Lord_James

8 minutes ago, N-L-M said:

I propose assuming the hardness of the RHA, as given, is flavor text, And that the TE and ME don't change.

This applies to fused silica too, right? 

4 minutes ago, N-L-M said:

I propose assuming the hardness of the RHA, as given, is flavor text, And that the TE and ME don't change.

Oh boy... at least I can revert back to my original armor scheme  

6 hours ago, Toxn said:

Something to note: with the change in ME/TE of HHA, textolite is now the supreme form of non-reactive armour. Build your arrays accordingly.

It shouldn’t, because the textolite ME/TE was for 260-300 bhn armor, not 360 bhn armor. 

Might be worthwhile to modify them as ATGM carriers like Shturm-S, and sell them. 

Are BMP-1’s able to fit the berezhok turret or is the turret ring to small? 

1 hour ago, Sturgeon said:

OH BOY I SMELL NERA

Well, yeah, I’m not talented. Though I do plan on using special, non reactive armor in a place I think might benefit from it. 
 

In regards to the complex surfaces and whatnot, you could always take the T-72B route and cast it in such a way as to have a nice hollow space to place a couple layers. 

Did I say CV90's big brother? I meant a (somehow) fatter M109: 

for perspective, the gun is an 6.1 inch (155mm), L/24 cannon, and the turret ring diameter is 86.6 inches (2200mm). She is currently sitting at 28.1 tons, and has 1 inch (25mm) base armor on all surfaces. 

How / how often did they replenish the CO2 canisters for the M81E1 gun on the Sheridan?

I assume we’re using US short tons for the weight measurements? 

CV90's big brother incoming: 

1 hour ago, Toxn said:

We always have this question (along with the inevitable exotic ceramics availability discussion) and it never amounts to anything in the end. NERA/ERA is just too good on a protection by weight basis to bother with inert inserts.

Could have a judge who’s pedantic and brings up how ERA can be dangerous to nearby infantry... 

Is glass textolite and/or fused silica available? The silica should be easy, the lone state has a lot of desert and coast line (and therefore, sand) in their territory 

Where do you find the engine dimensions for the MB 838 or AVDS 1790? I can find total volume, but nothing specific. 

It is a little odd how a nation that benefited so much from standardization would produce and use so many different vehicles. Since I don’t know the history or circumstances that lead to those decisions, I’m not going to say any more. 
 

I do have a question, though: is the turret diameter the same across the T-64 through T-90? 

2 hours ago, delete013 said:

Come on lads, I'm repeating myself.

So are we, mate... 
 

But, for my own sanity, what point are you trying to prove? From my perspective: everyone but you is arguing that korner’s kills are exaggerated. 

4 hours ago, delete013 said:

(AT guns and Panzerfausts are mentioned and the inspection of wrecks shows mostly kinetic projectiles. Soviets claim one Tiger B).

4 hours ago, delete013 said:

AT guns... are mentioned and the inspection of wrecks shows mostly kinetic projectiles. 

There appears to be an additional variable that you are willfully ignoring... 

Also, you say to “doubt the claims”, yet you take the CLAIM that the soviets knocked out a Tiger B, at face value. Cherry-picking? 

12 hours ago, N-L-M said:

welding itself is also an issue for precipitation hardened metals if done post-age as it remelts the HAZ had effectively solutionizes it, of course. This is what causes 6061, for example, to lose so much of its strength in the HAZ.

I havent been able to find anything, but can you age only select areas (for instance, the weld zone) of precipitation alloys? from what I know, you would have to send the whole damn thing through the oven again; but if you have an oven big enough for the whole piece, why would you weld it after you aged it? 

1 hour ago, delete013 said:

but those are some of the finest feats in the recorded military history.

wait a fucking second... 

1 hour ago, delete013 said:

What is fiction is Körner alone and 100 kills. That is also what I deemed unbelievable

what the fuck are you arguing then?!

4 hours ago, delete013 said:

Soviet reports indicate mostly "projectile hits", hence the long 8,8 the most probable candidate.

Yes, because the kraut’s had only 88mm guns in their arsenal... 

No 

Other 

Common

AT guns

Double post? 
 

edit: on the previous page? 

4 hours ago, LoooSeR said:

   Soviet Union developed an LMG in 7.62x25 Tokarev catridge, it was deisgned to produce high volume of fire at short ranges, where suppression fire was critical. So this concept of pistol caliber LMG had it's merits at short range. Low weight of catridge, very good control over a weapon in full auto, pretty deadly, easier to mass produce, eat less resources to make and so on.

This just sounds like a PPsh, with extra steps. 

1 hour ago, RobotMinisterofTrueKorea said:

 

 

Mine is when the Germans lost tanks to a Piper Cub.

Oh? Sounds like an amusing read, got any links? 

15 minutes ago, delete013 said:

I also hope for @Lord_James to come visit Germany again and see how it has changed in regard to discrimination.

You failed to understand my comment, so I’ll make it more clear: 

Germans are not Nazi’s. This is obvious to anyone who has the required amount of brain cells to think rationally and objectively. Nazism is not an ethnicity, bound to a certain group of people based on heritage; it is an ideology, and was present in many countries at the time, not just Germany and the axis powers. Trying to pin nazism on one group of people is ridiculous and dishonest, which is why I now refer to Nazi’s as Nazi’s, not as Germans. 

“Germans today are not Nazi’s” isn’t (or, at least, shouldn’t be) some huge revelation or shocking fact to anyone who has the slightest amount of cultural or historical knowledge. Even the imperial Germans in WW1 weren’t Nazi’s, despite what a lot of people are lead to believe (American standard education is... lacking), and the Nazi’s should only be remembered as a mistake, like many young peoples’ goth/emo phase. That one dark and self-destructive point in history is not the sole defining feature of Germany or Germans.
 

Now take the hint, shut up, and grow up. 

1 hour ago, delete013 said:

Where is the logic here? Germans have no pathological need to prove themselves and their tools better than everyone else. Have you even met a German in your life?

This is quite telling. We’re talking about Nazi’s, which are most definitely different from Germans. I would know, my Jewish great grandparents left Germany in the 30s to get away from them... 

58 minutes ago, Beer said:

Does anyone have Panzer Tracts No.9-3? This is alleged quote from there. It would be good know more info especially when that report was created.

 

 

Kinda hard to meet the enemy on the battlefield, when you can’t even make it to the battlefield