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3 minutes ago, delete013 said:
Considering that it started as a medium and got steadily bigger it makes me believe that the designers exceeded the limits of their design.
Wait...4 minutes ago, delete013 said:Underpowered, too slow, bad off road. Ground clearance was too low.
Considering that it started as a medium and got steadily bigger it makes me believe that the designers exceeded the limits of their design. What they got was neither satisfactory heavy tank, not a medium. Attempts to make it competitive ... failed
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4 hours ago, delete013 said:
Is this up in one of those 89 pages? I've yet to get through them all. We can discuss tank's role in combined arms tactics. Are any German tankers or panzergrenadiers here? I think contemporary tactics are pretty much ww2 with new vehicles.
5 hours ago, heretic88 said:But well, we learned something. Anybody who dares to say anything good about german equipment (pieces of metal... but surely possessed by the very soul of A.H.!), they are immediately nazi supporters... Looks like that now includes Spielberger, Jentz, and Doyle too! Well, now I understand why everything written in their books are ignored...
Again, congratulations for turning this topic to this mess.
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7 minutes ago, heretic88 said:
@Jeeps_Guns_TanksGo to hell asshole... And you are trying to criticize anybody. You contributed nothing to this discussion, except declaring people with different opinions than yours as ignorant, and at the same time declare your wishful thinking as facts. I bet you didnt read any literature about stuff you claim to be expert of. And when you are totally out of arguments, first you steer the conversation to politics, and finally you insult me... Congratulations. You are a really toxic, sad person.
As for the 88 in my user name... Maybe that I was born in 1988? But no, surely it was because politics...
I have nothing to do with nazis, I hate them. My point with mentioning bolshevist war crimes was to mock your attempt to derail the discussion, which was to this point, peaceful.
But well, we learned something. Anybody who dares to say anything good about german equipment (pieces of metal... but surely possessed by the very soul of A.H.!), they are immediately nazi supporters... Looks like that now includes Spielberger, Jentz, and Doyle too! Well, now I understand why everything written in their books are ignored...
Again, congratulations for turning this topic to this mess.
Last time I checked, reading the forum, Jeeps has contributed hundreds of sourced documents on tanks including detailed engine diagrams of rare variants that are on this very forum.
How many of the articles in this forum have you read? Have you read all 89 pages of this topic?
Yes? No?
Also, he's a moderator here for a reason.
You are NOT a moderator here for a reason.
You're here because we are enjoying baiting a clueless Wehraboo who is white knighting for a literal war losing tank design. We like Wehraboo hunts. It's what we do.
Again, you are here at discretion.
Protip: It is OK to be wrong on the Internet. Again. It is OK to be WRONG on the Internet (like you are at this moment). Many of us had Wehraboo tendencies as well when we were young and stupid, like you are right now. Perhaps it is time to reevaluate your opinions?
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4 hours ago, delete013 said:
By 1944 the tank was a finished product. If you incalculate the issues of final drives on all German tanks in 1944 and the fact that there were plenty cases where final drives lasted beyond the alleged 150/250 km one can conclude that the critical causes were not in the design. Pull rare metals out of Allied or Soviet tanks and you have a similar mechanical mess. There is the alternative of course, a lighter tank, which brings us back to the other end of bad choices, which is fighting with a weaker vehicle. If that means dispensing with driving stunts I am still convinced that every alternative was much worse.
Wait...
4 hours ago, delete013 said:Pull rare metals out of Allied or Soviet tanks and you have a similar mechanical mess.
Dafuq?
4 hours ago, delete013 said:Pull rare metals out of Allied or Soviet tanks and you have a similar mechanical mess.
Da ACTUAL phuck?
4 hours ago, delete013 said:Pull rare metals out of Allied or Soviet tanks and you have a similar mechanical mess.
Yes. And I suppose if the Western Allies or Soviets had built their tanks out of discarded Spam tins and bailing wire, then the Panther might be able to compete, tank-for-tank.
But as has been stated multiple times, and throughout these forums, a tank is part of a weapons system that is meant to cooperate with multiple components and arms of a military. As history and multiple sourced documents have proven, the Panther performed abysmally at the task assigned to it.
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This has been a successful Wehraboo Hunt.
Their impenetrable Wehraboo skulls, harder even than Krupp steel shall adorn our lodges. comieboo younglings shall listen in awed silence while grizzled hunters recount their kills as the Wehraboo beast flesh sizzles over the campfire.As a wise woman once said, long ago on the television, “It’s a Good thing”.
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14 hours ago, heretic88 said:
One source is not a source. Just sayin'...
And yes, quite funny that the Panther is a shitty, useless piece of junk, while the T-34, which was just as unreliable (even more so until 1942...) was a fine tank...
Love double standards!
Yes. Every piece of machinery does indeed break down. At that point, you fix them.
How much easier is it to fix a Sherman or a T-34 than a Panther? Are you able to fix it in the field? Are you able to physically tow it to a rear echelon motor pool? Are there spare parts available? Do the spare parts even fit? Is any of this repeatable? -
Man, the Panther fanbois are getting pounded. The last time the Panther has lost this bad against the Sherman was the Battle of Arracourt.
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Looks like we have Russian... CODlusion!!!
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‘Are we getting invaded?’: U.S. fishing boats faced Russian aggression near Alaska
https://www.boston.com/news/national-news/2020/11/13/us-boats-faced-russian-aggression-near-alaska
Tim Thomas, a U.S. captain on the fishing vessel Northern Jaeger, encountered the Russian activities on Aug. 26 when his ship was operating more than 20 nautical miles inside the U.S. economic zone. After a Russian plane directed Thomas to take his boat out of the area, he said, he responded that he was within the U.S. zone, not on the Russian side, and that the Russians could not order them to leave.
At that point, he said, a Russian military ship joined in and issued similar orders.
“At this point, I’m going, ‘What’s going on here? Are we getting invaded?’” Thomas said in an interview.
Thomas said he contacted the Coast Guard, but the officers there, he said, seemed to be unaware of the Russian operations. They told him he was responsible for the safety of his crew. But he was reluctant to leave: They were finding some of the best fishing of the season, and the Russians had ordered him not to return to those productive grounds for nine days.
The Russians, who were running a military exercise known as Ocean Shield that involved some 50 warships and 40 aircraft operating throughout the Bering Sea, were adamant, and their warnings grew more intense. U.S. officials have since said that a Russian submarine launched a cruise missile from the Bering Sea that day.
As he considered the safety of the 130 people on his boat, Thomas ultimately decided to leave. He estimates the forced departure cost his company more than $1 million in revenue.
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https://komonews.com/news/local/jetliner-hits-brown-bear-while-landing-in-southeast-alaska
BAAAEEEYYYEEERRR!!! BOOOOOOOeing!!! 737-700oooooooo!!!
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“The nose gear missed the bears, but the captain felt an impact on the left side after the bears passed under the plane,” Alaska Airlines said in a statement.
The pilots saw the bear lying about 20 feet (6 meters) from the center of the runway as the plane taxied to a parking area just before 6:30 p.m., the airline said.
It was not immediately clear how many passengers were on the flight. The plane departed from the town of Cordova and was scheduled to stop in Juneau after leaving Yakutat.
The left engine cowling of the jet was damaged, and the plane remained in Yakutat Sunday.
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On 7/28/2020 at 2:09 AM, Calicifer said:
Hey guys, this is F-35 bash "thred". I think you had lost your way on your way to 31 page. So I will add some good old fashioned hatred back into this thread!
This guy’s reading comprehension and grasp of irony, sarcasm, and the nuances of the English language are almost as good as his knowledge of aerospace and weapons procurement.Does he not know why this is called the “Bash the F-35 Thred” with “Thred” intentionally misspelled?
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RIP Seattle Ride the Ducks
The WuFlu has avenged the deaths of all those Asian tourists you killed.
https://mynorthwest.com/1766776/ride-the-ducks-seattle-shuts-doors/
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President Trump has knocked off another terrorist.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/31/politics/us-strike-aqap-leader-yemen/index.html
The United States conducted a strike recently targeting Qassim al-Rimi, the leader of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the terror group's franchise based in Yemen that has repeatedly expressed interest in conducting attacks targeting the United States, a US official told CNN on Friday....
Al-Rimi was the target of a 2017 raid the Navy SEALS.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/yemen-raid-had-secret-target-al-qaeda-leader-qassim-al-n717616
“the goal of the massive operation was to capture or kill Qassim al-Rimi, considered the third most dangerous terrorist in the world and a master recruiter.But while one SEAL, 14 al Qaeda fighters and some civilians, including an 8-year-old girl, were killed during a firefight, al-Rimi is still alive and in Yemen, multiple military officials said.”
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“On Sunday, al-Rimi — who landed on the United States' most-wanted terrorist list after taking over al Qaeda's Yemen affiliate in 2015 — released an audio recording that military sources said is authentic.
"The fool of the White House got slapped at the beginning of his road in your lands," he said in an apparent reference to the Jan. 29 raid.’”
...And now the “Fool of the White House” has added another scalp to his belt.
Democrats and Corporate Media types are no doubt mourning the loss of another austere religious scholar.
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Go Home Robots, You’re FIRED!
https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/01/09/zume-pizza-closes-down-cuts-172-jobs-in-mountain-view/
Zume Pizza, the Mountain View company that used robots to make its pizzas, has made its last delivery.Edit: This is after squandering a $375 million dollar loan from 2018
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World War 3 has been called off kiddies.
The Corporate media has already moved on to Prince Harry and his baby mama getting booted to Canada.
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29 minutes ago, Beer said:
It looks like it was more or less a demonstration strike (i was wrong saying no missiles will fly) but the satelite images of some impacts show it was actually a precise one.
Iraq says they were notified beforehand and it's likely Iraq warned US, i.e. it could have happened the same way as Trump's strike on Syria months a go, i.e. a demonstration of capability and determination with minimal actual damage. Let's see if it ends with that.
What is interesting is US saying they have no AA assets in Iraq.
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Another lesson not to automatically believe “scoops” from corporate media.
Don... you should know better.
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Welp. I was wrong.
Trump is calling the Shiite’s bluff.
What a world!
Edit: Bamboozled!
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Yeah. The vote in the Iraqi Parliament was boycotted by the Kurds and Sunnis and is entirely symbolic.
Meanwhile the Trump Administration has informed them they are on the hook financially for all of our military infrastructure improvements should there ever be a day we are “expelled” which is unlikely.
It needs emphasizing. Again. This is not the Obama (or Dubya) Administration.
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Gorton’s Fisherman one of the “Sexiest Men on the Planet”
I don’t know man. He doesn’t have enough slime, fish, scales, and blood spattered on him.Also, given his acting career, via “Queer Eye”, we can safely assume he likes Fish Sticks in his Mouth.
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FFS our Fatty “allies” keep finding new ways to get owned by goat herders.
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Oi! You got a loicense for that vegan cake mix?
https://twitter.com/BTPSussex/status/1166730285167403008
“Please label your foods and bring samples of cakes next time you visit“
Love double standards! 
StuG III Thread (and also other German vehicles I guess)
in Mechanized Warfare
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This is incontrovertible archival evidence!