ZloyKrolik

I also saw a 2LT lose his helmet and get knocked on his ass when he was standing next to the muzzle of a 105 when it went off. Our unit was boresighting the tanks and he was looking for the boresight device, M26 Boresight device, and went up the end of the gun tube just as the crew fired off a round for calibration. I spoke with him about it a couple of weeks later, he said that his ears were ringing so loud that he couldn't hear the CO chewing him out, just saw his lips moving.

>The danger zone from firing off the main armament of a modern tank is considerable.  The sabots are a bother, and the blast overpressure from the muzzle is enough to be dangerous at a surprising distance:

I've seen in person what happens when a freindly crunchy gets in front of the muzzle when firing a amin gun round. During a CALFEX in Germany a soldier took up a prone position in front of my tank. I was the driver on an M60A3 at the time and could see him out the left driver's periscope. After the 1st round we fired he had his hands over his ears, the 2nd he was curled up in a fetal position, the 3rd had him being dragged off by his buddies. This was with a 105, not a 120. Anything you can take out with an autocannon will brew up quite nicely with a HEAT round. Coax is for troops, a 70 ton tripod with 10x thermal sights firing 25 round bursts works quite well on troops.

If I remember correctly, we were issued 2 M3A1s per tank. I swear that picture could have been from a unit I was in. At least we did look like that in 1984 when I was in Germany, C Co 1/70 AR part of 4th BDE 4th ID in Wiesbaden. Dirty winter coveralls and rubber boots, check.

We had a M3A1 get eaten by the turret monster once, bent it to about a 90 degree angle. Turned it in to the armorer, he just shrugged and told us that they wouldn't even charge us for the damages. The grease gun was so cheap the Army didn't care if one was destroyed.

Another time I was in a small arms demonstration class (in1987) and got into an argument with the sergeant instructor about the grease gun, he was saying that they weren't in use any more, & I was telling him that I was issued one just a few months earlier. 

SUPER GAVIN!

Them Duke boys are in a heap o' trouble....

Does that dude like any US vehicle? Besides the M113.

I assume that those pics are not to scale with each other. 

BTW, No Willy Pete?

On 11/18/2017 at 1:12 PM, Xlucine said:

 

Those are just normal tigers though?

 Apparently these were used for training.

Is there any other tank, besides the M3 Lee & M4 Sherman, that used multiple different engines?  And that all the engine types worked?

Look at the Sherman: M4 & M4A1 had the R975, the M4A2 had the GM 6046 diesel, M4A3 had the Ford GAA, & the M4A4 the Chrysler A57. And they all worked!

Tank like a pirate day?

The funny thing is that I used to fly a small pirate flag pennant from the antenna of my M1A1.

Now you have to have two types of .50 cal ammo. One linked for the M85 in the cupola, and one for the M2s on the searchlight mount over the main gun.

Now you have to clean up the mess.

If you don't realize that you've hit a car in a modern tank, you'd think you just hit a small bump. 

Couple o' fat bastards in the striped shirts.

On 5/27/2017 at 6:40 AM, Zyklon said:

 

 

 

 

If you point a smart phone at it, does it come up with a QR code for camo?

In the article about the M3A3 Stuart, it shows a picture of the 751st Military Police Battalion using the M3A3. 

http://tankarchives.blogspot.com/2017/05/light-tank-m3a3-american-emigrant.html

What was an MP Bn doing with tanks?

On 4/14/2017 at 7:24 PM, ZloyKrolik said:

I was wondering about Lend Lease tanks. Did the Soviets put their own radios & MGs into them or did they use the original equipment? How about ammo? Did they receive ammo for them or did they set up a production line for them?

http://tankarchives.blogspot.com/2017/04/end-of-rearmament.html#more

Thanks EE.

9 hours ago, Walter_Sobchak said:

According to the discussion I have had with my Dad, Egyptian generals liked to use M60 upgrade programs as an excuse to take a fact finding trip to the US.  Of course, they never ended up actually buying any upgrades, but they got to have a free vacation.  

 To Detroit. But then again, there is a large Arab population in Detroit, at least the middle eastern food is good. My wife is from Royal Oak.

12 hours ago, LoooSeR said:

Qatar ordered 1500 Turkish armored vehicles Amazon

 

 

 

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For a second I thought it said Qatar ordered 1500 Turkish armored vehicles from Amazon. 

I was wondering about Lend Lease tanks. Did the Soviets put their own radios & MGs into them or did they use the original equipment? How about ammo? Did they receive ammo for them or did they set up a production line for them?

They look a little too fat to be tankers. Might get stuck in the hatch.

Longstreet?

I wonder why that never caught on.

I guess road wheels don't count.

Also, when did units switch to naming companies instead of calling them the phonetic name. I: Battle Company instead of Bravo Company.

Yep, changing one of the inner road wheels looks like a fun job.

I used to be in G Trp 82nd CAV, the cavalry troop for this brigade.

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C Co is from The Dalles, Oregon.