Good Old Fashioned Tank P*rn

[shep854]

2 hours ago, DogDodger said:

Great footage of the driver and interior sound while the vehicle was in motion. I'm hoping that at 3:05 when he mentioned they were looking to sell and replace with a UH-1 because there were "...not a lot of tracks in Vietnam that were used effectively..." he was specifically speaking about the M59, or else that seems quite a controversial statement!

Yeah; I posted a comment that there should be plenty of M113 runners available at reasonable cost.

[Tim Sielbeck]

 

[shep854]

1 hour ago, Tim Sielbeck said:

 

Definitely 'Triple-T' rated!

Tanks of all sort--even F-104 Starfighter wingtip fuel tanks!!

Edited November 15, 2023 by shep854

[Rob Veenendaal]

First reaction: Ah, nice picture, that must be a....No, wait.... No. Finally upon closer inspection you find what it is and certainly is not. 😄

[shep854]

2 hours ago, Rob Veenendaal said:

First reaction: Ah, nice picture, that must be a....No, wait.... No. Finally upon closer inspection you find what it is and certainly is not. 😄

Absolutely, a Frankentank.

[alejandro_]

Loads of photos from the Gulf War, taken by a veteran:

https://npalmer.co.za/about/a-life-in-the-british-army-1980-to-2003/1st-royal-tank-regiment-august-1987-to-february-1994/operation-granby-gulf-war-1-14-20th-kings-hussars-regimental-headquarters-november-1990-to-may-1991/gulf-war-1-post-war-and-departure-28-february-to-1-april-1991/?fbclid=IwAR2iF9mtvzDKy5ILosf5o3xQi9KqaCp0wdiKZ5cHiSYM0jqS0qkpEiYDQxg

[DogDodger]

Here's an hour-long video of a guy disassembling a ballistic computer from an M48.

 

He's also done lots of other tank parts, including infrared periscopes like TKH-1C:

And M19:

 

A gunner's control handle from an M47, etc:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAzR7ARwO1

[Erik2]

It's winter, so here's some pictures of tank sculptures made from snow 🙂

Edited November 22, 2023 by Erik2

[sunday]

Very WoT!

[DogDodger]

On 11/21/2023 at 12:16 PM, DogDodger said:

Here's an hour-long video of a guy disassembling a ballistic computer from an M48.

Update: he got it working!

 

[Tim Sielbeck]

 

[Mistral]

This must from training I think

 

[Colin]

On 11/29/2023 at 9:44 AM, Tim Sielbeck said:

 

Pretty amazing work they are doing

[Erik1]

A Strv 103 prototype in 1961, looking rather sci-fi-y.

[Tim Sielbeck]

 

[Stefan Kotsch]

The engine and also the air compressor look so Soviet? So T-34 style.

[bojan]

1 hour ago, Stefan Kotsch said:

The engine and also the air compressor look so Soviet? So T-34 style.

For some reason I can not watch video, only see preview pic, but that is most probably ex-Yugoslav M-36s that was retrofitted with V-55 engine in the early '70s. Majority of vehicles in good condition were retrofitted in such manner until 1979. Modernization also included IR driving lights, M68 IR periscope for a driver, HEAT ammo (with gunsight reticle scale change) and few more details.

 

Edited December 13, 2023 by bojan

[Stefan Kotsch]

Ah, that's the solution. 

[alejandro_]

Interview with a veteran of the French Foreign Legion:

https://alejandro-8en.blogspot.com/2023/12/interview-with-veteran-of-french.html

[Rick]

19 minutes ago, alejandro_ said:

Interview with a veteran of the French Foreign Legion:

https://alejandro-8en.blogspot.com/2023/12/interview-with-veteran-of-french.html

...."To do this you have to break everybody down together, until eveyone is completely convinced that we are all (whatever colour, race, or ethnicity) equally completely useless. When we finally are all in the deepest shit together for a very long period, we learn very clearly that we are all equal humans, and that it is only together and united we might have a slight chance against the enemy."...

Sounds like humanity needing a savior against the greatest enemy there is. 

Edited December 19, 2023 by Rick

[Tim Sielbeck]

 

[sunday]

5 hours ago, alejandro_ said:

Interview with a veteran of the French Foreign Legion:

https://alejandro-8en.blogspot.com/2023/12/interview-with-veteran-of-french.html

Very interesting, thanks.

5 hours ago, Rick said:

...."To do this you have to break everybody down together, until eveyone is completely convinced that we are all (whatever colour, race, or ethnicity) equally completely useless. When we finally are all in the deepest shit together for a very long period, we learn very clearly that we are all equal humans, and that it is only together and united we might have a slight chance against the enemy."...

Sounds like humanity needing a savior against the greatest enemy there is. 

Reminds me of the approach used by the US Marines.

[alejandro_]

6 hours ago, sunday said:

Very interesting, thanks.

Reminds me of the approach used by the US Marines.

Thanks, if anyone has a question I can send it to him. 

[sunday]

24 minutes ago, alejandro_ said:

Thanks, if anyone has a question I can send it to him. 

Perhaps what does he think about the representation on media of the FFL, from the Beau Geste novels to the JC Van Damme movies.

[Tim Sielbeck]