Absorbed in tracking his target, Gunner Tom inadvertently swings the barrel of his KPTV towards the second turret and keeps firing, shredding it and Gunner Dick completely.
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by Krasny-Volny » Wed Dec 09, 2015 7:21 am
by Fordorsia » Wed Dec 09, 2015 7:44 am
Krasny-Volny wrote:
Absorbed in tracking his target, Gunner Tom inadvertently swings the barrel of his KPTV towards the second turret and keeps firing, shredding it and Gunner Dick completely.
San-Silvacian wrote:Forgot to take off my Rhodie shorts when I went to sleep.
Woke up in bitches and enemy combatants.
Crookfur wrote:Speak for yourself, Crookfur infantry enjoy the sheer uber high speed low drag operator nature of their tactical woad
Spreewerke wrote:One of our employees ate a raw kidney and a raw liver and the only powers he gained was the ability to summon a massive hospital bill.
Premislyd wrote:This is probably the best thing somebody has ever spammed.
Puzikas wrote:That joke was so dark it has to smile to be seen at night.
by Purpelia » Wed Dec 09, 2015 7:49 am
Krasny-Volny wrote:
Absorbed in tracking his target, Gunner Tom inadvertently swings the barrel of his KPTV towards the second turret and keeps firing, shredding it and Gunner Dick completely.
by Purpelia » Wed Dec 09, 2015 7:52 am
Allanea wrote:There are serious problems with dual-turret vehicles.
"Lololol gunners are dumb and will shoot each other" is not one of these serious problems.
by Purpelia » Wed Dec 09, 2015 7:56 am
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by Krasny-Volny » Wed Dec 09, 2015 8:05 am
Allanea wrote:There are serious problems with dual-turret vehicles.
"Lololol gunners are dumb and will shoot each other" is not one of these serious problems.
by Fordorsia » Wed Dec 09, 2015 8:16 am
San-Silvacian wrote:Forgot to take off my Rhodie shorts when I went to sleep.
Woke up in bitches and enemy combatants.
Crookfur wrote:Speak for yourself, Crookfur infantry enjoy the sheer uber high speed low drag operator nature of their tactical woad
Spreewerke wrote:One of our employees ate a raw kidney and a raw liver and the only powers he gained was the ability to summon a massive hospital bill.
Premislyd wrote:This is probably the best thing somebody has ever spammed.
Puzikas wrote:That joke was so dark it has to smile to be seen at night.
by Freihafen » Wed Dec 09, 2015 12:00 pm
by The Kievan People » Wed Dec 09, 2015 3:03 pm
Freihafen wrote:Does anyone have knowledge of applications (or studies into thereof) of the hydragas suspension in heavy vehicles? The only application I have been able to find is the HEMTT A3 which weighs in at 13 tons. I'm actually considering utilising it in AFVs up to MBTs in the 60 ton weight range. Compared to the hydropneumatic suspension, hydragas is simpler (and thus cheaper to produce and easier to maintain) at the cost of somewhat poorer ride quality (but still superior to spring suspensions) and not being able to adjust ride height.
by Immoren » Wed Dec 09, 2015 3:17 pm
discoursedrome wrote:everyone knows that quote, "I know not what weapons World War Three will be fought, but World War Four will be fought with sticks and stones," but in a way it's optimistic and inspiring because it suggests that even after destroying civilization and returning to the stone age we'll still be sufficiently globalized and bellicose to have another world war right then and there
by Fordorsia » Wed Dec 09, 2015 3:18 pm
San-Silvacian wrote:Forgot to take off my Rhodie shorts when I went to sleep.
Woke up in bitches and enemy combatants.
Crookfur wrote:Speak for yourself, Crookfur infantry enjoy the sheer uber high speed low drag operator nature of their tactical woad
Spreewerke wrote:One of our employees ate a raw kidney and a raw liver and the only powers he gained was the ability to summon a massive hospital bill.
Premislyd wrote:This is probably the best thing somebody has ever spammed.
Puzikas wrote:That joke was so dark it has to smile to be seen at night.
by Schwere Panzer Abieltung 502 » Wed Dec 09, 2015 3:57 pm
by Imperializt Russia » Wed Dec 09, 2015 4:03 pm
Also,Lamadia wrote:dangerous socialist attitude
Imperializt Russia wrote:I'm English, you tit.
by Gallia- » Wed Dec 09, 2015 4:03 pm
by Schwere Panzer Abieltung 502 » Wed Dec 09, 2015 4:18 pm
Imperializt Russia wrote:Guns that are arguably comparable to early LV howitzers are still in use - 90mm and 75/76mm LV guns are widely used by British and dominion forces, the Russians used 76mm and 100mm gun launchers, the US dabbled in the 152mm gun launcher programme for Sherridan and MBT-70.
I suppose the main reason LV howitzers are no longer used is partly because LV howitzers don't really exist anymore, certainly not in the gun calibres one would be likely to find in an AFV. When you were talking stuff like 30, 40 calibre 75mm guns, these were lightweight (relatively) LV guns with small ammunition (relatively). They were intended to be used at very close ranges, primarily against fortifications rather than tanks. Once tanks became recognised as a high-value target and tank battles became a thing, armour increased and the guns had to become much more HV to deal with this.
Gallia- wrote:the "short 75mm" on M4 was a very capable anti tank gun
by Immoren » Wed Dec 09, 2015 4:27 pm
Schwere Panzer Abieltung 502 wrote:How come no AFVs outside of self-propelled artillery use low-velocity howitzers anymore? Like the short 75mm gun on the early Pz III and IV, Sherman's 75mm or 105mm, etc.
I'm guessing the answer is because those guns aren't as effective against other tanks, but if that's the case, why did those tanks have them in the first place? Would the PaK 40 be not as good against non-tank targets?
discoursedrome wrote:everyone knows that quote, "I know not what weapons World War Three will be fought, but World War Four will be fought with sticks and stones," but in a way it's optimistic and inspiring because it suggests that even after destroying civilization and returning to the stone age we'll still be sufficiently globalized and bellicose to have another world war right then and there
by Schwere Panzer Abieltung 502 » Wed Dec 09, 2015 4:33 pm
Immoren wrote:Schwere Panzer Abieltung 502 wrote:How come no AFVs outside of self-propelled artillery use low-velocity howitzers anymore? Like the short 75mm gun on the early Pz III and IV, Sherman's 75mm or 105mm, etc.
I'm guessing the answer is because those guns aren't as effective against other tanks, but if that's the case, why did those tanks have them in the first place? Would the PaK 40 be not as good against non-tank targets?
High velocity shells of yore would dig themselves deeper into ground before exploding, compared to high velocity shells of today. Or at least reason I remember reading that due to primitive fusing tech of early days led to the either or optimization.
Might be of.f
by Imperializt Russia » Wed Dec 09, 2015 4:36 pm
Also,Lamadia wrote:dangerous socialist attitude
Imperializt Russia wrote:I'm English, you tit.
by Gallia- » Wed Dec 09, 2015 5:42 pm
Schwere Panzer Abieltung 502 wrote:It was capable of killing the Pz IV at normal combat ranges, but from early on the people who designed it were experimenting on how to upgun the Sherman. In the articles I've read on the subject(most written by Nick Moran), the consensus seems to be in that there was not enough urgency to upgun the Sherman; only a few Tigers had been encountered in Africa, so while the 75mm struggled to kill it, that didn't really matter as Tigers were few and far between. The AGF knew about the Panther, but severely underestimated how many Panthers would be encountered, so the 76mm development did not have any urgency. Then D-Day happened, and lots of Panthers started appearing, and the 76mm Sherman began being fielded as quickly as possible.
Not that it matters, though - by D-Day, most of the panzer divisions were severely understrength and fuel supplies were so low that the replacements couldn't train despite having plenty of time. Not having had the 76mm gun on the Sherman probably wouldn't have changed much.
by Purpelia » Wed Dec 09, 2015 5:49 pm
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