StuG III Thread (and also other German vehicles I guess)

[Mohamed A]

Thats the Porshe turrent version, which is even faster than the H, which is when the Nazi's decided it might actually benefit them to start putting armor on their turrents 

 

..faster?

 

The only difference is that the first Krupp turret weighed 1 ton less than the second Krupp turret. 1 ton does not really mean faster..

[Tied]

Like technically faster, not realy noticable 

[Collimatrix]

Great video EE.

 

Some highlights:

 

1:29, some saplings provide a scale reference for how utterly gigantic the tiger II was.

 

1:50, hot neutral steering action.  Since the tiger and tiger II had the same steering drives, that settles it; the tiger could neutral steer before the panther could (and the char B before either of the big cats).  Note that the tank doesn't spin exactly around its central axis; this is typical for vehicles with purely mechanical steering drives; unevenness in the terrain gives lopsided resistance through the differentials, and the tank doesn't spin exactly about the center.  One thing American tankers report wishing they had was this capability; apparently it allowed the panther to leave a position unusually quickly (you know, assuming the final drives didn't splinter).

 

5:59, the uncompleted E-100 hull

 

10:03, 10:45, the VK 30.01(H) prototype with some sort of engineering spade

[Donward]

Yeah. I've read all the time accounts of the British and Americans were envious of the the off-road abilities of the Kraut tanks.

 

Once they were finally built... Once they were finally delivered to the front... Once they finally managed to get to the battlefield... 

[LeuCeaMia]

 

One thing American tankers report wishing they had was this capability; apparently it allowed the panther to leave a position unusually quickly (you know, assuming the final drives didn't splinter).

 

I have a feeling that what they were actually envious of was ability of use the auxiliary clutch and brake steering to turn on a pivot.

 

There seems to be a fair amount of controversy on whether the Panther could neutral steer or not.

[LoooSeR]

[Mohamed A]

But that's Canadian :>

[LoooSeR]

RMG-762, MG for AFVs with 3 barrels (not a gatling gun). When one becames too hot, electronics rotate barrels assembly to move a fresh barrel instead of hot one.

 

 

[Collimatrix]

Receiver looks based on the MG-3, which for some reason was slated for replacement.

 

I had heard of this project a long time ago, I wonder if it is still active.

 

The history of machine gun procurement in the Bundeswehr is full of interesting twists and turns.  According to Musgrave's German Machine Guns book, the first MG-42s produced after WWII were reverse-engineered from wartime guns; the original blueprints had been lost.  For some time thereafter, Rheinmetall produced the MG-42 (later MG-3), as well as the G-3 rifle.  Heckler and Koch announced that they, too, would like to manufacture MG-3 machine guns, which caused some concern at Rheinmetall because this could lead to competitive pricing, which would be bad for them.

 

In the end, a "gentleman's agreement" was reached.  HK would only produce G-3 rifles, and Rheinmetall would cease production of G-3 to focus on MG-3, so both companies could charge monopoly pricing on their respective design!

[Belesarius]

Receiver looks based on the MG-3, which for some reason was slated for replacement.

 

I had heard of this project a long time ago, I wonder if it is still active.

 

The history of machine gun procurement in the Bundeswehr is full of interesting twists and turns.  According to Musgrave's German Machine Guns book, the first MG-42s produced after WWII were reverse-engineered from wartime guns; the original blueprints had been lost.  For some time thereafter, Rheinmetall produced the MG-42 (later MG-3), as well as the G-3 rifle.  Heckler and Koch announced that they, too, would like to manufacture MG-3 machine guns, which caused some concern at Rheinmetall because this could lead to competitive pricing, which would be bad for them.

 

In the end, a "gentleman's agreement" was reached.  HK would only produce G-3 rifles, and Rheinmetall would cease production of G-3 to focus on MG-3, so both companies could charge monopoly pricing on their respective design!

Corporations colluding to bilk the taxpayer?  Who would have guessed?

[EnsignExpendable]

Dude, you got chop shopped!

 

[Scolopax]

Hoping the photo is depicting some early stage of the opposite

[LoooSeR]

[Walter_Sobchak]

British tests on early model Panther tank, 1944.

 

Basically, the Panther kept backfiring, third gear broke, and then the whole thing started on fire.  

[LoooSeR]

 

 

 

So much space!

[EnsignExpendable]

Tank T-VIB

 

The final model in a series of light armoured vehicles produced in Britain from 1936 to 1940. This specific model was produced for India.

 

[SuperComrade]

This could be a fun game, play cut and paste with various sections of tank history texts and try to pass them off as real

[EnsignExpendable]

Remember the White Elephant essay? No? Well maybe you shouldn't read it immediately before you read the long-awaited* sequel.

 

*May not actually have been awaited or even expected

[LoooSeR]

[Donward]

Instant German AFV up-armor.

 

"Hans. Can you move a bit over here and sit on top of the ammo sponson? That would be great."

[Collimatrix]

Time to call this guy.

[Walter_Sobchak]

Time to call this guy.

Hey, give him some credit for having a hobby that gets him off the couch and a little exercise, which he desperately needs.  Call it the Wehraboo weight loss plan!

[Toxn]

Hey, give him some credit for having a hobby that gets him off the couch and a little exercise, which he desperately needs.  Call it the Wehraboo weight loss plan!

More tanker's chocolate would fix that mess right up.

[Priory_of_Sion]

More tanker's pervitin would fix that mess right up.

[Toxn]

More tanker's pervitin would fix that mess right up.

The joke, you ruined it.