Tanker 10

A call out for someone who battles at Danville. Is there a published list of what tanks belong in what class. I figure that the Shermans would be light, Tigers, heavy, etc. I would like to set my Tamiya electronics accordingly.

Ex_Pat_Tanker

http://www.bayareatankers.org/ under intel > RCACN rules, then scroll down until you see the link for appendix A - this is the table you are looking for.

RichJohnson

Uh hem....
Shermans are medium tanks.

i think I have a list somebody sent me I will look for it tonight.

Tanker 10

Thank you.

Tanker 10

I thought the Shermans were dead at three hits, no.

Ex_Pat_Tanker

I think the only Tamiya that is different from the RCACN rules is the Panther - Tamiya calls it a Medium due to the way it was employed, RCACN determined it to be a Heavy due to the thick frontal armour...

if you have something not on that list, I'm sure somebody here could offer an opinion - between us I think we've built pretty much anything you could conceivably think of

DaveBcool

off the top of my head...

heavy
elephant
jagdtiger
ferdinand
tiger 1
tiger 2
panther
jagdpanther
kv1
kv2
js2
pershing
jumbo sherman

medium
all other shermans
all t34's
all piv variants
all piii variants

light
pi
pii
luchs
stuart
hellcat
chaffee

Tanker 10

Thank you sir, now I can stop looking up armor thickness.

Crius

I've always been told the Tauchpanzer would be a light tank. Was I told wrong?

Crius

And you might as well throw in the M-41, since so many guys have one, which I think is a light tank.

Tanker 10

The Tauchpanzer is a Panzer 4 variant, if I'm not mistaken.

afv aficionado

Hi Guys
Tauchpanzer came in both Pz III & Pz IV versions http://www.wehrmacht-history.com/hee...auchpanzer.htm & http://www.wehrmacht-history.com/hee...auchpanzer.htm
M41 was a light tank - 24 tonnes, though it's gun - 76mm - was a medium at the time. Not sure what that makes it class wise?

Mal

RichJohnson

The M41 was a light reconnosence tank. It was very small by comparison. You would be surprised if you have stood next to a real one, they appear smaller than a Sherman.

afv aficionado

Hi Rich
Nope, wouldn't be surprised - that's me on the turret

Mal

Ex_Pat_Tanker

The full RCACN rules had the M41 classified as a light under the 'modern' rule set - but I don't recall anyone having enough modern tanks to ever make use of those rules
I've always ran mine as a light in WW2 battles, as the gun and armour are pretty similar to that of the M18 - ain't nobody complained yet

If you guys read the full table in on the BAT website I linked, you'll see where the various Pz3 and 4 variants shake out and the calculated average armour thicknesses that got them there. Quite often the difference is little things like extra bolt on armour on the mantlet that differentiates say the Pz3 Ausf J from the Ausf L (and later variants).