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Biography
Paul Nation

Paul Nation is the Principal Engineer within Joint Logistics Command. He began his career as an Army Apprentice vehicle mechanic and has served as a maintainer, instructor and engineer across Defence. He is passionate about maintenance and engineering history including the lessons we can learn.

An early Panther towing an immobile tank.
German Tank Maintenance in World War II: History, Challenges, Adaptations, and Lessons
This essay explores, for comparison with the Australian Army, how the German Army’s armoured maintenance system evolved – and ultimately collapsed – under the weight of technological ambition and strategic misalignment during the Second World War.
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