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Offline Jester

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Re: Late war armor
« Reply #45 on: October 14, 2006, 03:20:24 AM »
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Originally posted by derkojote23
Hummel or Nashorn; We need Arty in the game and thies or the M7 are good ones to use.


First.... not to be a "Know-All" but for the record - the Nashorn or Hornisse (Hornet) isn't Artillery - technically - it is a Tank Destroyer armed with the 88mm Pak43 - L/71 gun very similar to the gun in the KING TIGER.

Second.....If you were going to get more vehicles in the game quickly and with as little output as possible it would make sense to base them on vehicles we all ready have.

Like coming out with the SU-85 with it's 85mm gun based on the T-34 tank chassie.  



We allready have the Drive, interior positions and lower outside chassie built. All that would have to be built was a new upper chassie, new views for the commander and his hatch and the ballistics and mechanics of the new gun worked out.

Other ideas like this could be worked out - many vehicles were built on the T-34, Panzer IV & M4 Sherman Chassie.

!  :aok
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« Reply #46 on: October 14, 2006, 04:22:29 PM »
king tigers should be perked 3 times as much as the Tiger...sure they only had a max speed of 24 mph but they were nearly impossible to kill!

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« Reply #47 on: October 14, 2006, 10:16:26 PM »
the King Tiger presented a quandry for the air force as well: the armor was so thick, even on top, that 500! pound bombs had a tendency to bounce off. So, what the pilots resorted to doing when out on bombing runs against King Tigers, was to drop bombs on either side of the tank, and the concussion from the blast would actually FLIP the vehicle over. Sounds weird, but it's true.
 
the us had deployed this though .. i think it would have stopped the tiger II with ease
 
http://www.3ad.com/history/wwll/feature.pages/super.pershing.1.htm
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« Reply #48 on: October 14, 2006, 10:32:17 PM »
http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/3120/tanks.html
 
this is interesting..  
 
HOW ABOUT THE JS-II :) ..

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« Reply #49 on: October 16, 2006, 05:04:48 AM »
Ok lets try a Panther. Its not as nasty as the King Tiger but was still a step up from the tiger.