Notable Point · 2:32:54-2:34:19

Stable vehicle designs help armies build and maintain larger forces

The land-war comparison links production continuity and plentiful lorries to the ability to sustain mobile operations.

Notes

Repeated alterations to German equipment can interrupt production and complicate support. The alternative considered here keeps an established design in production while developing its successor separately. Sherman production and British and American lorries illustrate the value assigned to larger, more standardised vehicle fleets. German dependence on horse transport remains a limitation even when the fighting vehicles improve. More advanced tanks alone do not supply a motorised logistical system.