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85 - TAM - A Marder with a Boomstick!

Argentina wanted a tank, some Germans wanted some money moved out of Switzerland, the TAM was born. A Marder hull, a 105mm gun, a lightish modular family of vehices it all looked good. And yet it failed to get to the fight the one time it mattered.

. 1h 33min

84 - Sherman Revisited - Better than people say

Recorded to celebrate America's 250th birthday with beer and it's greatest tank we explore the M4 Sherman in all it's glory as an exemplar of everything that made America great.

. 2h 22min

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