Hi. I am not recommending this show. I do not believe that most here would enjoy watching it (and hence I fairly assumed many here would not have even heard of it). I really wanted my point to be that the creators really love tanks. I built plastic model tanks as a boy. I used to read books about tanks and now watch videos. Mostly I retain a boyish fascination, and have less interest in the nitty gritty of tanks. But watching Girls Und Panzer, which I too find silly, yet curious, I learned about the word stritch and how stritch markings helped tankers measure distance. I got to see the positioning of the crew inside different models of tanks and how they operated... I mean these girls know the difference between a Sherman M4, M4A1, and Firefly, and between a Panzer IV Ausf. A and Ausf. F2...
To each their own, as you say, but I will always be struck between the details the creators wanted to put into a show. I'm not saying all elements are realistic, but there is a kind of respect for the machines themselves that would seem otherwise unnecessary. So, judge the show (or me) as you will, but I also play videogames that also use WW2 as a cheesy backdrop like World of Tanks. I don't know, I'm just intrigued by tanks.
