British Army unveils its new 'Swiss Army knife' armoured vehicle

[Curious Cdn]

That's not true. Britain vastly out-manufactured Canada during WWII. Britain was out-manufacturing almost everybody during World War II. We were still the manufacturing superpower. Britain manufactured planes at a faster rate than Germany, for example, and we manufactured more than enough to cover our losses. The Germans started getting annoyed that no matter how many RAF planes they shot down,. new ones just kept appearing.

No, it is true. We did manufacture and give you just short of a million vehicles.
Damned good thing, too. They were probably the only ones that worked properly as British motors have been consistently cheaply engineered and shoddily built.

Look at the difference between WWII German and British tanks. It roughly corresponds to the huge gulf between German and British car design and manufacture.


You are still a manufacturing superpower if you are looking for bone China tea cups with Bunnykins or Kate Middleton painted on them.

A Colossus,

 

[MHz]

She better never get divorced and start dating a Muslim.

 

[Blackleaf]

Probably lost them at a greater rate also

Not in the Battle of Britain, we didn't.

or you wouldn't have needed other Nations to come and save your ***, again in less that 50 years.

Had Germany been just a mere 700 miles or so from Canada it would have been you begging for help. From my home in Bolton to Berlin, it is just 661 miles. To put that into perspective, it's 1,160 miles between Vancouver and Winnipeg. Canada is thousands of miles away from Germany across a vast ocean, so had it much easier than Europeans. Britain, on the other hand, was right on the Nazis' doorstep.

 

[MHz]

Doh, home court advantage. If you were/are so powerful why not take Germany out all by yourself??

Had Germany been just a mere 700 miles from Canada it would have been you begging for help. Canada is thousands of miles away from Gewrmany across a vast ocean, so had it much easier than Europeans.

Take a break, you are getting flustered as you are again fighting a losing battle.
If Germany invaded Canada what would it be, one soldier per township?

 

[Curious Cdn]

So,the Canadian automobile industry had an off year, Last year Canada only produced 2,283,600 cars and trucks. British factories had the best year in a decade and produced 2,368,477. You passed us for one year by 85,000 whole units (MUCH smaller units!)

A Collosus.

 

[Blackleaf]

Doh, home court advantage. If you were/are so powerful why not take Germany out all by yourself??

I think you'll find there was a fairly lengthy period during that vast conflict in which Britain WAS fighting Germany alone.

I think Britain and Japan are the only two countries to have fought BOTH World Wars from the very beginning to the very end. Each one.

Take a break, you are getting flustered as you are again fighting a losing battle.

Bollocks. I can't recall ever having lost an argument on here.

If Germany invaded Canada what would it be, one soldier per township?

Had Nazi Germany been 700 miles from Canada and launched an invasion attempt, would Canada have been able to put an end to that invasion attempt all by itself just as Britain did?

Had the Blitz occurred in Canada, would the Canadians have remained as steadfast, unbreaking and resolute as the British had or would the bombing have broken your resolve within a matter of weeks, leading to your surrender?

 

[MHz]

I think you'll find there was a fairly lengthy period during that vast conflict in which Britain WAS fighting Germany alone.

I think Britain and Japan are the only two countries to have fought BOTH World Wars from the very beginning to the very end. Each one.

Bollocks. I can't recall ever having lost an argument on here.

Had Nazi Germany been 700 miles from Canada and launched an invasion attempt, would Canada have been able to put an end to that invasion attempt all by itself just as Britain did?

Had the Blitz occurred in Canada, would the Canadians have remained as steadfast, unbreaking and resolute as the British had or would the bombing have broken your resolve within a matter of weeks, leading to your surrender?

Staring a fight you can't finish is not a sign of greatness.

That would leave Japan as the one who fought alone all through the conflict.

Bad memory is typical of 'liars'.

Try flying across Canada in a fighter without refueling.

We never cut and ran did we, even with you piss poor planning leading the way.

You should be fighting this enemy.
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[Blackleaf]

Staring a fight you can't finish is not a sign of greatness.

Britain didn't start WWII. Germany did.

 

[Curious Cdn]

Britain didn't start WWII. Germany did.

The Prussian Engineer that I used to share an office with always claimed that the British started both World Wars. When I asked him why Britain started both wars with pathetic little, under equipped armies, he would say "incompetence".

 

[Blackleaf]

The Prussian Engineer that I used to share an office with always claimed that the British started both World Wars. When I asked him why Britain started both wars with pathetic little, under equipped armies, he would say "incompetence".

I think that fellow needs to read a good history book. It was actually his country which started both World Wars - and lost them both.

 

[Curious Cdn]

I think that fellow needs to read a good history book. It was actually his country which started both World Wars - and lost them both.

That fellow died twenty years ago. He was a Berliner. Dad was Major in the SS who vanished from the earth on the Eastern Front. A little partisan, eh wot?

 

[Blackleaf]

That fellow died twenty years ago. He was a Berliner. Dad was Major in the SS who vanished from the earth on the Eastern Front. A little partisan, eh wot?

The Germans still haven't got over the fact that we beat them in two World Wars (which those evil bastards started) and one World Cup. English football fans still love singing about it.

England fans performing German Bombers in the Air:

2 World Wars, 1 World Cup
That's the way we f*cked them up
With a knick knack Paddy whack
Give a dog a bone
Germany are going home!

 

[Sons of Liberty]

And then they mock our education system.

 

[Blackleaf]

And then they mock our education system.

With some justification. Most Americans couldn't point to Germany on a map.

 

[Sons of Liberty]

With some justification. Most Americans couldn't point to Germany on a map.

Well when you live in a Blackleaf bubble, this is true.

 

[Blackleaf]

Well when you live in a Blackleaf bubble, this is true.

It IS true. Isn't it?

 

[Curious Cdn]

S'okay. They can't find us on a map, either and we have a common border thousands of miles long.

 

[Sons of Liberty]

That's one thing (among others) Brits and Canadians have in common, smugness, must be a prerequisite to be part of the British Empire.

 

[SLM]

This is not actually about nationality. Not really.

:roll:

 

[Blackleaf]

That's one thing (among others) Brits and Canadians have in common, smugness, must be a prerequisite to be part of the British Empire.

Brits have got plenty of reasopn to be smug about. Living in the greatest and most successful civilisation that has ever existed upon the face of planet Earth is one of them.