More Chieftain's Hatchiness

[shep854]

5 hours ago, Manic Moran said:

Yet there were still exceptions. The Swedish L60s, for example, were astonishingly comfortable, and that's a pre-WW2 vehicle, so it could be done if they wanted. In fairness, I don't recall great issue with Panzer III either, other than the lack of driver/radioman hatches.

Indeed.  You have illustrated the whole spectrum in your videos; the relative comfort of the Sherman, then the difficulty of the 'Hetzer'.

[Olof Larsson]

On 6/30/2024 at 7:16 PM, Markus Becker said:

Indeed, 

how did this become a commercial success? Sufficient supply of dwarfs? 

Cheap to purchase and small logistical footprint. Most users where former french colonies and in the developed world, only the relatively poor irish, spanish and portugese bought them. Of those three, the irish didn't take defence seriously, while Spain and Portugal was focusing on defending their colonies.

 

That said, Western European nations tended to get surplus armoured cars (the M8 was used by all NATO-nations except for Denmark and Luxemburg, and the dames used Humbers) and then switch to tracked vehicles for reece.

[R011]

On 7/2/2024 at 6:06 PM, Olof Larsson said:

Cheap to purchase and small logistical footprint. Most users where former french colonies and in the developed world, only the relatively poor irish, spanish and portugese bought them. Of those three, the irish didn't take defence seriously, while Spain and Portugal was focusing on defending their colonies.

 

That said, Western European nations tended to get surplus armoured cars (the M8 was used by all NATO-nations except for Denmark and Luxemburg, and the dames used Humbers) and then switch to tracked vehicles for reece.

Continental European Nato nations.  Canada used the British and Canadian ones left over from the war until replacing them in the fifties with Ferrets.  I don't think the UK used the M8 either.

[Interlinked]

Famous pic of Pz. III driver and bow gunner front hatches, and side escape hatches.

[DB]

On 6/30/2024 at 1:20 AM, shep854 said:

Yikes...I thought the AMLs were pretty cool little vehicles.  After this, I cannot imagine operating one, let alone fighting it.

So, of course I went to Google Maps to check out 18 Av. D'Ivry, Paris.

And the factory building is still there, at 16. 18 itself appears to be a replacement. 16 is SNCF (national rail) offices now.

[rmgill]

Anyone notice that David Fletcher has received the moniker of "Tank Jesus" from the folks doing youtube videos on War Thunder? 

[sunday]

Well, it is better than Grandpa Smurf of Tanks, for sure!

[Manic Moran]

23 hours ago, rmgill said:

Anyone notice that David Fletcher has received the moniker of "Tank Jesus" from the folks doing youtube videos on War Thunder? 

Huh. I'm more used to seeing it applied to myself, but David does have a more magnificent moustache.

 

[sunday]

Uh, oh, a religion war with tanks...

[shep854]

Manic rides with the Blackhorse again:

 

[Harkonnen]

[shep854]

 

[Rick]

One of life's mysteries explained.

 

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sghKDBs7M3k

 

 

[Markus Becker]

A reminder why it still makes sense to wear a helmet in an AFV even though WW2 is over.

 

[rmgill]

Manic, The driver gets in FEET first. 

 

[Ol Paint]

Manic's latest:

Always interesting meander through history.

Doug

[RETAC21]

Not sure if this goes to the modelling forum:

 

[Markus Becker]

Haven't watched it but it's almost certainly tank related in more than one way.

 

 

[RichTO90]

21 hours ago, Markus Becker said:

Haven't watched it but it's almost certainly tank related in more than one way.

 

 

Interesting and something I never noticed before. Now after looking I see that the CBO only targeted locomotive works four times in 1943:

Lille on 13 January by 24 aircraft of the Eighth AF

Nantes on 23 March by 12 aircraft of BC

Paderborn on 24 April by a single BC aircraft

Tubize on 5 May by a single BC aircraft

 

There were only seven attacks in the first half of 1944 and ten in the second half.

[shep854]

Showing his professionalism...

[Stuart Galbraith]

19 hours ago, RichTO90 said:

Interesting and something I never noticed before. Now after looking I see that the CBO only targeted locomotive works four times in 1943:

Lille on 13 January by 24 aircraft of the Eighth AF

Nantes on 23 March by 12 aircraft of BC

Paderborn on 24 April by a single BC aircraft

Tubize on 5 May by a single BC aircraft

 

There were only seven attacks in the first half of 1944 and ten in the second half.

Were those BC attacks Mosquitos?

[RichTO90]

3 hours ago, Stuart Galbraith said:

Were those BC attacks Mosquitos?

No clue I'm afraid, the data for the spreadsheets only counted aircraft number, not type. In each case, the bomb load was given as 1 short ton of high explosive. It may have been a target of opportunity strike by single aircraft from a larger bomber stream. On the 24 April mission one other aircraft attack marshaling yards at Paderborn and no other attacks were reported. However, the data for "aircraft" in the spreadsheets is the number of aircraft reported to have actually attacked the target; not the total number of aircraft dispatched or taking off to attack the target.