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General Forums => Wishlist => Topic started by: ECHO44 on March 09, 2008, 04:12:03 PM
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maybe a tank lvt varient besides the lvt-4
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It would be more helpful to others if you made your idea a lot more specific than you have here. To be honest, I don't actually understand what point you're trying to make, so I can't comment on it. Also, you'll receive far fewer of the sarcastic remarks that I'm sure will follow, if you take my above advice.
In addition to this, please research you idea first, and make sure something like it actually existed. Posting links to your sources is also good.
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Yossarian
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The only other variant I have seen mounts a 37mm M3 Stuart turret. That
would be like spitting BBs in here <think M8 main gun>.
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The only other variant I have seen mounts a 37mm M3 Stuart turret. That
would be like spitting BBs in here <think M8 main gun>.
The Allies on D-Day did have M4's that were equipped to float, But the were not that successful.
(http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en-commons/thumb/4/43/300px-DD-Tank.jpg)
They used heavy canvas and they used a prop driven from the engine.
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They didnt work on Omaha because of the tides. They worked on on other tests though.
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They didnt work on Omaha because of the tides. They worked on on other tests though.
Omaha i think they lost about half their tanks. But on the other beach heads they were successful.
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we could use the sherman DDs in AH
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Omaha i think they lost about half their tanks. But on the other beach heads they were successful.
They lost more than half. Out of the 29 tanks, only two made it to the beach at Omaha. The 27 tanks that were lost were due to heavy seas. The floats were designed for 1 foot seas, at the time of the Normandy invasion, the tanks were set off in 6 foot seas, quickly got swamped and sunk.
The tanks that made it ashore on Gold, Juno and Utah invasion beaches faired much better.
ack-ack
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They lost more than half. Out of the 29 tanks, only two made it to the beach at Omaha. The 27 tanks that were lost were due to heavy seas. The floats were designed for 1 foot seas, at the time of the Normandy invasion, the tanks were set off in 6 foot seas, quickly got swamped and sunk.
The tanks that made it ashore on Gold, Juno and Utah invasion beaches faired much better.
ack-ack
Thanks for clearing it up ack-ack i was not sure about it.
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actualy vans on the othe beachs almost all of them made it and realy helped out the ground forces
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actualy vans on the othe beachs almost all of them made it and realy helped out the ground forces
I think this is going to be my standard reply to any of your posts.
"Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
ack-ack
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my standered reply for that will be
ack ack r u sure about that :aok
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Well it could be a good wishlist tank. I guess. The float thing would raise when you went in the water, and it would lower when you got out.
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I've always been fond of DD's :eek:
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The Allies on D-Day did have M4's that were equipped to float, But the were not that successful.
(http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en-commons/thumb/4/43/300px-DD-Tank.jpg)
They used heavy canvas and they used a prop driven from the engine.
The Dual Drive tanks would be absolutely defenseless while in the water..I mean totally,
not even their MGs would bear. Also the only thing keeping you from the bottom is canvas
which is not noted for it's resistance to mg/cannon fire :D
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LVT4 is actually a sweet unit. No other vehicle with a big gun reloads as fast.
It can shoot while still in the water, and it has good range.
It just can't take a lot of abuse, so you need good air cap above you.
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no AP rounds in it tho :(
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LVT4 is actually a sweet unit. No other vehicle with a big gun reloads as fast.
It can shoot while still in the water, and it has good range.
It just can't take a lot of abuse, so you need good air cap above you.
the lvt4 is a very good unit but its more of a town killer than a fighting tank
maybe a alternate version that can fire ap rounds might do well in AH
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The american DD's got swamped because they were let go way too far out...
I saw a documentary on these dudes diving on them......
from there dive ship...you couldn't see the damn shore.