What's YOUR favorite tank???
02-20-2010, 10:46 AM
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RE: What's YOUR favorite tank???
Favorites:
WWII ETO, Pz4, Panther and Sherman (WWII digital photos from my build reference files).
Why:
"WWII tank design principal factors were those thought to be best supported by combat experience.
Among these, combat proved that a bigger tank was not necessarily a better tank. The development goal came to be a tank combining all the proven characteristics in proper balance, to which weight and size were only incidentally related. Top priority went to mechanical reliability and firepower. Almost as important were maneuverability, speed, and good flotation (low ground pressure). Armor protection for the crew was perhaps less important, although it remained a desirable characteristic.
The problem here was that only a slight addition to the thickness of armor plate greatly increased the total weight of the tank, thereby requiring a more powerful and heavier engine. This, in turn, resulted in a larger and heavier transmission and suspension system. All of these pyramiding increases tended to make the tank less maneuverable, slower, and a larger and easier target. Thicker armor plate beyond a certain point, therefore, actually meant less protection for the crew. Determining the point at which the optimum thickness of armor was reached, in balance with other factors, presented a challenge that resulted in numerous proposed solutions and much disagreement.
The answer to bigger enemy tanks was more powerful guns instead of increased size. And, in his high positions, General McNair understandably exerted much influence upon the development of US tanks, as well as antitank guns."
Lt. Gen. Lesley J. McNair, Chief of Staff of GHQ, and later Commanding General, Army Ground Forces (WWII)
WWII ETO, Pz4, Panther and Sherman (WWII digital photos from my build reference files).
Why:
"WWII tank design principal factors were those thought to be best supported by combat experience.
Among these, combat proved that a bigger tank was not necessarily a better tank. The development goal came to be a tank combining all the proven characteristics in proper balance, to which weight and size were only incidentally related. Top priority went to mechanical reliability and firepower. Almost as important were maneuverability, speed, and good flotation (low ground pressure). Armor protection for the crew was perhaps less important, although it remained a desirable characteristic.
The problem here was that only a slight addition to the thickness of armor plate greatly increased the total weight of the tank, thereby requiring a more powerful and heavier engine. This, in turn, resulted in a larger and heavier transmission and suspension system. All of these pyramiding increases tended to make the tank less maneuverable, slower, and a larger and easier target. Thicker armor plate beyond a certain point, therefore, actually meant less protection for the crew. Determining the point at which the optimum thickness of armor was reached, in balance with other factors, presented a challenge that resulted in numerous proposed solutions and much disagreement.
The answer to bigger enemy tanks was more powerful guns instead of increased size. And, in his high positions, General McNair understandably exerted much influence upon the development of US tanks, as well as antitank guns."
Lt. Gen. Lesley J. McNair, Chief of Staff of GHQ, and later Commanding General, Army Ground Forces (WWII)
02-20-2010, 02:05 PM
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RE: What's YOUR favorite tank???
Mine are the Tiger I and the Tiger II KT
a foto from my ardennes KT Henshell, lateron i had removed the number, its now without the number i stays that way
a foto from my ardennes KT Henshell, lateron i had removed the number, its now without the number i stays that way
02-20-2010, 03:30 PM
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RE: What's YOUR favorite tank???
The ultimate gunfight at the OK Corral:
Long Barrel Mark III Special (PZ III Ausf J or L) vs M3 Grant in North Africa
What I've got in work now:
KV-1 ekhranami vs PZ III H in area around Leningrad
Long Barrel Mark III Special (PZ III Ausf J or L) vs M3 Grant in North Africa
What I've got in work now:
KV-1 ekhranami vs PZ III H in area around Leningrad
02-20-2010, 07:41 PM
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RE: What's YOUR favorite tank???
Mine would be the Sherman E2 Jumbo, M-18 Hellcat, Pz lV, Panzerjagder lV, Comet, M26 Pershing. Just to name a few. The new tanks would be the Leopard 1 and 2
Cheers
John
Cheers
John
