They discover this article every other week over there, no need to necro a two year old thread over it.


Historical Sch-lol-arship: T-34
Started by EnsignExpendable, Sep 17 2013 - 00:26
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#182 Posted Jul 14 2015 - 15:03
Oh man, I love how they keep bringing up the cost in Reichmarks to 'prove' that the Panther wasn't that much more expensive than the Pz IV to produce. They must have gotten a really good bulk deal on all that extra stuff that went into the Panthers. They were what, 50% heavier at least? And with more complicated and thicker armor plates?
#183 Posted Jul 14 2015 - 18:53
Cost savings from relying extensively on slave labor. Starving, poorly housing, withholding medical care, raping and executing your foreign workforce goes a long way towards balancing the bottom line.
Just don't tell that to today's modern venture capitalists aiming to downsize a business...
Just don't tell that to today's modern venture capitalists aiming to downsize a business...
#186 Posted Jul 21 2015 - 01:39
Donward, on Jul 14 2015 - 17:53, said:
Cost savings from relying extensively on slave labor. Starving, poorly housing, withholding medical care, raping and executing your foreign workforce goes a long way towards balancing the bottom line.
Just don't tell that to today's modern venture capitalists aiming to downsize a business...
Just don't tell that to today's modern venture capitalists aiming to downsize a business...
Is there any reliable way to gauge what the real cost of production was during WW2? Everyone engaged in funny money shenanigans to some extent and man hours aren't always a reliable figure.
#188 Posted Jul 21 2015 - 15:52
That can help, especially if there is a resource crunch, but complexity can be a big multiplier to the amount of effort needed.
#189 Posted Jul 21 2015 - 16:10
There's also the issue that resources can be relatively more expensive for one nation than for another.
#190 Posted Jul 21 2015 - 19:15
Donward, on Jul 14 2015 - 12:53, said:
Cost savings from relying extensively on slave labor. Starving, poorly housing, withholding medical care, raping and executing your foreign workforce goes a long way towards balancing the bottom line.
Just don't tell that to today's modern venture capitalists aiming to downsize a business...
Just don't tell that to today's modern venture capitalists aiming to downsize a business...
You think they don't already know?
acosnil, on Jul 20 2015 - 19:39, said:
Is there any reliable way to gauge what the real cost of production was during WW2? Everyone engaged in funny money shenanigans to some extent and man hours aren't always a reliable figure.
It's really hard because even such things as industrial processes aren't equivalent between countries, let alone resources with different scarcities.
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