Good Old Fashioned Tank P*rn

[Panzermann]

A tank is an apartment of four roommates.

[Mr King]

 

 

I've always wanted to try this with MBT...sadly it is not practiced in FDF although our T-55M's, T-72M1's and Leopard 2A4&A6's would be capable of doing it... I've swam with BMP-2 but it is notthe same (although it was one of the most scariest moment of my tankers carrier so far)!

 

 

I have always been fascinated by the idea of a fully submerged tank fording, and thought it would be something interesting to experience. Though I would prefer the western style snorkel over the Russian if you please. I imagine in reality the actual act of going across a river in a submerged tank would scare the crap out of me.

[Mr King]

[Panzermann]

The usage of "wading mode" is also know stunt in FDF to cool down the crew. Most probably taught to our training cadre by German crews in Leopard familiarization training

The engineers in their unending wisdom shaped the NBC filter the size of a palette of 0,33 l beverage cans and the compartment on the left hull side upper to accommodate two each so that the tanker shall be elevated above the mere infatryman and shall not suffer henceforth from warm non-refreshing bubbling beverages. Furthermore they created the smoke launcher to hold 0,5 l sized can to quench the big thirst.

Edited March 25, 2014 by Panzermann

[Mr King]

[Sovngard]

This Leopard 2A4 landed in the middle of the World War II after falling into a spatio-temporal flaw.

[Panzermann]

Naaaah, thats a screen shot of a dirty dirty WoT cheater.

 

 

 

During the development of the Leopards 1 & 2 Panther were taken out of the study collections (aka Panzermuseum and Wehrtechnische Studiensammlung) to compare especially the suspension. The rrsults were as expected.

[DogDodger]

That's a neat shot. While we're comparing, the AAF museum in Danville, VA, has their Pz.Kpfw.IV parked next to their M60A2:

[Mr King]

Great photo. That huge cupola for the commander on the Starship I imagine would of proven extremely vulnerable in combat. It just sits up there like a sore thumb saying shoot me.

 

 

[Archie Pellagio]

That's at Ahmed Shah Massoud's shrine in the panjshir valley, there's that, a BTR or two. I've got some photos from when I was there a few years back, I think a couple are on my faceyspace.

[Panzermann]

Who used t-34 in AFG? Given to the afghan government as aid in the eighties???

[bojan]

Afg government, sold to them well before '80s.

Edited March 26, 2014 by bojan

[Panzermann]

I see clearer now.

Thanks.

Edited March 26, 2014 by Panzermann

[Mr King]

[Mr King]

http://i.minus.com/iwvAOaGkwEDTO.gif

[JWB]

 

Mr King's gif live

[DKTanker]

Strictly speaking this isn't a tank but.... this was found in Iraq circa 2004.

 

Edited March 28, 2014 by DKTanker

[Mr King]

I remember that one, and I had these pics of a model of one from Vietnam saved on my drive. .

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Mr King]

 

[Corinthian]

Ok, what is that big tracked thingy carrying Sparky's Object of Lust?

 

Edited because I'm stupid...

Edited March 28, 2014 by TomasCTT

[Mr King]

Im not sure Tomas

 

 

Found this one too on my drive

 

 

 

[jmcmtank]

LVTUX2

[Mr King]

Whoops I realize I got my threads a little confused last night.

 

By the way thanks JMCMTANK for putting a name to that one.

Edited March 28, 2014 by Mr King

[BP]

 

 

 

 

Ahhh, the formerly Top Secret Matryoshkagavin.

 

It caused such fear and consternation when it was introduced that it induced a crack Cuban motorized rifle battalion to surrender. . .while it was on sea trials off Virginia Beach.

[Mr King]