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Offline Chalenge

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Re: Question about tanks
« Reply #15 on: January 30, 2017, 02:43:09 AM »
Tiger had power traverse, but hand cranked elevation. Traverse could be hand cranked in an emergency though.

If you think a Tiger moves the turret slow, then you haven't tried to crank one. It's main usefulness comes in accuracy, and not major traversals.
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Re: Question about tanks
« Reply #16 on: January 30, 2017, 04:31:12 AM »
Drivers would, if they could, turn around the vehicle to shorten the time to get aim on target, it was a part of their training (at least German training)

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Offline Zimme83

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Re: Question about tanks
« Reply #17 on: January 30, 2017, 04:55:44 AM »

Drivers would, if they could, turn around the vehicle to shorten the time to get aim on target, it was a part of their training (at least German training)


Particularly Tigers with it's slow turret would do it.

Even the turret on modern tanks like the Leo 2 can be hand cranked, all you need is a gunner with strong arm and a lot of time.
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Re: Question about tanks
« Reply #18 on: February 18, 2017, 10:22:55 AM »
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