"Every tank was reported as a Tiger"

“Significant emotional event” is a wonderful way of putting it.

40:27 "What was the Western Allies' most effective ground attack aircraft?"

I love this man. I could hear him talk all day. His personality is basically someone who has heard every myth in the book, every out of context claim, every weak/bad source, every handed down generalization in history. He just said "To hell with it. The time for cordiality is over!"

Yay!  Someone mentioned the "Holy crap it's a Tiger!" phenomenon.

17:09 He says "The battle of the bulge was in full swing" as a very pregnant lady pauses behind him.

Soviet tank crews of Lend-Lease Shermans loved them. In particular, they were far more comfortable rides, and required less maintenance -- the treads, for instance, lasted twice as long. And if hit, they were far less likely to explode than a T34 because of more stable American explosives. At least, according to Dmitriy Loza.

Ever notice how people who say Shermans always burned due to petrol, rarely if ever say the same about all the other country's petrol fueled tanks?

About time someone gives the poor Sherman the credit it deserves. As much as I love Pershings, tigers, and fireflies, there was a lot of misconceptions about them. The Sherman was always great tank. Was it the best? No, it was great for it’s time and what it was designed for.

My two favorite points that stood out to me were:

I think a myth busting lecture about the T34 would also be very interesting.

I could listen to him talk about tanks all day.

Analysis can give completely different REASONS as well as results. For example, aircraft coming back from bombing runs were full of holes and the airplane designers were going to upgrade, at considerable explense in time, weight, and personnel, the places with the MOST HOLES. The analysis guys disagreed and stated, "No, these planes MADE IT BACK WITH THIS DAMAGE, SO THE AIRCRAFT HIT IN PLACES >>NOT << FOUND HERE ARE THE >>TRUE CASUALTIES << (shot down) and these SUPPOSEDLY HIT-FREE AREAS need to be beefed up immediately." This can be summed up by the Pirate phrase, "Dead men tell no tales."

It is worthy of note that Shermans performed very well in Korea vs T-34s.

This is actually brilliant. 

8:05 - Amusingly, one of the slogans of Zippo was, "It Works, Or We Fix It For Free"