>>8859735>>8860076>took credit for the secret military research and experimenting done under the Weimar government>ignored the advice of Schacht before promptly driving the economy towards certain doom>inefficient industry and stretched logistics being managed by Speer, a fucking architect>civilians in occupied countries started openly rebellion due to economic mismanagement and food shortages>nepotism and infighting in the upper ranks (remember, Goring somehow got fucking a panzer division)>20 years the war, veteran groups were formed to beg the West German government for money>these groups romanticized the war and whitewashed their incompetence (SS now seen as an elite fighting group instead of a nepotistic band of boot lickers who knew how to play politics)>dumb burgers overseas absorbed all of this shit>forums, books targeting boomers, and the History Channel spread this shit far and wide>moronic nogunz and anti-social middle school children lapped this shit up>German models make up 40-50% of the models in catalogs in online model shops today with another Bf109 or Panther being released every damn year while taking oxygen away from other topics>Nazis are somehow the pinnacle of Western CivilizationAnd here we are today with reaganvet72 over at some forum building his 8th Panther model but claims that it's completely different since it's an Ausf. G Mar 1944 production this time while the last Panther was an Ausf. A Aug 1944 production.
Is anyone else burnt out and fed up with all of the German shit? At modelling shows, there is almost always a dedicated German category with the head judge having memorized the shape of gun mantel of a Tiger I better than his wife's face.
Jesus Christ, build something unique for a change like a Panhard ERC, a captured M48 in post-war Vietnamese service, or a M551 in OPFOR aggressor camo.
