Hi there!
Name is Stefan Liess, owner of this nice little website. I have been asked several times by visitors about who’s pulling the strings and why and all that. The answer is very simple, but I will give some more background info.
So it all started somewhen around the day I have seen daylight for the first time. Something happened then, coz all my live long I felt sort of fascinated by this steel monsters, especially the tracked ones. And finally the day came where I was allowed to serve in the German Bundeswehr and be part of this small group of men always smelling oil and always being interested in going out in the field with the monsters. I really enjoyed the time as a Leopard 2 tanker and came back several times during my time in the Army Reserve. After my duty I started to study and that was around the time where this big thing came more and more in use, that thing were people said you would find every information available, that thing called internet. I used it quite frequently at the university and there I found out very quickly that it wasn't a place containing all knowledge man could ever think of, it was far away from that point. Especially military technology was more a represented by a wide range of websites owned by story tellers, but not people who did really know what they were talking about. And so I made the decision to start my own project there. I began to collect information, validate and analyze them. And finally I wrote it all down and published it. I do it all alone, there is no team working on that website. But there are quite some supporters delivering or validating information or just asking questions to make my old brain start working again.
The website is privately owned, I don't make any money out of it. I created it just for fun and that's how it will stay for the future. As it costs me a fortune, donations are always welcome. Yes, I made mistakes too. But since the beginning I try only to publish information that was verified by multiple sources or which makes sense at all. You won’t find things like the indestructible Abrams of the weak Soviet tank designs here. Making a website about armoured vehicles is quite a strange thing, especially as a German. We as a society have a problem with our history, especially the one of the 20th century. I am often seen as one who is too close with the military, that I'm fancy of wars; sometimes I'm even called a Nazi. But hey, none of it is true; this is not about politics and all that. I'm just somebody interested in technology and that's about it. And no, I don't want to buy any tank and I also don't know somebody selling one. But yes, I'm always interested in getting my hands dirty and crawl around on armoured vehicles. I am a driver and to get my ass in the driver's seat is about the best thing I can think of. To smell the oil, to feel the engine awake and to push the monster thru rough terrain. That's all I'm looking for. And as I can't have that every day I just continue to collect information and to present them here.
For those who are interested in, I have also a civil live. I studied Computer Science and Business Administration once and work now as a senior consultant for software quality assurance. As a German I must somehow have an affinity to quality and that's what my job is all about. Interested in detailed CV or fancy of hiring me as a contractor? Just drop me an Email.
Name is Stefan Liess, owner of this nice little website. I have been asked several times by visitors about who’s pulling the strings and why and all that. The answer is very simple, but I will give some more background info.
So it all started somewhen around the day I have seen daylight for the first time. Something happened then, coz all my live long I felt sort of fascinated by this steel monsters, especially the tracked ones. And finally the day came where I was allowed to serve in the German Bundeswehr and be part of this small group of men always smelling oil and always being interested in going out in the field with the monsters. I really enjoyed the time as a Leopard 2 tanker and came back several times during my time in the Army Reserve. After my duty I started to study and that was around the time where this big thing came more and more in use, that thing were people said you would find every information available, that thing called internet. I used it quite frequently at the university and there I found out very quickly that it wasn't a place containing all knowledge man could ever think of, it was far away from that point. Especially military technology was more a represented by a wide range of websites owned by story tellers, but not people who did really know what they were talking about. And so I made the decision to start my own project there. I began to collect information, validate and analyze them. And finally I wrote it all down and published it. I do it all alone, there is no team working on that website. But there are quite some supporters delivering or validating information or just asking questions to make my old brain start working again.
The website is privately owned, I don't make any money out of it. I created it just for fun and that's how it will stay for the future. As it costs me a fortune, donations are always welcome. Yes, I made mistakes too. But since the beginning I try only to publish information that was verified by multiple sources or which makes sense at all. You won’t find things like the indestructible Abrams of the weak Soviet tank designs here. Making a website about armoured vehicles is quite a strange thing, especially as a German. We as a society have a problem with our history, especially the one of the 20th century. I am often seen as one who is too close with the military, that I'm fancy of wars; sometimes I'm even called a Nazi. But hey, none of it is true; this is not about politics and all that. I'm just somebody interested in technology and that's about it. And no, I don't want to buy any tank and I also don't know somebody selling one. But yes, I'm always interested in getting my hands dirty and crawl around on armoured vehicles. I am a driver and to get my ass in the driver's seat is about the best thing I can think of. To smell the oil, to feel the engine awake and to push the monster thru rough terrain. That's all I'm looking for. And as I can't have that every day I just continue to collect information and to present them here.
For those who are interested in, I have also a civil live. I studied Computer Science and Business Administration once and work now as a senior consultant for software quality assurance. As a German I must somehow have an affinity to quality and that's what my job is all about. Interested in detailed CV or fancy of hiring me as a contractor? Just drop me an Email.