Tanks!!

[curveslover3]

Tits? Tanks? tough choice, I do know they're not interchangable..

WWII I like the Soviet stuff best. Meanest kid in the showroom is the JS2. At 45 tons it's about the same weight as the Panther, with similar mobility, but with 50% thicker armour and a 122mm gun. They built nearly as many of these babies as Tigers. Downside was the two part ammo and crew of only 4 meaning the commander had to double as gunner, a system which has pervaded into modern Soviet designs.

[BigBucket]

Originally Posted by Greenman

The new modern Challenger isn't a bad tank but the Chieftain I remember very well when I was a kid we went(with the school) to Bovington Tank Museum, tons of tanks to climb over and look at.

Personnel carriers, tanks?-you're welcome!

Friend of mine who used to drive tanks in the army said the Challenger 2 is the worlds best all round tank. A jack of all trades tank. He thinks as little at 20 years we'll see very high tech tanks with magnetic railguns, lightweight armour, much higher speeds and camoflage that digitally changes over the surface of the tank based on the colour temprature of the surrounding area.

[palo5]

Originally Posted by deefer

... pessky russkies...

We can be more pessky. Do you know about PermaBlind, that goos your optics so you can't see anything?

[DTravel]

Its too bad we're supposed to be limited to 1 pic. Otherwise I'd post the pics I took when I visited the Patton Tank Museum....

[palo5]

Originally Posted by curveslover3

...Downside was the two part ammo...

There's nothing wrong with two-part ammo - actually it's three-part if you want to make it sound worse. But shell casings are a pain in the *ss, and with a bigger gun they make storage & handling problematic in a limited space

These days they have 'combustible casings' and more powerful propellant, a much more elegant solution

[haroldeye]

Originally Posted by palo5

We can be more pessky. Do you know about PermaBlind, that goos your optics so you can't see anything?

Isn't that a by-product of spending too much time on certain threads in this forum?

Not a tankie are you Palo?

[palo5]

Originally Posted by haroldeye

Isn't that a by-product of spending too much time on certain threads in this forum?

Hahaha!

Not a tankie are you Palo?

No, motorized infantry (motor-rifle). But all MR divisions have or had plenty of tanks and they made you learn how to drive them, load and fire the guns etc etc (yawn...). So you weren't an expert, but you wouldn't be useless if you ever had to use the things

[RjG57]

German Panzer IIIs



Obsolete within a fews years of the WW2 starting but a very useful tank chassis which derived the Stug III tank killer. A very mean looking beastie.

[deefer]

Originally Posted by Rendell

Yes, but you wouldn't say that to it's face!

Not with a 380mm rocket assisted mortar that was originally designed for the German Navy. I believe it was intended for use against strongpoints and fortifications.

yeah i would, from an Apache gun ship...

if you look closely the ring of small holes around the muzzle are actually the rocket exhaust ports!!




It was for use against fortifications and other armored buildings much like the 290mm 40lb Petard mortar some AVRE Churchill s carried. They were muzzle loaded and spring fired creating 20 tons of recoil force.

[Mal Hombre]

The First Tank ever,The Lincoln Landship No.1 of 1915,Also Known as "Little Willie" after the German Crown Prince..