57 - M48 Patton - American Steel

Following Stalingrad the Red Army wanted a self-propelled assault gun. And they wanted it with a really big honking gun. And so they came up with first the SU and later the ISU-152's. With a 152mm howitzer chonking out great big lumps of high explosive. They were known to their f ...  Show more

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. 

On this episode of Our American Stories, Clarence Smoyer, a gunner in the U.S. Army’s 3rd Armored Division—“Spearhead”—became one of World War II’s most unlikely heroes. In Cologne, his Pershing tank faced Gustav Schaefer’s Panzer in a duel captured on film, now one of history’s ...  Show more

Lessons from Mitchell Paige. Enlisted Marine involved in endless battles in the 1040s. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/jocko-podcast/exclusive-content 

What was it actually like to operate a tank during the Second World War?In this episode, we explore the iron belly of tank warfare through the eyes of Private Arthur Ibbotson, who enlisted in the war as a young lad in 1942, first joining the Grenadier Guards in London and who end ...  Show more

0:00:00 - Opening0:01:49 - Combat Lessons 7, Rank in File in Combat.1:27:19 - Final thoughts.1:28:10 - How to stay on THE PATH.1:47:46 - Closing Gratitude. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/jocko-podcast/exclusive-content