Good Old Fashioned Tank P*rn

[shep854]

 

[sunday]

Nice video in the Churchill, that one.

[Stefan Kotsch]

I always found the Churchill a bit strange in its conception. Especially the guidance of the tracks at the front. But I think this tank is underestimated. 👍

[Wiedzmin]

video kinda...failed even to name correct armor thickness, left aside poor reliability of every component of the vehicle, awful design choices etc

as example, 57mm wasn't working when it was sent to USSR, it's simply jammed, track top mudguards jammed the turret after snow built up under it and raise em, gun elevation mechanism cracked during ride , MG fumes poisoned the crew because designers can't make a good air flow trough vehicle, engine failures etc 

 

 

-tracks on new light type very often cracks, even when track tension increased a bit during driving through mud

- during turns roadwheels comes over track, which increase tensions and lead to track loss

- movement of small slopes lead to track loss -idler reduce driver vision

- spare parts which comes together with tank has holes for bolts but differents in sizes, which require to cut them to same diam

- during movement on mud, mud gets under track cover, which lead to bulging of this guard and...turret rotation jamming

-there was cases of track guard torn off during movement, which lead to mud get in air intake and engine overheat

 

as for armor 

 

 

 

after this the get idea to put support(gusset) plates under glacis 

 

 

so not sure was it really "bad at start, good at the end" or simply bad all the way, being a bit less ugly at the end 

[Stefan Kotsch]

OMG ... 🤔😊

[Stuart Galbraith]

Most sources agree that anything befor the MkIV was pretty shoddy (and Fletcher notes its even in the manual, to the effect 'Yes we realise it has problems, bear with us'), starting to be useable at the IV, and the rest fairly reliable. I remember talking to a MarkIV Commander at tankfest, IIRC (it must be damn near 20 years ago) he didnt think the reliablity was too bad.

The worst one can say about it is that it was Britains answer to the Stug, and it was arguably far more flexible and better armoured than that machine.

Edited April 8, 2024 by Stuart Galbraith

[Mikel2]

Fletcher's book on the Churchill is very unflattering when it comes to the long and painful process that took to turn the Churchill into a usable tank, with constant reworking of fielded tanks by factory technicians.   It makes the work of their German counterparts seem rational and efficient 😅

[shep854]

USMC Amtracs in Korea

 

[DogDodger]

Great comparison of LVT(A)4 and the modified late LVT(A)5, as well as LVT3(C).

[Mikel2]

 

[Tim Sielbeck]

And this has what to do with "Good Old Fashioned Tank P*rn?"

[Mikel2]

Some interesting views of the Munster museum of yesteryear and picturesque guide with his views on Soviet technology.

 

 

Edited February 20, 2024 by Mikel2

[Mikel2]

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Edited February 20, 2024 by Mikel2

[Stefan Kotsch]

3 hours ago, Mikel2 said:

Some interesting views of the Munster museum of yesteryear and picturesque guide with his views on Soviet technology.

😆 Grandpa talks about the war again. From the section ''Our victory was stolen from us''. 🤡

[Stuart Galbraith]

Id love to have heard his views on the Sherman Firefly.

 

[shep854]

Training film from 1949

 

Edited February 26, 2024 by shep854

[shep854]

 

[Mikel2]

https://www.facebook.com/uniladmag/videos/1357159074954034/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v

[shep854]

M1A1s during REFORGER 88

[Colin]

On 2/27/2024 at 5:25 PM, shep854 said:

 

They look to be very agile compared to the wartime tanks.

[shep854]

[Mikel2]

 

[Wiedzmin]

 

arjun mk1a armor 

[Stuart Galbraith]

Gunnery Stabilisation? I say, what will those clever chaps at FVRDE thing of next!

 

[Stuart Galbraith]