I've never encountered that information before, though it seems likely to me since the PzKw III ausf. N carried the 75mm Kwk 37, a gun...
True. The fact that the long range capabilities of the various infantry rifles used by the warring powers in WWI led the German army to retire the...
Thus I refute Poppy! (CPL Punishment kicks Poppy in the head)
The fuel system of the Panther was notoriously leaky, just one of the problems that was never completely fixed in that needlessly complex AFV....
There were some advantages to phasing out the StuG III, and replacing it with the StuG IV: 1) Leaf spring suspension was quicker and cheaper to...
Your next assignment: [IMG]
I gather from the Wiki article this song has no special relationship with the IJN.
I believe the PzKw II line was shutdown to make room for the Panzer III production. Existing PzKw II tanks were converted to other platforms...
Across the sea, corpses in the water; Across the mountain, corpses in the field; I shall die only for the Emperor, I shall never look back. These...
Perhaps, but m. kenny lists assault guns, self-propelled artillery, tank hunters etc. as separate items. Also he lists more than 16,000 Panzer IV...
m. kenny - Where did you get those PzKw IV and PzKw V production figures. I seen some variance from source to source, but your figures are twice...
So you're going to quibble about 256 tanks over the course of nine years, or 2.37 tanks per month?
8,800 is the estimated TOTAL production of Panzer IVs from 1936 to 1945. The Kwk 39 (43 caliber) was introduced in the F2 model. Before that the...
Germany didn't get serious about tank production until it was too late. In January 1943 production of the Pzkv IV, the most numerous type by far,...
Actually it was time that was "dialed into the shell" not range. I have an earlier comment in another thread about this.
From the earliest days of armored warfare it was recognized that tank crewmen need special gear to operate and fight with a degree of additional...
South Africa produced six nuclear weapons in the 1980s, but disassembled them in the early 1990s. South Africa built their nuclear weapons in...
What do you have in mind, head cheese on rye?
I must wait until the ink of your signature to the Official Secrets Act is dry.
Good points all. Yes, I agree, formerjughead, your title and discussion parameters are better than mine. Your point about "special operations"...
