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Offline crazyivan

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M-18 Hellcat
« on: September 19, 2009, 09:32:13 PM »
Alright this a wishlist. I wish we had the M-18 hellcat in the game. It's one of the fastest tanks made in WW2 with over 1800 produced. It also has a 76mm main gun. Yeah thats right, it's fast and carries a big stick!





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Re: M-18 Hellcat
« Reply #1 on: September 20, 2009, 06:33:21 AM »
This would be a great addition to the game.It isd also histoically correct for the time period.It also played a major role in the Battle of the Bulge.
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Re: M-18 Hellcat
« Reply #2 on: September 20, 2009, 06:48:11 AM »
+1 :rock
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Re: M-18 Hellcat
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Re: M-18 Hellcat
« Reply #4 on: September 20, 2009, 08:12:17 AM »
     I've always liked the looks of both the M-18 and the M-10...just sharp IMO.
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Re: M-18 Hellcat
« Reply #5 on: September 20, 2009, 08:52:14 AM »
Quote from: crazyivan on September 19, 2009, 09:32:13 PM
Alright this a wishlist. I wish we had the M-18 hellcat in the game. It's one of the fastest tanks made in WW2 with over 1800 produced. It also has a 76mm main gun. Yeah thats right, it's fast and carries a big stick!

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It is not a tank, it is a tank destroyer. There is a huge difference. I love the M-18, but anyone expecting it to be a tank is going to be extremely upset.
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Re: M-18 Hellcat
« Reply #6 on: September 20, 2009, 09:48:24 AM »
+1 for the M18  :aok
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Offline crazierthanu

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Re: M-18 Hellcat
« Reply #7 on: September 20, 2009, 10:01:32 AM »
I'd like to see it but I think HTC should be focusing on aircraft ATM, (He111, Hint Hint)
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Re: M-18 Hellcat
« Reply #8 on: September 20, 2009, 10:24:45 AM »
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Re: M-18 Hellcat
« Reply #9 on: September 20, 2009, 08:05:26 PM »
+1  :rock





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Re: M-18 Hellcat
« Reply #10 on: September 21, 2009, 04:29:23 AM »
Quote from: Captain Virgil Hilts on September 20, 2009, 08:52:14 AM


It is not a tank, it is a tank destroyer. There is a huge difference. I love the M-18, but anyone expecting it to be a tank is going to be extremely upset.
thanks  Bob Barker!  :confused:
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Re: M-18 Hellcat
« Reply #11 on: September 21, 2009, 04:42:57 AM »
Quote from: Captain Virgil Hilts on September 20, 2009, 08:52:14 AM


It is not a tank, it is a tank destroyer. There is a huge difference. I love the M-18, but anyone expecting it to be a tank is going to be extremely upset.
Whats your definition of a tank? Has a big high velocity gun, tracked, armored, seems like a tank :salute
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Re: M-18 Hellcat
« Reply #12 on: September 21, 2009, 07:41:27 AM »
Quote from: JunkyII on September 21, 2009, 04:42:57 AM
Whats your definition of a tank? Has a big high velocity gun, tracked, armored, seems like a tank :salute


Take a look at the lightly armored turret. In fact, the whole thing is lightly armored compared to even a light tank. It is not designed to do the jobs a tank is designed to do. It is 1/2 the weight of a Sherman, despite being built on the same chassis. Wonder where the weight went? It was armor they did not put on the M-18. How many tanks have an open top turret? The M-18 Hellcat Tank Destroyer does.

The vehicle is called the M-18 tank destroyer, because the military says it is not a tank.
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Re: M-18 Hellcat
« Reply #13 on: September 21, 2009, 07:43:44 AM »
Quote from: JunkyII on September 21, 2009, 04:42:57 AM
seems like a tank :salute

What it looks like to the average guy, and what military deems it to be are two different views.
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Re: M-18 Hellcat
« Reply #14 on: September 21, 2009, 09:37:33 AM »
Having watched the episode of tank overhaul on the M18 it could not withstand heavy machine gun rounds. They would slice right through it also no machine gun mounted along side of the main gun & also the open top from what they said this is the reason it is not classified as a tank but a tank destroyer.
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