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Offline EskimoJoe

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Re: Now THAT is a tank.
« Reply #15 on: April 24, 2008, 06:37:13 PM »
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Re: Now THAT is a tank.
« Reply #16 on: April 24, 2008, 06:50:35 PM »
Thats not a photoshopped image, either. The Soviets experimented with T34-gliders during the war- the tank would eject the wings after landing and go off into combat. The idea was tested successfully (thus the photo) but I don't think it was ever used in combat.
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Re: Now THAT is a tank.
« Reply #17 on: April 24, 2008, 08:13:24 PM »
Quote from: Motherland on April 24, 2008, 06:50:35 PM
Thats not a photoshopped image, either. The Soviets experimented with T34-gliders during the war- the tank would eject the wings after landing and go off into combat. The idea was tested successfully (thus the photo) but I don't think it was ever used in combat.
Flying tanks, who would've thought!?  :rofl
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Re: Now THAT is a tank.
« Reply #18 on: April 24, 2008, 08:14:39 PM »
Quote from: Motherland on April 24, 2008, 06:50:35 PM
Thats not a photoshopped image, either. The Soviets experimented with T34-gliders during the war- the tank would eject the wings after landing and go off into combat. The idea was tested successfully (thus the photo) but I don't think it was ever used in combat.

Yup. Germany went for the extravigant, expensive "Gigant" glider... Russia just stuck wings on tanks!
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Re: Now THAT is a tank.
« Reply #19 on: April 24, 2008, 08:16:16 PM »
Quote from: Motherland on April 24, 2008, 06:50:35 PM
Thats not a photoshopped image, either. The Soviets experimented with T34-gliders during the war- the tank would eject the wings after landing and go off into combat. The idea was tested successfully (thus the photo) but I don't think it was ever used in combat.
I think the photo is a T-60, which was a light tank, not a medium like the T-34.
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Re: Now THAT is a tank.
« Reply #20 on: April 24, 2008, 08:19:46 PM »
Quote from: E25280 on April 24, 2008, 08:16:16 PM
I think the photo is a T-60, which was a light tank, not a medium like the T-34.

I heard it was T-34
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Re: Now THAT is a tank.
« Reply #21 on: April 24, 2008, 08:23:21 PM »
Quote from: Serenity on April 24, 2008, 08:19:46 PM
I heard it was T-34
Instead of "hearing", why don't you look at the photo?  ;) Clearly not a T-34.
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Offline Motherland

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Re: Now THAT is a tank.
« Reply #22 on: April 24, 2008, 08:25:00 PM »
Really? Dang, Im not good at identifying russian tanks  :lol
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Re: Now THAT is a tank.
« Reply #23 on: April 24, 2008, 08:27:08 PM »
A T34 would have been far to heavy for such an experiment.
In fact, it's an T-60. The whole installation/"plane" is called Antonov A-40.
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Re: Now THAT is a tank.
« Reply #24 on: April 24, 2008, 09:14:09 PM »
Reminds me of a Russian T-35 tank.  It has a short barrelled 76mm with two 45mm in turrets fore and aft.  Also had 5-6 MGs
I tried to post a photo but do not seem smart enough to figure out how to do that.
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Re: Now THAT is a tank.
« Reply #25 on: April 24, 2008, 10:07:39 PM »
Quote from: Motherland on April 24, 2008, 06:50:35 PM
Thats not a photoshopped image, either. The Soviets experimented with T34-gliders during the war- the tank would eject the wings after landing and go off into combat. The idea was tested successfully (thus the photo) but I don't think it was ever used in combat.
Someone got my reference, right on.  WTG Motherland :aok
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Re: Now THAT is a tank.
« Reply #26 on: April 24, 2008, 10:52:31 PM »
IIRC, the monstrosity in the first pic was also built, Uncle Joe himself was enthused.

I believe the prototype tipped over, there to be scrapped.

Didn't Uncle Adolf also have a "Land Monitor" planned, with Scharnhorst-sized guns?
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Re: Now THAT is a tank.
« Reply #27 on: April 24, 2008, 11:02:08 PM »
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Re: Now THAT is a tank.
« Reply #28 on: April 24, 2008, 11:13:40 PM »
Quote from: Wes14 on April 24, 2008, 11:02:08 PM
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 :)
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Re: Now THAT is a tank.
« Reply #29 on: April 25, 2008, 01:05:24 AM »
Quote from: E25280 on April 24, 2008, 08:23:21 PM
Instead of "hearing", why don't you look at the photo?  ;) Clearly not a T-34.

Eh, I dont know Russian tanks. Im a plane guy :)
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