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Title: sherman tank with napalm
Post by: yodad585 on August 23, 2008, 01:10:29 PM
i think aces high should get the sherman equiped with napalm so when gv's go and try to destroy a town they can do it easyly
Title: Re: sherman tank with napalm
Post by: ian5440 on August 23, 2008, 01:40:37 PM
i think aces high should get the sherman equiped with napalm so when gv's go and try to destroy a town they can do it easyly

is there any proof of any sherman even having napalm  :huh
Title: Re: sherman tank with napalm
Post by: titanic3 on August 23, 2008, 01:42:55 PM
I think he means the "Crocodile" with a flame thrower...
Title: Re: sherman tank with napalm
Post by: ian5440 on August 23, 2008, 01:45:57 PM
I think he means the "Crocodile" with a flame thrower...

ah, i thought he ment "napalm" napalm

not to bad of an idea but it seems like it would be hard for HTC to accomplish
Title: Re: sherman tank with napalm
Post by: titanic3 on August 23, 2008, 02:06:43 PM
It's too far fetched, main reason would be that fire, as of now, does not cause any damage, not only that, we can't simulate fire to travel hundreds of feet. So, this wish isn't gonna happen in a very long time.
Title: Re: sherman tank with napalm
Post by: bigrich on August 23, 2008, 06:09:21 PM
actually the flames would go hundreds of feet they would only go about 50 feet from the tank itself but have limited amount of flame projected fuel or w/e they use. They where initially used to burn infantry out of bunkers so the their infantry can clear it. heres a picture of a Churchill croc.   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Churchill_Crocodile_01.jpg
Title: Re: sherman tank with napalm
Post by: SKYGUNS on August 23, 2008, 08:07:49 PM
is there any proof of any Sherman even having napalm :huh


There was a Sherman that did so, it had a smaller barrel next to the large main barrel, but the main gun was disabled so the large barrel was just for show if equipped with a flame flower, i say why not, but lets get some more needed stuff in here first...


flame thrower not napalm
Title: Re: sherman tank with napalm
Post by: 321BAR on August 23, 2008, 08:12:51 PM
ok...first, the Sherman (or any tank with a flamethrower) is called a Crocadile... and yes, the Sherman had a variant, but no main gun, the Churchill had a main gun and the FT at the same time, and i think others did too... btw skyguns, the flamethrower was using napalm  :lol
Title: Re: sherman tank with napalm
Post by: 321BAR on August 23, 2008, 08:14:16 PM
ok...first, the Sherman (or any tank with a flamethrower) is called a Crocadile... and yes, the Sherman had a variant, but no main gun, the Churchill had a main gun and the FT at the same time, and i think others did too... btw skyguns, the flamethrower was using napalm  :lol
btw, a napalm tank was mainly used not to burn buildings down, but to flush them out of troops... no need for a croc tank
Title: Re: sherman tank with napalm
Post by: SKYGUNS on August 24, 2008, 02:12:22 AM
OK...first, the Sherman (or any tank with a flamethrower) is called a Crocodile... and yes, the Sherman had a variant, but no main gun, the Churchill had a main gun and the FT at the same time, and i think others did too... BTW skyguns, the flamethrower was using napalm :lol

you may wanna check up on that, not meaning to argue but i think napalm was a more sticky substance and i think they just used fuel mainly during WWII and napalm during more near the future (Vietnam) but iv been wrong before, IL get my books for this one...
Title: Re: sherman tank with napalm
Post by: Wyld45 on August 24, 2008, 02:45:39 AM



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Title: Re: sherman tank with napalm
Post by: 321BAR on August 24, 2008, 02:44:21 PM
you may wanna check up on that, not meaning to argue but i think napalm was a more sticky substance and i think they just used fuel mainly during WWII and napalm during more near the future (Vietnam) but iv been wrong before, IL get my books for this one...
Yeah skyguns, i remember reading about it, and gotta go with napalm
Title: Re: sherman tank with napalm
Post by: Cthulhu on August 25, 2008, 09:15:32 AM
you may wanna check up on that, not meaning to argue but i think napalm was a more sticky substance and i think they just used fuel mainly during WWII and napalm during more near the future (Vietnam) but iv been wrong before, IL get my books for this one...
Napalm as we know it was first used on Tinian in 1944. It's a gelling agent of aluminum soap mixed with avgas, JP-4, or JP-5. Before that natural rubber (latex) was used, but these earlier forms of jellied liquid wouldn't technically be called "Napalm".

M4A3R3, M4 Crocodile, and Sherman Badger (Canadian) all carried flamethrowers.
Title: Re: sherman tank with napalm
Post by: Denholm on August 25, 2008, 09:44:45 AM
Flamethrowers wouldn't have any use here. Downed pilots are effective enough to take out running troops considering the troops don't use their boom sticks.
Title: Re: sherman tank with napalm
Post by: Cthulhu on August 25, 2008, 10:55:55 AM
Downed pilots are effective enough to take out running troops considering the troops don't use their boom sticks.
You really wanna pay $15 a month to play online "tag" with stick men? :D
Title: Re: sherman tank with napalm
Post by: titanic3 on August 25, 2008, 12:02:40 PM
You really wanna pay $15 a month to play online "lag" with stick men? :D

Fixed.  :noid
Title: Re: sherman tank with napalm
Post by: Denholm on August 25, 2008, 12:11:35 PM
You really wanna pay $15 a month to play online "tag" with stick men? :D
Not I, no way. But for those who value their bases they will bail out over the map room, hide inside or nearby, and blast the incoming troops with their Colts.
Title: Re: sherman tank with napalm
Post by: Cthulhu on August 25, 2008, 12:36:46 PM
Not I, no way. But for those who value their bases they will bail out over the map room, hide inside or nearby, and blast the incoming troops with their Colts.
I'm curious.. If you stand in the doorway of the map room, are there "collisions" between nme troops and our valiant defender?
Title: Re: sherman tank with napalm
Post by: Denholm on August 25, 2008, 12:37:23 PM
No, they walk through you. At least that's how it was a few updates ago when H2H was still around.
Title: Re: sherman tank with napalm
Post by: 321BAR on August 25, 2008, 02:24:54 PM
Man, again with the H2H arena  :lol :lol...had a feeling it would pop up somewhere again in a thread
Title: Re: sherman tank with napalm
Post by: Denholm on August 25, 2008, 02:30:22 PM
For some of us it was the only way to play. Now we hang around here to brag on our l33t flying skills since we haven't died in the past 30 tours.
Title: Re: sherman tank with napalm
Post by: 321BAR on August 25, 2008, 02:46:24 PM
hahaha
Title: Re: sherman tank with napalm
Post by: valdals on August 26, 2008, 12:06:37 PM
i cant tell what the paratroopers are. they just look like stick figures to me.
Title: Re: sherman tank with napalm
Post by: yodad585 on August 26, 2008, 12:40:42 PM
is there any proof of any sherman even having napalm  :huh
yes u need to watch military channel they carried huge tanks behind the sherman
Title: Re: sherman tank with napalm
Post by: Denholm on August 26, 2008, 12:44:11 PM
You need to stop watching and start reading.
Title: Re: sherman tank with napalm
Post by: Cthulhu on August 26, 2008, 01:27:24 PM
is there any proof of any sherman even having napalm  :huh
Here ya go. M4A3R3 on Iwo Jima 1945.

(http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/6713/300pxronsonflametankiwoow5.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)

And the "Flame Tank" model of the M4A3E8 "Super Sherman" could carry 290 gallons of napalm.

yes u need to watch military channel they carried huge tanks behind the sherman

M4 Crocodile towed a trailer just like the Churchill variant. (only 4 were built)

And yes, Denholm is right. Read more. Expecting to gain in-depth knowledge by watching the Military Channel is like watching McHale's Navy to learn naval combat tactics. Yeah they got cool looking boats and stuff, but it just ain't the same. :)
Title: Re: sherman tank with napalm
Post by: RipChord929 on August 26, 2008, 09:22:52 PM
Napalm= Naptha + Palm oil....
But there were lots of mixtures used, right from the beginning...

And yes, USMC had flamethrower Shermans in the Pacific..
W flame projector and 75mm gun...
According to my pop, who was there!!! On the ground, doin the biz....

And they didn't call them Croc's either... That was a british thing...

Argue if ya want

 :salute RC
Title: Re: sherman tank with napalm
Post by: Cthulhu on August 27, 2008, 08:53:46 AM
Napalm= Naptha + Palm oil....
But there were lots of mixtures used, right from the beginning...

And yes, USMC had flamethrower Shermans in the Pacific..
W flame projector and 75mm gun...
According to my pop, who was there!!! On the ground, doin the biz....

And they didn't call them Croc's either... That was a british thing...

Argue if ya want

 :salute RC
Developed by a team of Harvard chemists in 1942-1943 led by (noted organic chemist) Louis Fieser, Napalm's name is a combination of the names of its original ingredients, coprecipitated aluminum salts of naphthenic and palmitic acids. Naphthenic acid is produced by oxidizing naptha. Palmitic acid can be obtained from palm oil, but dairy products will work as well. So you're basically correct, however further chemical reduction of the naptha & palm oil is required. The combined acids were packaged in a powdered form and mixed with gasoline in the field.

Oddly enough, modern Napalm isn't napalm at all, but a mixture gasoline, benzene & polystyrene.


 :salute to your Pop, but Brits did modify four Shermans into flame tanks with the same armored tanker trailer as the Churchill Croc. And since the Brit's created them, they felt compelled to call them "M4 Crocodiles".

Just the facts :salute