Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => Wishlist => Topic started by: Airborne on January 11, 2009, 12:36:00 PM
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I posted on another thread, and it was suggested I start a new post...
What do you guys think of the British tank, Comet, to be added?
"The 11th Armoured Division was the first to receive the new tanks in December 1944 and the only division to be completely refitted by the end of the war. Because of its late arrival, the Comet did not participate in any major battles though it was involved in the crossing of the Rhine and the later Berlin Victory Parade in July 1945. The Comet's maximum speed of 32 miles per hour was greatly exploited on the German Autobahns."
"With the A34 Comet the tank designers opted to correct several Cromwell flaws; the track shedding and broken suspension problems, and enhance the Cromwell's main strengths, low height and high speed. The designers used a new gun, the "77mm HV". This gun used the same calibre (76.2 mm) projectile as the 17 pdr, but the shell casing was from the older QF 3 inch 20 cwt gun (loaded to higher pressures), and therefore was non-interchangeable with the 17 pdr ammunition."
"The Comet tank's top speed was governed down from the Cromwell's 40+ mph to a slightly slower but still respectable 32 mph to preserve suspension and engine components and to reduce track wear"
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of course new planes take priority but a British tank
+1 :aok
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...the Comet did not participate in any major battles though it was involved in the crossing of the Rhine and the later Berlin Victory Parade in July 1945...
...and that is why you won't see it. :)
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...and that is why you won't see it. :)
Well, if thats the case, then they should add the Cromwell
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I say add the Cromwell since they arent going to need to model its deficiencies anyway.
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M18 Hellcat. 251/9. Priest/Saxton.
No more tanks until another aspect of the ground war is added, imo. We dont have a legit tank destroyer, direct fire support (think LVT4 type stuff, i.e. M3 w 75mm inf gun or 251/9 w 7.5cm inf gun, etc), or indirect artillery (251's rockets are quite lacking, imo). There are lots of other aspects of the ground war that could be added that would expand the playing experience vs simply adding another tank. Besides, HTC needs to tweak the existing tanks a bit and correct them before adding any more. ;)
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I think the Comet would be a good add to AH. :aok
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Well...since it's all about wishing....
I would like to see all of the heavy/medium tanks perked and have them added more light tanks and armored cars. :) :salute
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It dont matter what tank is added now we got the uber il2 with the big guns Gvs are not worth bothering about.
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Not sure if this link will work so I'll quote from it
"The Comet saw action in Germany in March-May 1945, right at the end of the war in Europe, and was judged to be a great success, being more reliable than either the Challenger or the Cromwell."
http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0760309361&id=2_turDt_OecC&pg=PA45&lpg=PA45&dq=%2B"comet"+%2B"a34"&prev=http://books.google.com/books%3Fq%3D%252B%2522comet%2522%2B%252B%2522a34%2522%26lr%3D&sig=2EOImRMLqal93nlkNbmfLmaingM#PPA45,M1
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and if anyone is interested, some rather detailed info:
http://www.onwar.com/tanks/uk/data/comet.htm
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It dont matter what tank is added now we got the uber il2 with the big guns Gvs are not worth bothering about.
I've watched some great tank battles from the sky in tank town and in GV raids. I was my team's spotter/IL2 killer! :)
The new IL2 just requires another teamwork aspect when taking a base. You'll have to have air support for those GV's, really not all that bad if you ask me.