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feedmegin posted:And didn't win either of those wars by doing so, mind you.
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aphid_licker posted:Yeah but afaik basically all the weapons the US's enemies used came from outside the bombed area, no? Yes But douhet’s theory is that the bomber starts and ends the war, that merely by bombing from air the war ends on the losing side submitting. This theory was the hot poo poo on 1930s and turned out to.. well, not really play out for the simple reason that countries Keep on trucking even If somebody dumps bombs on them.
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Valtonen posted:Yes But douhet’s theory is that the bomber starts and ends the war, that merely by bombing from air the war ends on the losing side submitting. This theory was the hot poo poo on 1930s and turned out to.. well, not really play out for the simple reason that countries Keep on trucking even If somebody dumps bombs on them. Isn't MAD an extension of Douhet's theories, since it was developed when the expected method of delivering nukes was a heavy strategic bomber with free fall bombs?
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Looks like I forgot to update last week, so you get a double feature: Study of the Ferdinand in the USSR 25-pounder Baby Queue: 37 mm Anti-Tank Gun M3, 36 inch Little David mortar, 105 mm howitzer M3, 15 cm sIG 33, 10.5 cm leFH 18, 7.5 cm LG 40, 10.5 cm LG 42, 17 cm K i. Mrs. Laf., 47 mm wz.25 infantry gun, Tiger (P), Scorpion, SKS, Australian Centurions in Vietnam, PzIII Ausf. E and F, PzIII Ausf. G and H, Trials of the PzIII Ausf. H in the USSR, PzIII Ausf.J-N, Russian Renault, Nashorn/Hornisse, Medium Tank M4A2E8, P.1000 and other work by Grotte, KV-100 and KV-122, Cruiser Tank Mk.I, Cruiser Tank Mk.II, Valentine III and V, Valentine IX, Valentine X and XI, 7TP and Vickers Mk.E trials in the USSR, Modern Polish tank projects, SD-100 (Czech SU-100 clone), TACAM R-2, kpúv vz. 34, kpúv vz. 37, kpúv vz. 38, IS-1 (IS-85), IS-2 (object 240), Production of the IS-2, IS-2 modernization projects, GMC M8, First Soviet assault rifles, Stahlhelm in WWI, Stahlhelm in WWII, SU-76 with big guns, Panther trials in the USSR, Western spherical tanks, S35 in German service, SU-152 combat debut Available for request:  Schmeisser's work in the USSR Object 237 (IS-1 prototype) SU-85 T-29-5 KV-85 Tank sleds T-80 (the light tank) Proposed Soviet heavy tank destroyers DS-39 tank machinegun MS-1/T-18 Kalashnikov's debut works MS-1 production Kalashnikov-Petrov self-loading carbine SU-76M (SU-15M) production S-51 SU-76I T-34 applique armour projects T-26 with mine detection equipment IS-2 mod. 1944  Archer Challenger I NEW  Medium Tank M3 use in the USSR HMC T82 57 mm gun M1 Medium Tank M4A4 Hellcat  Jagdpanzer IV Grosstraktor Gebirgskanone M 15 Maus development in 1943-44 German anti-tank rifles Panzer IV/70 Czech anti-tank rifles in German service  Hotchkiss H 35 and H 39  FIAT 3000 FIAT L6-40 M13/40, M14/41, M15/42  Experimental Polish tanks of the 1930s  Trials of the LT vz. 35 in the USSR NEW
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13th KRRC War Diary, 7th October 1918 posted:At dawn our patrol ascertained definitely that the enemy had not withdrawn. The activity of the enemy artillery was much diminished while our own was much greater and carried out bombardments on the enemy wire and on his positions particularly of BEL AISE FARM.
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Ensign Expendable posted:Looks like I forgot to update last week, so you get a double feature: You have to laugh at the fellow in the comments who suggested the Germans invent a 'baby' Tiger and Panther for jungle use. One wonders what he would suggest be removed to lighten those tanks...
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Fangz posted:You have to laugh at the fellow in the comments who suggested the Germans invent a 'baby' Tiger and Panther for jungle use. One wonders what he would suggest be removed to lighten those tanks... Easy. Get rid of most of the armor, but leave a little bit at the front. You can save some more weight by angling the front armor, so you can get away with having less of it. The gun is overkill, so if we downgrade that a little bit, we save even more weight. And we just invented the T-34 and Sherman. You're right internet dude, the Germans should have made baby Tigers, it would have been great.
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I read your post and was like "where on earth would the Germans have a need for a Special Jungle Tank" and then I read the comment and  If the Germans were going to send the Japanese armored fighting vehicles why wouldn't they just send the StuG III for starters? and assuming the Germans could send the Japanese heavy equipment (LMAO), CKD ME 262s and Panzerschreks would be far more useful.
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Geisladisk posted:Easy. Get rid of most of the armor, but leave a little bit at the front. They tried that and it, uh, didn't go well quote:The first day gave minor problems and was abandoned after only 13 miles (21 km) of easy on-road driving. However, the driver was already exhausted by this time, finding that the steering levers needed his full weight to operate and that the seat, footbrake and gear lever all carried risk of physical injury in using them. The Officer in Charge decided to abandon the trials there and then as it was impossible and unsafe to continue, reporting that "in his view the entire project should be closed". Edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJni42kJIEg&t=1150s GotLag fucked around with this message at 13:30 on Oct 8, 2018 |
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quote:The sole Valiant was retained by the School of Tank Technology, where students were treated to an inspection of it at the end of their course and invited to find fault. David Fletcher wrote of this: "One hopes they started early in the morning."
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this is kind of impressive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIRJTIkyuqw
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also, the head on the lieutenant in brown is quai-gon jin
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HEY GUNS posted:i love listening to british people roast something until it happens to me David Fletcher discusses the A38 Valiant at length in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF0hRJ09Q-E quote:Once the driver got in (the tank), he was immediately in severe danger. For a start, if he moved the gear lever into first gear, it got trapped behind the battery box, and he actually needed a crowbar to get it out again, which isn't an ideal setup, really. I could listen to this man drone on about anything for hours. I wish he was my granddad.
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Mycroft Holmes posted:also, the head on the lieutenant in brown is quai-gon jin I think the soldier next to him is Anakin too, but his face has been chewed up a little. It wouldn't have occurred to me if it weren't for Johnny Thunder wearing his shirt while feeding the machine gun. It's weird that I recognize so many of the faces, from Aquashark guy to the bad guy samurai to Black Bart and Ice Planet Astronaut, and then the internet makes it easy to cross reference and identify specifically. Apparently the sweaty face is "Gorilla Suit Guy". And then they all die in the horrors of war. No lego-barbed wire though.
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I once saw a guy argue that the Soviets copied the IS-3 from the British, and it was basically the Valiant but bigger. His entire argument hinged on the pike looking bit in the front of the tank. The same guy also argued that the Soviets copied the F-34 from Japan, because the shape of the gun mantlet was similar to that of some Japanese gun in a completely different caliber.
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Speaking of the IS-3, is there a manual or guide somewhere out there on how to drive it? I've been trying to find one for familiarization purposes. All I find while googling is the WOT game.
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If you google "Руководство по материальной части и эксплуатации танка ИС-3" then there are a few download links, but I couldn't find anything with OCR'd text so you could at least run it through Google translate.
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Ensign Expendable posted:If you google "Руководство по материальной части и эксплуатации танка ИС-3" then there are a few download links, but I couldn't find anything with OCR'd text so you could at least run it through Google translate. Thanks! I will try these random Russian websites at home on a VM.
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It's a long weekend, so have a bonus update: 37 mm Gun M3 Queue: 36 inch Little David mortar, 105 mm howitzer M3, 15 cm sIG 33, 10.5 cm leFH 18, 7.5 cm LG 40, 10.5 cm LG 42, 17 cm K i. Mrs. Laf., 47 mm wz.25 infantry gun, Tiger (P), Scorpion, SKS, Australian Centurions in Vietnam, PzIII Ausf. E and F, PzIII Ausf. G and H, Trials of the PzIII Ausf. H in the USSR, PzIII Ausf.J-N, Russian Renault, Nashorn/Hornisse, Medium Tank M4A2E8, P.1000 and other work by Grotte, KV-100 and KV-122, Cruiser Tank Mk.I, Cruiser Tank Mk.II, Valentine III and V, Valentine IX, Valentine X and XI, 7TP and Vickers Mk.E trials in the USSR, Modern Polish tank projects, SD-100 (Czech SU-100 clone), TACAM R-2, kpúv vz. 34, kpúv vz. 37, kpúv vz. 38, IS-1 (IS-85), IS-2 (object 240), Production of the IS-2, IS-2 modernization projects, GMC M8, First Soviet assault rifles, Stahlhelm in WWI, Stahlhelm in WWII, SU-76 with big guns, Panther trials in the USSR, Western spherical tanks, S35 in German service, SU-152 combat debut, 57 mm gun M1 Available for request: Schmeisser's work in the USSR Object 237 (IS-1 prototype) SU-85 T-29-5 KV-85 Tank sleds T-80 (the light tank) Proposed Soviet heavy tank destroyers DS-39 tank machinegun MS-1/T-18 Kalashnikov's debut works MS-1 production Kalashnikov-Petrov self-loading carbine SU-76M (SU-15M) production S-51 SU-76I T-34 applique armour projects T-26 with mine detection equipment IS-2 mod. 1944 Archer Challenger I NEW Medium Tank M3 use in the USSR HMC T82 Medium Tank M4A4 Hellcat Jagdpanzer IV Grosstraktor Gebirgskanone M 15 Maus development in 1943-44 German anti-tank rifles Panzer IV/70 Czech anti-tank rifles in German service Hotchkiss H 35 and H 39 FIAT 3000 FIAT L6-40 M13/40, M14/41, M15/42 Experimental Polish tanks of the 1930s Trials of the LT vz. 35 in the USSR NEW Ensign Expendable fucked around with this message at 13:57 on Oct 11, 2018 |
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https://i.imgur.com/Eu79k5j.gifv Restored 88mm FlaK - Live Fire
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Putting your anti-tank gun at the crest of a hill without as much as a dugout, amateur mistake.
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Ensign Expendable posted:Putting your anti-tank gun at the crest of a hill without as much as a dugout, amateur mistake. Perfectly adequate for loving up your neighbor's garden gnomes.
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Restoring the gun isn't the bit that impresses me, it's restoring/manufacturing ammunition for it.
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Jobbo_Fett posted:https://i.imgur.com/Eu79k5j.gifv Is it... supposed to scooch around like that? 
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Fire and maneuver, my man.
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Perestroika posted:Is it... supposed to scooch around like that? The mount is designed for firing upwards, since it's an AA gun. These guys are firing with the gun depressed, so it's pulling the whole thing upwards, which negatively impacts stability. This is not a unique "feature", lots of guns scooted around after firing and needed the aim to be corrected for the next shot.
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Geisladisk posted:Fire and maneuver, my man. Shoot and scoot!
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Geisladisk posted:David Fletcher discusses the A38 Valiant at length in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF0hRJ09Q-E That's a feature, it means there's no chance of retreat. Blitzkrieg!!!!
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If they fired fast enough they could retreat while firing which was verboten. They weren't allowed to use them because of this.
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The real reason for the war on two fronts is so that the 88s can alternate their fire westwards and eastwards
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I assume you need very different shells for AA and AT. Would any given gun have both available, or would they be issued depending on what the gun was positioned for?
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new meme
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Mycroft Holmes posted:new meme Do you have any idea how to loving use an apostrophe?
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Remulak posted:Stop Triggering me! i don't make memes, i'm not a loser. i just post them if i see them on my tumblr subscriptions
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Isn't that the one the nazi kiddes are jumping on to dehumanize everyone loving sane?
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SeanBeansShako posted:Isn't that the one the nazi kiddes are jumping on to dehumanize everyone loving sane? Not just them, but yeah. It's just a new iteration on the good ol' "sheeple".
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The Lone Badger posted:I assume you need very different shells for AA and AT. Would any given gun have both available, or would they be issued depending on what the gun was positioned for? The AA batteries had a small allotment of AP rounds afaik depending on their location. Also the tank version on tiger used different fuses, But the fuse could be changed on the spot so there are cases of heavy tank battalions stealing ammo from their AA detachment. Then again as far as germans go thats the norm- only reason Rommel made it to the sea in france was him stealing all the fuel and ammo his neighboring units had.
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SeanBeansShako posted:Isn't that the one the nazi kiddes are jumping on to dehumanize everyone loving sane? yea we're either NPCs or "bugmen," the common thread being that we can't really think or feel, unlike them. philosophical zombies ifyou're familiar with the term therefore their thoughts and deeds no longer trouble their conscience! very tidy
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