It’s a Wehraboo legend. King Tiger was a Heavy Tank of the Wehrmacht, so Armored and so deadly he could use his cannon to influence the 88mm shells to Burn Shermans… He had such an unnecessary amount of armor that he could even keep the ones who crewed him, from dying. The German tank design theory is a pathway to many monstrosities some consider to be under powered. What happened to him? He became so up-armored and heavy… the only thing he was afraid of was destroying his transmission, which eventually, of course, he did. Unfortunately, he taught his adversaries everything he knew, then his adversaries copied the good parts of his design after the war. It’s ironic he could save others from damage, but not himself.”
Sadly somewhat dormant for the past year or so, although he has posted on Twitter
RATING: 4 STARS****
B-TIER (HIGH TIER)