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Post your favourite tanks
- Thread starter knumbskull
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Here's one of the biggest tank destroyers of WW2: the Jagdtiger.
Not as hard as it sounds. If precut masks are not an off the shelf item i'm sure yhere are plenty of places where you could get some made.
I'm a complete sucker for polished alloy.
My first fourstroke was a 69 TR6R complete with the luggage rack on the tank.
Yeah, this one is a tough looking customer: the T-14 Armata
3 crew, all in the front of the hull - loading in the turret is automated, something the Russians pioneered (I think). Composite armour, I think 120mm gun... must've cost a bit!
When the Russians were in the early stages of developing auto loading tanks it was a fairly well know fact in certain circles that the first several attempts were known to occasionally grab the gunner and try to stuff him in the tube. Someting to do with the magazine placed just above the gunners station. In typical military fashion the initial fix was (wait for it...) shorter gunners.
Militaries can't afford to play around they had the tank and if war had started they were going to war with that tank. With conscription throwing shorter draftees into the gunner's seat was the immediate fix
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Only prob with that is they were not at war at that time, and new systems are rarely implemented service wide until they have somewhat proved their merit and reliability, even by the Russians.
Color me skeptical, but if you lose your gunner in the middle of a fire fight things could take a serious downturn in a big hurry; especially if you are short your primary shooter and are having to clear a breechblock jammed by skull fragments.
Yes, that has always been the problem with self loading guns in tanks. Coupled with the fact that:
1. They have trouble loading the correct type of shell, given 2-3 choices; and
2. If you want one that works reliably, they're often slower than a good human loader is.
And, for what it's worth; I've been inside a couple of Russian tanks. Believe me, there's no room in one for anybody - regardless of their job - who's over 167 cm. tall (5'-6" to us 'Murricans). The real reason Russians liked self loading guns was simply that there's no room in their turrets for a commander, a gunner, and a loader to work effectively...
1. They have trouble loading the correct type of shell, given 2-3 choices; and
2. If you want one that works reliably, they're often slower than a good human loader is.
And, for what it's worth; I've been inside a couple of Russian tanks. Believe me, there's no room in one for anybody - regardless of their job - who's over 167 cm. tall (5'-6" to us 'Murricans). The real reason Russians liked self loading guns was simply that there's no room in their turrets for a commander, a gunner, and a loader to work effectively...
it's been a while so in honour of valentine's day, I'm going to bump this thread with a few weird and wonderful tanks:
