Re: Serial numbers intelligence

2021-01-31 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
On Sun, Jan 31, 2021 at 03:59:27PM -0800, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: [...] > I know nothing of any actual details about tanks. > But, "Oddball" (Donald Sutherland) in "Kelly's Heroes" said that the > only way that they could take on a Tiger, "Yeah. Look, a Tiger has > only one weak point. That's

Re: Serial numbers intelligence

2021-01-31 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
On Mon, 1 Feb 2021, Tomasz Rola via cctalk wrote: Nice article, but certain paragraph made me uneasy: "By 1941-42, the allies knew that US and even British tanks had been technically superior to German Panzer tanks in combat, but they were worried about the capabilities of the new marks IV an

Re: Serial numbers intelligence

2021-01-31 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
On Sun, Jan 31, 2021 at 05:47:49PM -0500, Dennis Boone via cctalk wrote: > > I'm curious to what degree people have used serial number > > intelligence gathering and countermeasures in the industry. Like > > were/are there market research firms that would go to Fry's and > > record numbers off

Re: Serial numbers intelligence

2021-01-31 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
> I'm curious to what degree people have used serial number > intelligence gathering and countermeasures in the industry. Like > were/are there market research firms that would go to Fry's and > record numbers off of boxes to try to extrapolate sales for things > like printer consumables, and whet

Re: Serial numbers intelligence

2021-01-31 Thread Dennis Boone via cctalk
> I'm curious to what degree people have used serial number > intelligence gathering and countermeasures in the industry. Like > were/are there market research firms that would go to Fry's and > record numbers off of boxes to try to extrapolate sales for things > like printer consumables, and

Serial numbers intelligence

2021-01-31 Thread Gavin Scott via cctalk
Wayne after Ed: > As to the number sold, you should be able to get a sense of it by collecting > serial numbers from those who have them - once you get enough of them (maybe > 20 or so) you should get a sense of about where the numbering started and > where it ended. I'm curious to what degree