Jump to content
Please support this forum by joining the SH Patreon ×
Sturgeon's House

Lord_James

Contributing Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    1,077

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    8

 Content Type 

Everything posted by Lord_James

  1. Lord_James
    I sense a dick-slapping is coming soon...
  2. Lord_James
    Strange that the autoloader and gun breach are open to the outside; ice and sand aren’t going to mess with its operation?
  3. Lord_James
    I’m not 100% sure how toxn’s statement was political... its historical fact that the Nazi’s were mass murderers. This doesn’t absolve or distract from the crimes-against-humanity of other states and governments; nor do the other states’ crimes justify what the Nazi’s did. They’re all horrible, and cherry-picking one as being “less horrible” is ridiculous and dishonest.
  4. Lord_James
    I don’t know where else to ask this, but how is armor “repaired” after it has been holed? Like, a vehicle was penetrated, abandoned, but successfully retrieved. Do they just plate over the hole and call it a day, or cut out a fitting that’s the shape, size, and thickness of the hole, and weld it in? Or do they just remove the whole plate and place on a new one (as with riveted armors)?
  5. Lord_James
    IIRC, someone said previously that the Panther influenced allied designs post war? I’m too lazy to go back through the comments, but it would seem that the KV-1 had more to do with post war allied tank development than the pzkfw. V, if you want to believe this article: https://warspot.net/300-voroshilov-abroad Rear transmission, turret bustle, and single torsion bar suspension are all things found in post war western tanks, and missing on the Panther (and pretty much all kraut-made tanks, except the King tiger and Pz.38(t), the pz.3’s having storage baskets mounted to the rear). The only thing “from the Panther” I can see on post war tanks is the sloped armor, which was actually copied from German experience with the T-34 and her sloped armor. The Sherman also had a sloped glacis plate, but I’m not 100% sure if that specifically influenced later tanks, @Jeeps_Guns_Tanks would know better. The high velocity gun is found in several nations at the time (the 17-pdr being specifically mentioned, but also the 57mm ZiS-2 and 76mm M1, even the 75mm type 5 if you want to be generous). The large commander’s copula (and separate commander / gunner / loader stations) was probably derived from previous German tanks (Pz.3 and 4), and was most definitely a product of the war in general, most nations figuring out that the commander was most effective when he only had to focus on commander things. I honestly can’t think of too much that came exclusively out of Nazi Germany that was used much post war, sans their rocket tech; everyone just loved those “ex” nazi rocket scientists.
  6. Lord_James
    A 12 year construction time? They’re going to be obsolete by the time they leave the docks.
  7. Lord_James
    Does the PL-01 have its own personal necromancer or something?
  8. Lord_James
    I like how the British had the audacity to criticize the KV when most of their tanks could have been replaced with rusted scrap and made no difference on the war effort* *except the Crusader
  9. Lord_James
    They probably chose the chassis based (almost) entirely on its ability to keep up with the fastest combat vehicles in service.
  10. Lord_James
    Olifant incoming. [Development] Olifant Mk1A: The Beast of Desert - News - War Thunder Not the more interesting Mk.1B (which will probably be a high tier premium, knowing Gaijin), but nice to see. Are the cages around the turrets smoke grenades to keep the launchers from being pulled off by thick foliage?
  11. Lord_James
    @Toxn [Video] Teaser for "Ixwa Strike" Major Update! - News - War Thunder More Sef efrican vehicles comming soon. I noticed the Ratel and Rooikat SPAA
  12. Lord_James
    I’m going to assume “AMX-63” is actually the AMX-30, named after the estimated year it was designed?
  13. Lord_James
    Off topic, but do you plan to make posts on these like you did the “interwar Czech bits”?
  14. Lord_James
    Let’s all take a breath, mates; it’s getting a little heated in here, and we’re better than that. I think arguing about whether the 7.5cm KwK42 or 75mm M3 is the better weapon is like arguing whether the M1 Thompson or the Kar98k is a better gun. They’re quite different, the M3 being (effectively) a lengthened howitzer that can use AP shells, while the KwK is a dedicated anti tank weapon. A better comparison would be the 76mm M1 (or 17 pdr) which was an anti tank weapon from the start.
  15. Lord_James
    I thought this was the basic thinking of the whole competition.
  16. Lord_James
    What’s the point of a 27mm gun when there are 2 perfectly fine 30mm guns in service, and a variety of 25mm guns to choose from?
  17. Lord_James
    To be fair, we are talking about 1930s armored vehicles. Fancy, quality of life stuff isn’t really the norm, so (in my mind) we can play kinda fast and loose with the rules, applying more modern techniques as the individual sees fit.
  18. Lord_James
    Perhaps we leave out the basket when designing the turret, and then later tailor the basket to fit the hull and what the person wants?
  19. Lord_James
    Scenery reminds me of Arizona, New Mexico, or southern Nevada. Any context for why it’s in the US?
  20. Lord_James
    I like the multistage idea, could mimic what (sort of) goes on in real world development. A great thing about making it in France is that Schneider Et Cie. was a very good armor manufacturer (in addition to gun manufacturer), from what I’ve read, and could provide some quality armor for the competition. Unfortunately, I can never find specifics for the armor, but it’s often attested to as high quality.
  21. Lord_James
    What do they think this artillery will be doing, that it needs 2 roof mounted MGs like the Abrams?
  22. Lord_James
    “I felt a great disturbance in the force; as if millions of @Jeeps_Guns_Tanks cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced”.
  23. Lord_James
    Perhaps they are used in conjunction; DHA/THA and (N)ERA to get the most resistance to all threats at a reasonable volume? Is/would it be cheaper to make these steels than some fancy ceramics?
  24. Lord_James
    So, what are we gonna use as the high hardness armor? Armox600t? Whatever the Italians did to their face hardened armor? http://www.navweaps.com/index_nathan/metalprpsept2009.php#Italian_Post-1930_Terni_Cemented_KC-Type_Variable-Face-Thickness_Armor
  25. Lord_James
    “Research investigation of armor plate steels” November 1941 https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a953684.pdf February 1942 https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a954408.pdf https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a954182.pdf March https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a954195.pdf August 1944 https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA953682.pdf
×
×
  • Create New...