EnsignExpendable Posted November 1, 2014 Report Share Posted November 1, 2014 (edited) Primary sources are a harsher mistress than heroin. Post your best docs, videos, and photos here! Make sure that your documents have good citations, photos have confirmed locations and dates (and are actually significant, we don't need millions of pictures of T-26 #550424). Use reliable hosting! Youtube, Picasa, or a government agency's hosting where you got them from in the first place. I will periodically update the OP with everything posted in the thread. Documents not strictly falling into "Allied" or "Axis" categories, or subcategories, will be sorted by country of origin. Allied British Empire and Commonwealth (excluding Canada) T-90S manual (Russian) T-72B Manual (Russian) T-64 1984 Manual (Russian) T-34 EARLY TANK SERVICE MANUAL 1976 US report on capabilities of and countermeasures to the ZSU-23-4 Shilka United States and Canada Ballistic Tests of Armor Materials (American penetration standards) MECHANISM OF ARMOR PENETRATION (Investigation of projectile shatter) THE PERFORMANCE OF SUB-CALIBER PROJECTILES COMPARED WITH THAT OF CONVENTIONAL TYPES Fragment Penetration Tests of Armor Principles of Armor Protection (Decapping plates research) Grooved Armor Plate Photographic Study of Impact of Ball and Armor Piercing Ammunition on Armor Plate Light Armor Plate Development Test of Laminated Thin Armor Plate Metallurgical Examination of Samples Representing Ninety-Six Two Inch Thick Ballistic Test Plates Welding of Armor: Summary of Ballistic Shock Test Results on 1-1/2 Inch Homogeneous Armor 'H' Plates Welded with Austenitic Electrodes and Tested at Aberdeen Proving Ground Armor. Metallurgical Examination of Cast Turret Number 757 for M4 Tank, Manufactured by Union Steel Castings Co., Ballistically Tested at Subzero Temperatures at Camp Shilo Historical Review of the Correlation of Ballistic and Metallurgical Characteristics of Domestic Armor at Watertown Arsenal Metallurgical Examination of 2 Inch, 2-1/2 Inch, and 3 Inch Rolled Homogeneous Armor Employed in the Ballistic Evaluation of Armor against 57 mm and 90 mm Armor-Piercing Projectiles Resistance of Various Steels to Perforation by Fragment Simulating Projectiles Metallurgical Examination of Sections from the Cast Armor Turret made by Continental Foundry and Machine Company and two Trunnion Pins from a Heavy Tank M6A2E1 Comparative Effectiveness of Armor-Defeating Ammunition (Normalization and penetration) Armor Plate Ballistic Testing Metallurgical Examination of Section from 6 in. Experimental M4A3E2 Assault Turret Manufactured by Union Steel Castings Division of Blaw-Knox Company Metallurgical Evaluation of a Method of Anti-Personnel Defense for the Medium Tank M4A1 Metallurgical Examination of Twelve 2 1/2 Inch Thick Rolled Homogeneous and Sixteen 2 1/2 Inch Thick Face Hardened Armor Plates Manufactured by Carnegie-Illinois Steel Penetration of Homogeneous Armor by 3-inch Flat-Nosed Projectiles Comparative Effectiveness of Armor-Defeating Ammunition THE EFFECT OF SYSTEM DESIGN CHARACTERISTICS ON FIRST ROUND HITTING PROBABILITY OF TANK FIRED PROJECTILES Handbook of Ballistic and Engineering Data for Ammunition. Volume 1. 20-1-95 to 75-1-310 Included Test of 105mm Shot, T182 Development of 90mm Gun Tank, T69 SOLID STEEL AP PROJECTILES. CONVENTIONAL, TRUNCATED AND TIPPED TRUNCATED OGIVAL TYPES History of the Subcommittee on Welding of Armor Ferrous Metallurgical Advisory Board Ordnance Department U.S. Army Welding of Armor. Summary of Ballistic Shock Test Results on 1/2, 3/8, and 1/4 Inch Thick Homogeneous Armor 'H' Plates Welded with Austenitic Electrodes and Tested at Aberdeen Proving Ground during the Period from 1 October 1942 through 31 March 1943 REVISED SUMMARY OF ORO PROJECTS, SPECIAL STUDIES AND FIELD OPERATIONS TO MAY 31, 1952. VOLUME 1 CONTROL OF GUN FUMES IN M-4 SERIES MEDIUM TANKS ADEQUATE HEAD ROOM IN TANKS APPRAISAL OF KIND AND DEGREE OF PHYSICAL EFFORT REQUIRED OF TANK CREWS IN RELATION TO FATIGUE Heavy Tank T26E1 Metallurgical Examination of Components which Failed Under Ballistic Tests Comparison Test of Tank, Combat, Full-Tracked, 105-mm Gun, M60A1 STUDY OF ERRORS IN RANGE ESTIMATION WITH THE UNAIDED EYE Evaluation of American telescopic tank sights DETERMINATION OF THE AMOUNT OF HEAT TRANSMITTED TO THE FIGHTING COMPARTMENT OF TANKS UNDER FIELD CONDITIONS CONTROL OF GUN FUMES IN M4 SERIES MEDIUM TANKS BY POSITIVE-PRESSURE VENTILATION REPORT ON GUN FUME HAZARD FROM 37MM GUN IN M5 LIGHT TANK DETERMINATION OF BASIC VENTILATION CHARACTERISTICS OF TANKS OF THE M4 SERIES. DETERMINATION OF BASIC VENTILATION CHARACTERISTICS OF TANKS OF THE M5 SERIES PLACEMENT AND MOUNTING OF SIGHTS IN TANKS DISCUSSION OF VENTILATION REQUIREMENTS OF ARMORED VEHICLES Work on Sabot-Projectiles and Supplements, 1942-1944 M4A3 Manual M103 armour requirements US Armor in Korea, pt. 1 US Armor in Korea, pt. 2 XM1 Engine Troubles Analysis of the effectiveness of American tank destroyers US testing of MTU MT883 Diesel engine for possible use in M1 Abrams Development of 105mm HEAT round T-384 (US) Human factors and safety assessment of the M1A1 Abrams Alternate armament for M551 Anti-Armor Defense Data Study (A2D2) ‘How to Research’ Guide Anti-Armor Defense Data Study (A2D2). Technical Report Anti-Armor Defense Data Study (A2D2). Volume 2. U.S. Anti-Tank Defense at Mortain, France (August, 1944) Anti-Armor Defense Data Study (A2D2). Volume 3. U.S. Anti-Tank Defense at Dom Butgenbach, Belgium (December, 1944) Anti-Armor Defense Data Study (A2D2). Volume 4. US Anti-Tank Defense at Krinkelt-Rocherath, Belgium (December, 1944) Evaluation of Siliceous Cored Armor for the XM60 Tank INVESTIGATION OF THE VULNERABILITY TO BALLISTIC ATTACK OF TWO T77 OSCILLATING TURRETS War Metallurgy Protection provided by steel and aluminum armor against fragments from high-explosive ammunition 3" M62 AP ammunition trials United States Ammunition Data Sheets An Overview of Novel Penetrator Technology Medium caliber ammunition effect on urban targets M36 Crew Training Manual 90mm M3 Armor Piercing Ammunition M4 (105) Training Manual M1A1/M1A2 TUSK 1/2 Manual Technical Manual for M6 and M6A1 heavy tanks Canadian war diaries of the Normandy campaign Other Swiss Anti-Tank Guns (in German) Penetrator strength effect in long-rod critical ricochet angle AMX-13 prototype trials at Aberdeen 12cm kanon STRV 121/122. Skjuttabeller Renault FT-17 manual Axis Germany Armor: Metallurgical Examination of Armor and Welded Joints from the Side of a German PzKw Vf (Panther) Tank Metallurgical Examination of a 3-1/4 in. Thick Armor Plate from a German PzKw V (Panther) Tank Armor Plate. Metallurgical Examination of German Armor from a Pz. Kw. III Tank Principles of Armor Protection (ballistic testing of scale Pak 40 shells) Interrogation of Herr Stiele von Heydekampf (On Porsche's designs, Tiger/Panther development, T-34's influence on German tank development, and long term trends in German tank building) Pantherfibel.pdf German tank production, availability, and losses in WWII Leitchttraktor manual British analysis of King Tiger turret (Porsche) Vulnerability of Tiger Tanks Tiger Operations Handbook: Tigerfibel Japan The Metallurgical Examination of a Japanese Samurai Sword Japanese light armour (part 1) Japanese light armour (part 2) Japanese heavy armour Italy Other North Korea country handbook It's sparse for now, but I'll slowly but surely transfer my collection. Contribute all you got! Edited October 11, 2015 by EnsignExpendable Mohamed A, Scolopax, LoooSeR and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostCosmonaut Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 Most of mine are aerospace related, but I do have a couple suitable for this seciton. Test of 105mm Shot, T182 Development of 90mm Gun Tank, T69 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnsignExpendable Posted November 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 Most of mine are aerospace related, but I do have a couple suitable for this seciton. Added. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostCosmonaut Posted November 5, 2014 Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 American Asessment of T-64 The Threat of the Premium Tank Swiss Anti-Tank Guns (in German) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnsignExpendable Posted November 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 The Threat of the Premium Tank Damn wallet warriors! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostCosmonaut Posted November 6, 2014 Report Share Posted November 6, 2014 Damn wallet warriors! The Soviet Union is just Russia's reroll account. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnsignExpendable Posted November 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2014 Do you have the PDF for the T-64 article? There doesn't seem to be an online version of it in the link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostCosmonaut Posted November 6, 2014 Report Share Posted November 6, 2014 I could have sworn that I did, but I can't seem to find it. I'll keep looking around my files for a bit, might have gotten shunted to some obscure corner of my HD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnsignExpendable Posted November 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 New addition: COMBAT POTENTIALS of the Armament and Combat Equipment of the Ground Forces and Aviation of the USSR and of the Armies of the Probable Enemy, and Table of the Combat Potentials of Large Units Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted November 8, 2014 Report Share Posted November 8, 2014 New addition: COMBAT POTENTIALS of the Armament and Combat Equipment of the Ground Forces and Aviation of the USSR and of the Armies of the Probable Enemy, and Table of the Combat Potentials of Large Units Ah yes, that one is very interesting. A few things stuck out to me: -The Soviets thought highly of night vision. Look at how much scarier they think a LeoA1 is than a vanilla Leo 1. -The Soviets were convinced the M60A2 was scary. -The Soviets thought TOW was as good as anything they had and way better than AT-3. Considering that AT-3s slaughtered Israeli M48s and M60s in the 1973 war, TOW must have been really scary. -The Soviets thought American SAMs were way better than anything they had, which is surprising. -The Soviets apparently thought highly of the T-10M heavy tank, considering it equivalent to a T-72 or T-64A. -They were even more impressed with the improved T-80, which they rate as head and shoulders better than any other tank. -They rate the G-91 as equivalent to a MiG-21. This surprises me, I would think the fishbed to be a fundamentally more capable plane. -They were seriously suffering some tomcat envy. They're more scared of it than the eagle! -They don't seem to think too highly of the SU-24, which is surprising because NATO regarded it as one of the most formidable types in the Warsaw Pact inventory. -They really, really like the F-5E, which jives with another document I saw where the Soviets got their hands on some and basically said "we gotta get us some of these!" USAF thought of it as basically equivalent to a fishbed, but the Soviets apparently thought it was way better than theirs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xlucine Posted November 10, 2014 Report Share Posted November 10, 2014 The soviets were scared in general of ATGM's - look at the gulf between M41 and M551, or between AMX 13/75 (which had ATGM's fitted at that time to improve the firepower) and 13/90 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnsignExpendable Posted November 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2014 New addition: Penetrator strength effect in long-rod critical ricochet angle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnsignExpendable Posted November 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2014 New addition: Interrogation of Herr Stiele von Heydekampf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnsignExpendable Posted November 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 New additions SOLID STEEL AP PROJECTILES. CONVENTIONAL, TRUNCATED AND TIPPED TRUNCATED OGIVAL TYPES History of the Subcommittee on Welding of Armor Ferrous Metallurgical Advisory Board Ordnance Department U.S. Army Welding of Armor. Summary of Ballistic Shock Test Results on 1/2, 3/8, and 1/4 Inch Thick Homogeneous Armor 'H' Plates Welded with Austenitic Electrodes and Tested at Aberdeen Proving Ground during the Period from 1 October 1942 through 31 March 1943 REVISED SUMMARY OF ORO PROJECTS, SPECIAL STUDIES AND FIELD OPERATIONS TO MAY 31, 1952. VOLUME 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnsignExpendable Posted November 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 New additions CONTROL OF GUN FUMES IN M-4 SERIES MEDIUM TANKSADEQUATE HEAD ROOM IN TANKS APPRAISAL OF KIND AND DEGREE OF PHYSICAL EFFORT REQUIRED OF TANK CREWS IN RELATION TO FATIGUE Heavy Tank T26E1 Metallurgical Examination of Components which Failed Under Ballistic Tests Comparison Test of Tank, Combat, Full-Tracked, 105-mm Gun, M60A1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnsignExpendable Posted November 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 I'm on another DTIC bender, someone stop me STUDY OF ERRORS IN RANGE ESTIMATION WITH THE UNAIDED EYE Evaluation of American telescopic tank sights DETERMINATION OF THE AMOUNT OF HEAT TRANSMITTED TO THE FIGHTING COMPARTMENT OF TANKS UNDER FIELD CONDITIONS CONTROL OF GUN FUMES IN M4 SERIES MEDIUM TANKS BY POSITIVE-PRESSURE VENTILATION REPORT ON GUN FUME HAZARD FROM 37MM GUN IN M5 LIGHT TANK DETERMINATION OF BASIC VENTILATION CHARACTERISTICS OF TANKS OF THE M4 SERIES. DETERMINATION OF BASIC VENTILATION CHARACTERISTICS OF TANKS OF THE M5 SERIES PLACEMENT AND MOUNTING OF SIGHTS IN TANKS DISCUSSION OF VENTILATION REQUIREMENTS OF ARMORED VEHICLES Work on Sabot-Projectiles and Supplements, 1942-1944 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostCosmonaut Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 Pantherfibel.pdf M4A3 Manual Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnsignExpendable Posted December 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 Pantherfibel.pdf M4A3 Manual Added. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnsignExpendable Posted December 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 Japanese light armour (part 1) Japanese light armour (part 2) Japanese heavy armour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnsignExpendable Posted December 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 M103 armour requirements Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnsignExpendable Posted December 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 US Armor in Korea, pt. 1 US Armor in Korea, pt. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnsignExpendable Posted December 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 XM1 Engine Troubles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnsignExpendable Posted January 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2015 Engineering analysis of the Russian T-34-85 tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter_Sobchak Posted January 6, 2015 Report Share Posted January 6, 2015 Engineering analysis of the Russian T-34-85 tank Dammit, am I going to have to pay for a scribd subscription now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnsignExpendable Posted January 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2015 Dammit, am I going to have to pay for a scribd subscription now? Comrade, please Walter_Sobchak and Xlucine 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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