Bronezhilet

Sue them for what? Libel? Oh wait.

I've actually thought about moving there because of their whole Jap Defence Force thingey. But then they tried upping their pissing contest with the Chinese.

Old, but still gold(-ish):

Holy shit loooser you're reposting your own images on the same page.

Did that actually penetrate?

Looking at the T25's stats, it'll be quite quick, but the RoF will be only slightly higher than the Pershing's RoF. Also, apparently I am not the only SH member with an ISU-130. Who'd have thought. (Hi Applesauce)

...the Sentinel's top speed is freaking SIXTY. Too bad the HP and HP/ton are terrible so it will probably never even reach that speed.

Yeah a T6 medium with a 17 pounder would do nicely indeed. I played a bunch of tier 6 games yesterday and the amount of high speed, high RoF tanks just isn't fun. (Says the one who was clubbing seals in a high RoF tank with a 5-skilled crew) I kinda like that WG is going the "Premiums shouldn't be all that bad"-route. The STA-2, 59-Patton and T95E2 are just horrible tanks.

I'm pretty excited about the T25. Because, as Sturgeon pointed out already, it's a freaking T25! It'll fit nicely in my garage next to the T23E3.

I might have carried a bit.

Yep, according to Spielberger they used the HL 295 (which was a further development of the HL 234 engine), with 1000 HP at 2800 rpm (page 181 in Panzer VI Tiger und seine Abarten). As I suspected, according to Spielberger these specs are for the variant with 2.3 L cylinders. The cylinders were "Typ 192" for Porsche engine "203". The bore is 135 mm and the stroke is 160 mm. Which coincides with the picture you posted. Spielberger does not list a maximum rpm nor HP. The table showing these stats is on page 181 in the link I posted: "On the 2.3 liter unit (Porschetyp 192) a 16-cylinder X-engine was developed with two turbochargers provided by BBC-Mannheim. The combustion system was a precombustion chamber type from Simmering-Graz-Pauker AG. [...](some technical German here which will take me ages to translate, so I won't unless you really want me to[...] The engine has an empty weight of 2000 kilograms, the outside diameters are 1680 by 2500 by 1150 mm." "A one-cylinder unit of this engine completed a 100 hour test on a test bench in Vienna and it made 47 HP at 2100 rpm." If you use simple math, it gives you 752 horsepower for a 16-cylinder engine with the Porschetyp 192 unit. The book does not state whether the one-cylinder unit was supercharged during the test. The complete engine was. "On 5 januari 1945 Hitler was given a report by Oberst Holzhäuer on the status of development of the 16-cylinder aircooled diesel engine by Porsche-Simmering. Hitler again emphasised on the importance of this project. He expected to be kept up-to-date with the test results on the prototype engines and prototype vehicles." "One of these engines was mounted in a Tiger II by Nibelungenwerk, which resulted in a completely redesigned engine bay. There had to be made significant changes to the hull and to the track tensioning system. As part of the performance improvement of this engine the 3 L cylinder units (Porsche-typ 213) were used. With a total displacement of 48 L, 1500 HP at 2500 rpm was expected. Simmering-Graz-Pauker AG designated this engine as the Type Sla 16. The Porsche designation was 212." The by MAN developed engine type "V 6 11.5/16" supercharged 12-cylinder two stroke V-engine had to be ready for installation by 1941. However, this 400 HP engine was not ready in 1943 and subsequently was dropped due to its limited horsepower. "An aircooled 12- or 16-cylinder diesel engine made in collaboration with Argus with 800 horsepower did not evolve beyond the project stage. This too needed fundamental changes to the tank hull." So Spielberger does not note the expected power of the supercharged 2.3 L cylinder powered X-engine, but he does state the power of a single 2.3 L cylinder. He does not state that this unit was supercharged. He does note the estimated power of a supercharged 3 L cylinder powered X-engine. So if the cylinder displacement changes from 2.3 L to 3 L and you add a supercharger, it might be possible to reach 1500 HP. However I am not a car/engine junkie so I have no idea how realistic it is. Gajin probably took the 47 HP value for the non-supercharged single cylinder unit and multiplied it with 16 and slapped it on the "Sla 16" engine. Spielberger does not state the name of the 37 L X-engine. Basically: 37 L X-engine: No name (see 2.3 L cylinder) 48 L X-engine: "Sla 16" by Simmering-Graz-Pauker and "212" by Porsche. 2.3 L cylinder: Porschetyp 192 for engine "203". This might be the 37 L engine, but as you can see in the above table, Spielberger notes that it's for an 18-cylinder project. 3 L cylinder: Porschetyp 213 for engine "212" The key sentence in the last part is "in collaboration with" (in Zusammenarbeit mit). Argus is working on a 12 or 16-cylinder 800 HP engine in collaboration with *somebody*. Spielberger is probably talking about Simmering here, but he's talking about MAN in the part before it. Spielberger does not talk about the name nor whether it was actually built. The Heydekampf document states that both Argus and Simmering are working on an 800 HP engine. It's possible it's the same engine.

Here's the German full book, I'll try to translate the interesting bits when I get home, which should be in about 30-ish minutes.

Thankfully there's a translation named "Panzer VI Tiger and its variants".

https://www.vg247.com/2016/02/24/anti-violent-games-senator-leland-yee-sentenced-to-five-years-in-prison/ http://www.polygon.com/2016/2/24/11105232/leland-yee-sentenced

Awww, I assume I can't say Ruskis either? No, although it's the same type of engine. The Germans made at least two variants of the same engine. One with 3 liter cylinders and one with (apparently) 2.25 L cylinders. To double check you'll have to wait 8 hours till I get home. Or check "Panzer VI Tiger und seine Abarten" yourself.

I don't think so, this was tested by zhe Germans. Want more photos?

Yah. I don't know the actual dimensions, but seeing how it looks they had to widen part of the hull and/or raise the engine deck. Gajin was just lazy and changed a few numbers around to give it these stats. Curiously though, I haven't seen info on whether the gearbox and steering mechanism were changed. For some reason I dont think those parts can cope with a 100% increase in power. Although I don't know what the torque of the engine was.

Crude translation/summary: A new 16-cylinder 48L engine was fitted to a Tiger 2, but only after a complete redesign of the engine bay, significant changes to the hull and the track adjustment mechanism. The engine made 1500 horsepower at 2500 rpm. Yes the engine existed. No, it made waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyy more power than Gajin's version.

Afaik there were some tests with diesel King Tigers, but I have to re-check my books to be sure. I'll be right back.

Saying about the Uzi in the Dutch army back in the 60s: "If you want to hit something with the Uzi past 25 meters: throw it". A bayonet would like... triple its lethality past 25 meters!

FTFY

Ukraine's entry in the Eurovision Songfestival: 1944

10 kg of explosives wont to all that much to a tank though. Especially since it's not located directly on the armour itself.

Guys, there's only one thing I have to say about this: That's all folks, on to the next forum drama!