“The only place where Japanese army excelled was fighting British and Dutch colonial troops.” And French in Indochina.

“It was Kursk. In 1943. Where's Panzerjaeger at? He's got all these numbers memorized, he'll set you straight” Yes and no. Pz always over estimated Manstein and trusts him about the possibility of a breakthrough in Kursk, even when the figures show had still more tanks in reserve than the Germans could possibly fight off.