...would be snickering in their beer if they heard about this latest German military development...
Germany’s Puma panzer hangs in the balance after report of mass outage
It is a trait that brings a ton of aggravation to owners of older German cars and a ton of money to mechanics who work on them: The Germans' love of over-engineering everything. Time and time again, components of passenger cars that have worked fine for decades using gears, levers and cables are replaced by electronic brains, computers, motors, and switches. Nothing is improved, but a simple, reliable component is made much more complex, "elegant" in design, and ultimately unreliable.
What would happen if the German Engineers were free to design from scratch, like something designed for military application at public expense? See linked article. It's funny.
Germany’s Puma panzer hangs in the balance after report of mass outage
It is a trait that brings a ton of aggravation to owners of older German cars and a ton of money to mechanics who work on them: The Germans' love of over-engineering everything. Time and time again, components of passenger cars that have worked fine for decades using gears, levers and cables are replaced by electronic brains, computers, motors, and switches. Nothing is improved, but a simple, reliable component is made much more complex, "elegant" in design, and ultimately unreliable.
What would happen if the German Engineers were free to design from scratch, like something designed for military application at public expense? See linked article. It's funny.
