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re: 100 years ago today the tank is introduced on the battlefield
Posted on 9/15/16 at 1:21 pm to Darth_Vader
Posted on 9/15/16 at 1:21 pm to Darth_Vader
Or those uranium tank busters.
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Posted on 9/15/16 at 1:28 pm to Amazing Moves
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Or those uranium tank busters.
DU is pretty much the standard when it comes to AT rounds nowadays.
Posted on 9/15/16 at 1:49 pm to terd ferguson
Terd, on the graphic of the T-14 you posted.
Why does it say engine replacement at 0.5 Hour?
What does that mean? Is it a typo?
Why does it say engine replacement at 0.5 Hour?
What does that mean? Is it a typo?
Posted on 9/15/16 at 1:50 pm to Yammie250F
I wondered about that as well, but I assumed it meant the engine could be swapped in 30 mins. The Abrams is also very modular like that as well it think.
Posted on 9/15/16 at 2:02 pm to Darth_Vader
"Schnuck"! I love it.
Germany didn't have the resources to build more than a few tanks. The blockade really hurt her.
Germany didn't have the resources to build more than a few tanks. The blockade really hurt her.
Posted on 9/15/16 at 2:06 pm to upgrayedd
The Abrams is very modular. The engine (or as it's more commonly called the "power pack") is modular and can be changed out quickly. But it does not end there either. Most major components on everything from main gun fire control, communications, drive controls, to turret power functions are likewise modular.
When something goes wrong on just about any system on the tank, a call to BN maint. goes out. He comes out and troubleshoots the problem and 9 times out of 10 the problem can be fixed by simply unplugging one component and plugging in a replacement.
Really the only part of the tank that is still labor and time intensive to repair is the tracks... and those are a BITCH.
When something goes wrong on just about any system on the tank, a call to BN maint. goes out. He comes out and troubleshoots the problem and 9 times out of 10 the problem can be fixed by simply unplugging one component and plugging in a replacement.
Really the only part of the tank that is still labor and time intensive to repair is the tracks... and those are a BITCH.
Posted on 9/15/16 at 8:08 pm to Darth_Vader
Maintenance on those Great War tanks was almost impossible, and they broke down all of the time.
The Renault 1917 French tank was one of the best to come out of The Great War. They were good enough to perform some services during World War II !
The Renault 1917 French tank was one of the best to come out of The Great War. They were good enough to perform some services during World War II !
Posted on 9/15/16 at 8:58 pm to Darth_Vader
Still have a scar on one of my fingers from repairing a track.
Posted on 9/15/16 at 8:59 pm to Champagne
It is amazing the advancement in tanks from WWI to WWII. Look at those and then contemplate a Blitz Kreig strategy.
Heinz Guegerian was visionary.
Heinz Guegerian was visionary.
Posted on 9/15/16 at 9:00 pm to Darth_Vader
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Really the only part of the tank that is still labor and time intensive to repair is the tracks... and those are a BITCH.
Well, it usually takes a crew about 5 seconds to repair the tracks that I blow off in WOT.....
Posted on 9/15/16 at 9:01 pm to Sancho Panza
Watched a doc on USMC guys fresh out of basic being trained to be tankers. They broke a spline one of of the sprockets on one of the drive gears (I'm sure that's not the proper term) and had to take the track of to repair it. It looked brutal.
Posted on 9/15/16 at 9:15 pm to upgrayedd
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Watched a doc on USMC guys fresh out of basic being trained to be tankers. They broke a spline one of of the sprockets on one of the drive gears (I'm sure that's not the proper term) and had to take the track of to repair it. It looked brutal.
any day you find yourself needing one of this is a bad day....
Posted on 9/15/16 at 9:23 pm to Darth_Vader
Can you imagine if 10 M1 Abrams popped up in a WWI battlefield?
This post was edited on 9/15/16 at 9:25 pm
Posted on 9/15/16 at 9:36 pm to udtiger
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Can you imagine if 10 M1 Abrams popped up in a WWI battlefield?
Two things could pose a problem.
1. Barbed wire. If you get enough of it tangled in your tracks, you're dead in the water.
2. The mud in Flanders. In places it had the consistency of watery oatmeal and could be deep enough for something as a big as an Abrams to sink up above the turret ring. Again, you're dead in the water.
Posted on 9/15/16 at 9:40 pm to Darth_Vader
Darth, for as much unwarranted shite you catch on here I really appreciate all of your knowledge on things like this. I was in the first and second gulf wars and have been over a bunch of times since as a PMC and really enjoy insight on aspects of war that I don't know a lot about. 
Posted on 9/15/16 at 9:46 pm to Darth_Vader
I've seen a tank stuck up to top of turret level.
Posted on 9/15/16 at 9:53 pm to Sancho Panza
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I've seen a tank stuck up to top of turret level.
Time to call in the 88's at that point....
Posted on 9/16/16 at 3:48 am to Darth_Vader
Yeah, they had an 88 & 3 other tanks, so far, working the problem when I went by.
No idea what it took to get it out.
No idea what it took to get it out.
Posted on 9/16/16 at 6:44 am to Darth_Vader
How does the Israeli tank rank? It has a nice stance to it.
Posted on 9/16/16 at 6:52 am to boosiebadazz
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