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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Nilsen on March 19, 2006, 03:40:42 AM
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Double victory :aok
Too bad about Rosberg tho, I had high hopes for him today.
Fiat ended down were they belong, and timid MS went around the track in a way that is fitting for his status as a senior citizen.
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"His reign is OVAH!"
Karaya
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Man and here I thought you were gonna say they built another Tank
(http://www.geocities.com/pentagon/quarters/1975/kp38b.jpg)
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What's wrong this this tank?
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Originally posted by DREDIOCK
Man and here I thought you were gonna say they built another Tank
(http://www.geocities.com/pentagon/quarters/1975/kp38b.jpg)
It is a LITTLE KNOWN fact that when France was invaded, they had SUPERIOR tanks. The problem resided with the splitting up of the tanks instead of blowing through the lines in a mass force.
Karaya
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Did USA had tanks when the Renault was produced?
Anyway, on the same page, congrat to Audi for wining the 12H of Seibring with a diesel engine in LMP1 class.:aok
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Originally posted by SFRT - Frenchy
Anyway, on the same page, congrat to Audi for wining the 12H of Seibring with a diesel engine in LMP1 class.:aok
Yessss......and and next is LeMans.
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Actually for once I wasnt being derogatory to the French (enjoy it. it probably wont last long:) )
Just whenever I hear the name "Renault" I think of the WWI Tank
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DREDIOCK hmmm world war one.......did america have tanks ?
AS i remeber most of the us army air force flew spad's ..or Nieuports .are they not french?and im pretty sure they were better going forwards than backwards....or was that the italians ???? oh well.....:)
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Originally posted by expat
DREDIOCK hmmm world war one.......did america have tanks ?
AS i remeber most of the us army air force flew spad's ..or Nieuports .are they not french?and im pretty sure they were better going forwards than backwards....or was that the italians ???? oh well.....:)
See my above post.
And just for the record. No America didnt have tanks in WWI
The First tank Patton was introduced to was the Renault which he preferred over the other models of the day.
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Originally posted by SFRT - Frenchy
Did USA had tanks when the Renault was produced?
Anyway, on the same page, congrat to Audi for wining the 12H of Seibring with a diesel engine in LMP1 class.:aok
I love endurance racing, and the LMP cars are the best looking racers out there :aok
Anyone know if there is a channel on the _internet_ were you can watch the races? Channels here only shows recaps etc
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when I hear Renault I think of the excellent and fun R5 Turbo of the early to mid '80s.
The problem with the french WWII tanks wasn't the tanks themselves. the problem was elsewhere.
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um, yes the US had tanks in WWI, they were produced under license from the french. i know of one of these american versions in the saratoga hills. owned by a tank collecter by the name of Jacque Littlefield. (he also owns two scuds).
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Originally posted by SMIDSY
um, yes the US had tanks in WWI, they were produced under license from the french. i know of one of these american versions in the saratoga hills. owned by a tank collecter by the name of Jacque Littlefield. (he also owns two scuds).
I'll haveta check but I beleive those were post WWI tanks and they didnt make very many of them due to downsizing of the military (sound familiour?)
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Originally posted by SMIDSY
um, yes the US had tanks in WWI, they were produced under license from the french. i know of one of these american versions in the saratoga hills. owned by a tank collecter by the name of Jacque Littlefield. (he also owns two scuds).
Wait. No your right. actualy we are both right .But none actually saw battle
As none were completed by the end of the war.
The American-produced heavy tank was the 43.5-ton Mark VIII, patterned after a British model. Armed with two 6-pounder and five .30-caliber machine guns, it was operated by an 11-man crew, had a maximum speed of 6.5 miles per hour, and a range of 50 miles. The American-built 6 ½-ton M1917 light tank was a copy of the French Renault. It had a maximum speed of 5.5 miles per hour and could travel 30 miles on its 30-gallon fuel capacity. The US program was augmented in the summer of 1918 by the development of a 3-ton, 2-man tank, originated by the Ford Motor Company. This third tank to be mass-produced during 1918 was powered by two Ford Model T, 4-cylinder engines, armed with a .30-caliber machine gun, and had a maximum speed of 8 miles per hour.
American tank units first entered combat on 12 September 1918 against the St. Mihiel salient with the First Army. They belonged to the 344th and 345th Light Tank Battalions, elements of the 304th Tank Brigade, commanded by Lt. Col. George S. Patton, Jr., under whom they had trained at the tank center in Bourg, France. Although mud, lack of gas, and mechanical failure caused many tanks to stall in the German trenches, the attack succeeded and much valuable experience was gained. By the armistice of 11 November 1918, the AEF was critically short of tanks; no Americanmade tanks were completed in time for use in combat.