you are describing "penetration" thats a "calibre " vs "calibre " slamfest ya cant confuse firepower with brute strength... If ya want to...
ill add it to that last and see how it stacks up to the first 2. It would be nice to determine an optimal tank as a comparison =) yer tank got...
[img] can anyone name this tank ?
Firepower is the net result of : 1. Armament - penetration, ammo load out 2. Command and control - target aquisition and coordinated fire. 3....
yipe =) im havin a bad day =)
sure 'll get it for ya asap.. South Africa was a pretty large supplier of depleted Uranium at the time =) still looking - ya may have got me...
The War of the Gran Chaco- 1934-35 and the Hungarian -Czech wars in the early 30's involved armored warfare as well. The Polish Invasion of the...
the reason i posted is cus i keep hearing the pzkw I was a take off of the vickers MK VI.. this shows that developement was well under way before...
looking at the leichtractors and the pzkw I it seems they were derived from the LKIII series for the Leichtraktraktors and the Hanomag for...
americans sent lend lease 57mm guns to russia .. they were tipped with depleted uranium.. the germans feared the 57mm at gun more than the russian...
excellent post - many thanks
its fairly deceptive. a japanese tank division was ALL ARMOR they had mobile artilley and SP guns.. some rocking APC's and 4 times the tanks of...
This cross section of vehicles of the Imperial Japanese military should be an eye opener. Japan was not quite so "armor less" as most people might...
http://www.fetchbook.info/search_Alvin_ ... uthor.html heres a link to the Coox book on nomonhan Are you the author of this book?...
Nomonhan is probably the best documented battle in the history of the world. It was the first large scale tank engagement in history. ( khalkin...
was referring mainly to the first picture on the page. its not an issue though ive given up.
4 factors determine "mobility" 1. Mechanical Reliability -breakdowns 2. Horsepower to weight ratio - engine size 3. Ground pressure...
once again those are photos of at least 2 possibly 3 KV-2 vehicles, not the same one. and definetely not the KV-1 described by Raus during the...
VERY interesting sidenote here... the tanks were sent back to be refitted as the marder but the crews of pz battalions 100 and 101 went on to form...
Jagdpanther hands down