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  2. Strela's Car Spotting Thread

    in Open Discussion

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    On the streets of Seattle (Wallingford neighborhood) was a Lectric Leopard. 

     

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    I guess it is a rebadged LeCar with an 48 volt powerplant produced in the late-1970s by the US Electricar Corporation.

     

    ...

     

    And for all of that, it looks better than a Prius.

     

    I've actually seen that exact same car up in Lake City. Well, I assume it was the same car but really, how many of these can there be still rolling around? 

     

    And likely more reliable than a LeCar.

     

    The Alliance and Fuego all had the same issues as well.

     

    There's somebody with a pretty ratty Fuego 2.2 just a couple blocks over from where I live, I'm quite surprised it's still running.

  3. Tank Layout

    in Mechanized Warfare

    Posted

    All this talk about fuel has got me thinking; If battery technology continues to improve and a purely electric-powered tank were to be designed, how might protection be affected when the tank has to contain numerous battery packs (which may or may not have a flammable electrolyte) rather than fuel tanks? 

  8. Strela's Car Spotting Thread

    in Open Discussion

    Posted

    All pictures in this post taken with the lackluster Camera on my old samsung phone. 

     

     

    1966 Plymouth Valiant

     

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    1982-ish Cadillac Seville. Considering the general crappiness of all the possible drivetrains this car could've had, I wouldn't pay any mind to the 'for sale' sign.

     

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    (I don't know much of anything about bugs, but some South Lake Union Hipster sure seems to have taken care of this one)

     

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  15. Japans Box Tank O-I

    in Mechanized Warfare

    Posted

    Nevertheless, the trials conducted at the testing field were considered to be a success, and the vehicle was deemed ready for use

     

    This was the line that had me snickering the most. I wish this article had been around when that South African wierdo was claiming WG had fabricated literally everything in the Japanese heavy line. If I recall correctly, he claimed the surviving track link was from actually from a Liebherr mobile crane, tinfoil-hat style.  

  16. Strela's Car Spotting Thread

    in Open Discussion

    Posted

    Should be a '78 Mercury Grand Marquis. If I recall correctly, that was the last year before it was downsized and put on the Panther platform. Dark red would look nice indeed, better than the very 70's chartreuse green of this specimen (which my camera wasn't able to capture too well due to the glare and shadow). 

  17. Strela's Car Spotting Thread

    in Open Discussion

    Posted

    There was a factory version of the Mouse-tang/Mustang II that was powered by a small (302)V8.

    Indeed there was. Update on the Mustang II though, I was able to peek inside of it today, and I believe I saw a 5-speed. Definitely not stock. 

     

    Also... 

     

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    Well, hello beautiful! 

  20. The Enema Thread (Moderator: Tied)

    in Fiction & Entertainment

    Posted · Edited by StrelaCarbon

    Dunno if this has been posted before, but it's been making the rounds in many other corners of the internet: 

     

     

    I'd advise you not to watch any other videos from the same maker unless you have a strong stomach. 

     

    All joking aside, I am guilty of watching quite a bit of anime. Cowboy Bebop is probably the best one I've seen. I particularly liked it's kickass soundtrack. 

     

  21. I Learned Something Today

    in Open Discussion

    Posted

    I wouldn't consider this 'cool' in the slightest, but today I learned that I can only roll my eyes about ten times in a row before they start to hurt. 

     

     

    snapback.pngWithinAmnesia, on Dec 12 2015 - 01:48, said:

     

    "[8 mm Breda Medium Machine Gun, Model 38] at 792 m/s is quoted online as managing managing 13 mm at 100 m." is this penetration value for a 13 mm plate at a ubiquitous angle of 30 degrees?  For if it is that would mean that (assuming the value to be accurate) the 8 mm Breda 38 armour piercing round could penetrate a vertical 15 mm plate at a distance of ~100 meters...


    If this was the case than using World of Tanks penetration er 'logic' of +/- 25% penetration values the theoretical world of tanks minimum maximum armour penetration would be 11.25 mm to 18.75 mm. Also to note that the Breda 38 has a rate of fire of 600 rounds per minute and with a vertical box magazine holding 24 rounds of ammunition. So say the Breda 38 was mounted onto a tier II premium vehicle with preferential matchmaking where in never saw tier III in world of tanks. Now I just went through all of the Tier I and Tier II 'non-retired' vehicles on Tanks.gg and I viewed all of their frontal armour and only the D1, Hotchkiss H35, FCM 35, Renault R35 and the T-60 would be unassailable in a front on firefight with 18 mm of penetration. Although all of said vehicles are defeat-able from non-frontal directions.

     

    So let us do some math for how many shots out of a 24 round box magazine would have at least 18 mm of penetration.  50% of the shots are going to be =/+ 15 mm of penetration on average, 18.75-15.00=3.75. So 3.75 divided by 50 = 0.075, 18.00 divided by 0.075 = 240, 11.25 (minimum penetration value) divided by 0.075 = 150, 15.00 divided by 0.075 = 200, 18.75 divided by 0.075 = 250. For a simple calculation I will -150 all of the numbers so we have 11.25 = 0, 15 = 50, 18 = 90 and 18.75 = 100. Then we realize that 90 vs.100 is basically 90% and 100% so we are left with a ~10% difference (So much MATH!?!?!?!). Now if we use World of Tanks penetration 'logic' there would be a ~10% chance that one shot fired from a Breda 38 that will have at least 18 mm of armour penetration. So back to that 24 round box magazine.. 24x0.1(or 10%)=2.4 rounds per box magazine will have at least 18 mm of armour penetration; that is not very much. Although say a magazine takes 3 seconds to change in a 100% crew (they are only 8 mm rounds after all).. Now let us see how many rounds could be fired in say ~10 seconds +/- ~3 seconds.. 60 (or one minute) divided by 600 = 0.1 or 0.1 seconds in between each round. So 24x0.1=2.4 or 2.4 seconds to empty one magazine of 24 rounds. Now say in a good scenario the Breda 38 is waiting in ambush with delay for its first round within the 10 second engagement; I am being a bit 'nice' here.. So 2.4+3+2.4=7.8 (seconds) for 2 magazines or 2.4+3+2.4+3+2.4=13.2 (seconds) for 3 magazines. Now let us say that the 8 mm armour piecing round ( 'M.35' ) does 6 damage in World of Tanks (8 damage = ~13mm, ~11 damage = ~20 mm so let us be generous and use the 0.72 repeating ration from 8 divided by ~11 (the difference ratio of 8 compared to 11). So 2.4+3=5, 60 divided by 5.4 = 11.11 repeating magazines per minute (with a 100% crew) so that is 11.11 repeating times 24 = 266.66 rounds per minute times 6 = 1599.55 damage per minute with possibly 15 mm of average penetration at 100 meters. So with one magazines that would be 144 damage in 2.4 seconds, 288 damage in 7.8 seconds, 432 damage in 13.2 seconds if all (average 15 mm penetration) rounds hit, penetrate and do average damage. Here is the Grand Calculation of  the 'theoretical W.o.T. version of the Breda 38:

     

    2.4 seconds = 144 damage with 14.4 damage vs. 18 mm of armour.

    7.8 seconds = 288 damage with 28.8 damage vs. 18 mm of armour.

    13.2 seconds = 432 damage with 43.2 damage vs. 18 mm of armour.

    59.4 seconds = 1584 damage with 158.4 damage vs. 18 mm of armour (11 magazines)

     

    Also could we cheat and use a high explosive round with 8 damage and 10 mm of armour penetration? (37mm Gun M1916's H.E. rounds' 19 mm penetration divided by its A.P. round's 28 mm of armour penetration = 0.67857142857142857142857142857143 (<- times 15 [breda 38's possible average penetration] = 10.178571428571428571428571428571 for a rough estimate)

     

    TL;DR:

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    This Tank (L.6/40 Reparto Celere) could be an Italian Tier II Premium Tank that only sees Tiers I and II.

    It is mounted with a singe 8 mm Breda 38 that would be a buzz-saw roller coaster to use in Tiers I and II, Absolutely destroying every paper tank and doing almost nothing against the hand full of tanks (6) with decent armour.

    Armament: Insanely Low 11.25 mm - 18.75 mm (15 mm) Penetration Buzz-Saw with Insane Burst Damage and D.P.M.

    Power To Weight Ratio: 10.something

    Armour Thickness: 30-6 mm or 40-6 mm? (It could have a hard time killing itself). (I cannot find an armour layout and the internet is contradicting itself).

     

    Purple Bullet Hose.

     

  23. WoT v WT effort-thread

    in Fiction & Entertainment

    Posted

    There was an arty limit at one point like 18 months or 2 years ago if I recall correctly.

     

    The issue is that arty is a high RNG, high alpha mechanic. I wish they would decrease the alpha damage - significantly - and increase the reload speed and, I don't know maybe the accuracy as well. This would also make more incentive to have counter arty strikes, which is a long-lost art.

     

    The higher tier matches where it takes almost a minute to reload in between shots, there is no incentive to counter arty. Especially when there are big, dumb 43 percenters in Tier 9 and 10 tanks who insist on sitting in one spot like a big giant hit point pinata.

     

    It does indeed seem like arty players barely ever move after firing these days. On the other hand, that made the Artillery mission where you had to kill 2 other scumbags very easy for me.

  25. Strela's Car Spotting Thread

    in Open Discussion

    Posted

    I've actually seen this Mustang II around quite a few times.

     

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    The brown paint, vinyl top and knowledge that it's a gussied-up Pinto really don't do much for me. But whenever it passes by you can hear a lovely V8 exhaust note that definitely doesn't sound stock. Could it be a resto-mod?

     

    Come to think of it, a Mustang II could make the perfect sleeper; nobody expects one of these things to be fast. 

     

    I do have to apologize for the quality of this photo, It was taken through and windshield and my phone's camera is mediocre at the best of times.   

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