@M36:
The questions is who is your favorite American OFFICER, not general. Therefore Pappy should be on the list.
You got me there, M36 votes for Col Greg Boyington :wink:
@M36:
The questions is who is your favorite American OFFICER, not general. Therefore Pappy should be on the list.
By that reasoning you cannot vote for Admiral since they are not Generals. :P I’ll attempt to reword the question to be FLAG OFFICER since Colonels are not FLAG OFFICERS that should satisfy you. :P
What surprises me is that no one is voting for Nimitz. He has a carrier model named after him!
That reminds me…are there no vehicles or class of such that hold Patton’s name? Seems like something would be out there, or nicknamed at least…
My favorite soldier is Sargent Saunders from Combat, followed by Audy Murphy.
This list should include all soldiers of the war including German. Micheal Wittman would be my #1
That reminds me…are there no vehicles or class of such that hold Patton’s name? Seems like something would be out there, or nicknamed at least…
Pretty much every Main Battle tank developed by the US after WWII untill the M1 was called a Patton tank (M46, M47, M48, M60)
That reminds me…are there no vehicles or class of such that hold Patton’s name? Seems like something would be out there, or nicknamed at least…
The M60 Patton Main Battle Tank.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/m60.htm
Thanks guys. You’d think a simple GIS would uncover that, but no…
Yes, but tanks are effective and terrorizing. I wouldn’t consider them cute and adorable like the Bradley Fighting Vehicle!
You do know that the Bradley was originally supposed to be more like a Humvee and less like a tank, right?
@ncscswitch:
You do know that the Bradley was originally supposed to be more like a Humvee and less like a tank, right?
Actually, I believe it was supposed to be a lightly armored version of a jeep, but with a better personnel capacity. Basically, an ultra light, armored method of bringing a squad to the front. (A squad being 14-16 infantrymen + driver/passenger)
Correct, it was a light troop transport originally (like the Humvee is now).
HBO actually did a movie many years ago about how the Bradley mutated into its current form… as well as all the failed tests (especially the amphib tests that it STILL can’t pass)
And, in keeping with historical parallels, notice how the screaming for the past several years has been for ARMORED Humvee’s…
It is a shame that Bradley’s name is associated with a boondoggle…
Well hummers are going to be fased out soon. The hummer was suposed to be a catch all do anything truck, but it get crappy mileage for using around base so their going back to pickup trucks and it doesn’t stand up to combat too light so they are moving to MRAPs and other “Mine Resistant” trucks.
I have seen several of those on bases in recent years, especially LeJeune…
They look like the old South Africa anti-mine wheeled vehicles from the 1980s
Yep, very similar designed for the samething.
HMMWVs replaced the Jeeps, trucks and (shudder) Gamma Goats.
Bradley’s were to replace 113s but couldn’t fulfill all the roles. And I wish I could remember some of the Jodies we had about its swim capabilities.
As far as the list of officers how about “Bull” Halsey"? Quite a bit more tenacious than his service contemporaries.
My grandfather spent most of the war under MacAurthur and could not stand him for what thats worth.
Halsey was a cruiser commander. Why is he even on the list?
What happened to the dune buggies from Desert Storm Part 1?
And why in the world are we armoring trucks. Just make impact proof body armor with hydraulic systems to allow our men and women to carry more, move faster and do more. Seems to me that a suit of armor that makes you all but indestructible would be far superior to a tank. Tanks have a hard time going up stairs without destroying a building, ya know. People don’t.
I rode in a Gama Goat the first year I was in, what a ride…
One of the funniest encounters I had with military vehicles…
When I was in Benning and a Supply NCO, I was told that my primary vehicle for use would be a Rampage.
Now THAT sounded impressive… a RAMPAGE!
Then I saw it… a Chrysler Horizon based El Camino
http://www.dragtimes.com/images/1092967927RampageR.jpg
Though mine was that dreadful celery green with “US Army” and a vehicle number in cheap black sticky numbers on the doors…
Hey now, that’s a SLICK ride! (get it, cause it leaks oil? Bah, you’re all no fun!)
