Marsh 0 Posted December 5, 2019 Report Share Posted December 5, 2019 I have just heard from Richard Ogorkiewicz's wife that he died suddenly on Sunday. As all will know, he was a brilliant writer and analyst in the field of AFVs. He was still active physically and mentally, just completing his memoirs. I remember all his many kindnesses, keen intelligence and his wry sense of humour. I wil miss him. Marsh Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart Galbraith 0 Posted December 5, 2019 Report Share Posted December 5, 2019 Im very sorry to hear that, he was truly one of the landmarks in studying AFV history. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mikel2 0 Posted December 5, 2019 Report Share Posted December 5, 2019 Rest in peace. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TTK Ciar 0 Posted December 5, 2019 Report Share Posted December 5, 2019 Oh no! :-( of the authors in the field, he was most respected. He will be missed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RETAC21 0 Posted December 5, 2019 Report Share Posted December 5, 2019 What TTK said, RIP Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DogDodger 0 Posted December 5, 2019 Report Share Posted December 5, 2019 Horrible news. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Przezdzieblo 0 Posted December 5, 2019 Report Share Posted December 5, 2019 RIP Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Simon Tan 0 Posted December 8, 2019 Report Share Posted December 8, 2019 He was a reference man and will be mussed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rich 0 Posted December 8, 2019 Report Share Posted December 8, 2019 He first got me interested in tanks when I was a kid. Very sad. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bojan 0 Posted December 8, 2019 Report Share Posted December 8, 2019 RIP Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Lakowski 0 Posted December 9, 2019 Report Share Posted December 9, 2019 RIP , but his works will live on in our numerous libraries. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Inhapi 0 Posted December 10, 2019 Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R3gaRNkmh4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Leo Niehorster 0 Posted December 11, 2019 Report Share Posted December 11, 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R3gaRNkmh4What a lovely tribute. Thanks for the link. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JasonJ 0 Posted December 11, 2019 Report Share Posted December 11, 2019 What a lovely tribute. Thanks for the link.+1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marsh 0 Posted December 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2019 (edited) That was a nice video clip about Richard. I went to his funeral on Wednesday and it was a moving event. Rupert Pengelly of Jane's and David Willey of the Tank Museum led the eulogies. They spoke of his complete lack of patience with people in authority, (military and political), who were less informed about a topic than they should be. On the other hand, they both mentioned his kindness and tolerance towards people in junior positions and who were learning their trade. I was lucky enough to have experienced the latter. Richard did a lot of work behind the scenes, cooperating with primarily British and US but also Swedish, Israeli and Brazilian tank experts and manufacturers. Only some of this is in the public domain and is a story in itself. He was still being invited at home and abroad to classified discussions on armour development until he reached his 80s. He really was an impressive bloke. Marsh Edited December 13, 2019 by Marsh Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart Galbraith 0 Posted December 19, 2019 Report Share Posted December 19, 2019 I dont know if its appropriate to highlight this, but one of his books, the Technology of Tanks, is hosted on Archive.org, and very good it looks too.https://archive.org/details/Janes_Technology_of_Tanks_01/page/n3?q=chieftain+tank Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Inhapi 0 Posted December 19, 2019 Report Share Posted December 19, 2019 Thanks: that is the one that Ralf raths is referring to as being unobtanium now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Inhapi 0 Posted December 19, 2019 Report Share Posted December 19, 2019 Is that legal ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart Galbraith 0 Posted December 19, 2019 Report Share Posted December 19, 2019 Perhaps not, though there is the other way of looking at it, if its out of print and its not costing the printers or the author anything, where is the harm? I dont see it as being any different from being given a second hand book, or buying one in a second hand book shop. That too I would think is technically illegal. Its down to everyones individual conscience I guess. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Edmund 0 Posted December 19, 2019 Report Share Posted December 19, 2019 RIP Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TTK Ciar 0 Posted December 19, 2019 Report Share Posted December 19, 2019 The Internet Archive sometimes errs on the side of over-permissiveness, but does respect all DMCA take-down requests. If someone with legal claim to the ToT copyright asks them to take it down, they will "darken" it. In the meantime, silence is taken as permission. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sunday 0 Posted December 19, 2019 Report Share Posted December 19, 2019 I was in a state of constant amazement when reading Technology of Tanks. Could pretty well be used as a engineering school 3x-4x level textbook, but it is very entertaining also. I recall with great fondness the chapter on transmissions. RIP. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart Galbraith 0 Posted December 19, 2019 Report Share Posted December 19, 2019 I have a similar book from Brasseys written in 1979 (I forget by whom) but this is awesome. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Benjamin Etxaburu 0 Posted January 6, 2020 Report Share Posted January 6, 2020 I dont know if its appropriate to highlight this, but one of his books, the Technology of Tanks, is hosted on Archive.org, and very good it looks too.https://archive.org/details/Janes_Technology_of_Tanks_01/page/n3?q=chieftain+tankRIP Ogorkiewicz...the archive.org is from us TankNet... go page 331 top, the scanned pencil note "tabla ruedas en p333" or "roadwheel table in page 333" is mine;I got the photocopied book for free from somebody whose name by God can't remember (Greg? THANKS) in the old Brunk site, passed about a dozen copies for free too to others, and seems ended in archive.org, for benefit of all tank lovers in the world. a magnificent monument.video says he wrote three books, mention two, but are at least four: Technology of Tanks (this 2 vol set), Tanks 100 years of evolution, Armoured Forces, and an earlier Design and Development of Fighting Vehicles.a good 2020 to all. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Benjamin Etxaburu 0 Posted January 6, 2020 Report Share Posted January 6, 2020 tanks 100 years of evolutionhttps://drive.google.com/open?id=1pmOjf2aT7iKdHDRsDg2fSZesT5xCsY8-enjoy in memoriam of master Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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