jmcmtank Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 (edited) MkIIV Edited February 23, 2014 by jmcmtank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr King Posted February 23, 2014 Author Share Posted February 23, 2014 Now that is some tank porn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CV9030FIN Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 (edited) Â Â Â If you only knew who was commanding those troops in that FTX you have in your pic...! Edited February 25, 2014 by CV9030FIN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr King Posted February 25, 2014 Author Share Posted February 25, 2014 Hit a little close to home? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKTanker Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Armor from the lower front slope of an M60A3. I never thought it was that thick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKTanker Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 (edited) Here's the M60A3. It was de-milled by removing those plugs of armor, they are then to be covered with sheet metal. This is allow the tank to be used as a runner and should the tank be taken for a joy ride, local law enforcement can easily shoot the driver. Edited March 3, 2014 by DKTanker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmcmtank Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 @DKTanker Great picture of the armour. Worked with an ex-infantry guy who related the story of two of his Staff Sergeants being convinced that an entire 30rd magazine from an SA80 would penetrate a Chieftain glacis; "As long as they hit the same spot". Wish I'd had that picture with the battery at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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QOHC32 Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Reg. DKTanker's photo, does this mean that we have to re-estimate the thickness of he M60's armour? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beitou Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 How are those plugs cut out, those ridges look like they may have been chain drilled, bet they would go through a few bits doing that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKTanker Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 How are those plugs cut out, those ridges look like they may have been chain drilled, bet they would go through a few bits doing that?They were drilled, yes, and then a torch was used to cut the space between the drill holes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiedzmin Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 drilled armor ? how much time it takes ? Â upper plate not drilled ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKTanker Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 drilled armor ? how much time it takes ? Â upper plate not drilled ? The upper plate was drilled as well, a sheet metal veneer has been added to clean up the hole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiedzmin Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 but how it can be drilled ? what type of drill? I saw "cut"of T-64, there is nothing to do with a drill  or i just do not understand correctly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogDodger Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Reg. DKTanker's photo, does this mean that we have to re-estimate the thickness of he M60's armour?The battery is ~1.75" tall not counting the terminals. The thickest point of the M60A3's lower hull front is 5.63" or so, so it looks about right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKTanker Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 (edited) These are relatively large files so didn't want to add them, guess I will. Edited March 3, 2014 by DKTanker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sovngard Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 (edited) Late R. P. Hunnicutt had mentioned in his books that the lower front hull thickness of the M60 Patton could vary between 85 mm (3.35 inches) and 103 mm (5.63 inches).  Does the AN/VGS-2 Tank Thermal Sight is still present ? Edited February 27, 2014 by Sovngard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKTanker Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Does the AN/VGS-2 Tank Thermal Sight is still present ? I know what the TTS is. I'm not sure, I'll ask, though I doubt it. That particular tank was last used as part of the 7th Army Training Command (7ATC) OPFOR at Hohenfels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Przezdzieblo Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 (edited) This is allow the tank to be used as a runner and should the tank be taken for a joy ride, local law enforcement can easily shoot the driver. Brilliant. Any similar ideas outside USA? But indeed, there are a reasons for that (San Diego`s M60 killdozer). Edited February 27, 2014 by Przezdzieblo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKTanker Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014  This is allow the tank to be used as a runner and should the tank be taken for a joy ride, local law enforcement can easily shoot the driver. Brilliant. Any similar ideas outside USA? But indeed, there are a reasons for that (San Diego`s M60 killdozer). Closer to home, this tank is being prepped for a museum in Germany, is the 1981 Mannheim event. A US tank was stolen and taken for a joy ride through the streets of Mannheim. Polizei cornered him on a bridge over the Rhine brandishing a LAW of one type or another. The driver backed up and off the bridge and that's all she wrote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sovngard Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 How much does that block weigh ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKTanker Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 How much does that block weigh ?Roughly 200 kilograms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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