Sorry GP, I was trying to sum up a few of the earlier pionts without going to lengths. As you said nothing is inpenetrable ever Chobhams. The M1...
The HEAT warhead on ball-bearings was used by the French in the 105mm on the AMX-30. Took sometime to get right but not sure if it was used or...
DCR- Division Cuirassee de Reserve DLM- Division Legere Mecanique DLC- Division Legeres de Cavalerie Quote:- "Little thought had been given...
You probably have alot of TV documentary on the Civil War over there but I think that was the one. There was about 6 episodes or so. I think you...
Some of the units listed had only just formed a few months earlier and no real tactics on their use had been drawn up.
A couple of questions from an "outsided". The America TV documentary about the America Civil War has been shown here in the UK, what did you...
Because of their defeat by Germany the French only thought of the Poles as "losers" so did not use them. "Egg on face" in a few weeks for the French.
A bit more digging and alot more information. On 5th Sept the Polish 2nd Light Tank Battalion counter-attacked the 1st Light and 4th Pz....
Thought this might be of interest to someone. It is from the 1973 AFV Profile No59; French Infantry Tanks:Part 2....
Going back to the original question. If you mean lancers raised and sabars glinting in the sun then no but as "transport" then yes. The Polish...
No, Mr Stebbings to you Mr PanzerProfile, Paul is fine. I could have called myself Monty!! Sadly not many books in print that even have a brief...
As a Italian Campaign vet what did you think of the British MP (not going to waste my time naming them) who in 1944 called you lot D-Day Dodgers....
Remember watching a film which showed shermans being cut up for scrap after the war. I think it stared Richard Todd as a tank commander...
Sorry but the ears looked a bit long. You did not say what you used them for so when you said they were useful in Italy I just thought pack mules...
Shows you that welding some slabs together is always a lot easier than building a turret assembly. The square plate over the mantle at the front...
These are pack mules and were used to move large amounts of supplies into hard to reach areas. Used in the Far East a great deal and carried...
Is that the whole thing or Prokhorovka.
After the Polish Campaign the Germans stopped using the large white crosses on their AFVs as it was found the Polish gunners used them as aiming...
Do you know why HESH has to be fired from a rifled gun? The British used HESH as a duel purpose round because HEAT is degraded by spinning and the...
This has probably been posted before so sorry. Which tank battle would you like to have seen. Not taking part on any side but as a neutral...
