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General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: Xjazz on May 08, 2003, 05:51:07 AM
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(http://www.track-link.net/gallery/images/b_119_1.jpg)
http://www.track-link.net/gallery/images/b_119_1.jpg
:p
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"TRACK-LINK does not allow direct linking to images"
cool.. what it's capable of?
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Grrrr:mad: (darn links)
http://www.track-link.net/gallery/119
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Thats one weird looking errr . . . .thing.
Looks like a green battleship with tracks.
Armor: 160mm maximum; 7mm minimum
Armament: 2 X 152mm; 2 X 76.2mm; 1 X 45mm; 2 X 12.7mm DShK; 2 X 7.62mm Maxim; 14 X 7.62mm DT; 16 X BM-13 Rockets; 2 X Model 1933 Flamethrowers
Now im pretty sure that would cripple a tiger tank or two.
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lol.. doubt that.. it's more of a threat for its crew than enemies, with its self-destructive tendencies :D
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That thing has gotta be a joke.
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Operational History
The first prototype was completed in December 1941 and was rushed into the defense of Moscow. In its first action during a dense winter fog, the rear turret accidentally fired into the center turret. The resulting explosion completely destroyed the vehicle. The second prototype was completed in January 1942, and was sent to the Leningrad front. This one had indicators installed to show whe another turret was in the line of fire. In its initial attack on the Germans, the tank broke in half when crossing a ravine. A spark ignited the leaking flamethrower fuel and the resulting explosion completely destroyed the vehicle. The third prototype, shown here, had a reinforced hull and was also sent to the Leningrad front in early 1942. It did manage to shoot down three German aircraft. In its first ground engagement, the KV-VI was firing on German positions when coincidentally all of the guns fired from the 3 O'Clock position a the same time. The tremendous recoil tipped the tank into a ditch and the severe jostling set off the 152mm ammunition, which completely destroyed the vehicle. After these failures, Stalin cancelled the project, and many of the design team members spent the rest of their lives in the Gulags of Sibera. The KV-VI was nicknamed "Stalin's Orchestra" by the few Germans that encountered it because of the variety of weapons it deployed.
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Camo
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Anyone here ever read any of the "Bolo" series of books by Keith Lamar? That is what I imagine Keith had in mind with he thought up the concept. Also reminds me of a wargame I used to play in college called "Ogre."
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In July 1941, Stalin learned of a single KV-II that had held off the entire 6th Panzer Division for more than a day.
i bet it was Fester in that thing :D
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Originally posted by JB73
i bet it was Fester in that thing :D
Or Eskimo...he's deadly in a tank!
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Originally posted by Sabre
Anyone here ever read any of the "Bolo" series of books by Keith Lamar? That is what I imagine Keith had in mind with he thought up the concept. Also reminds me of a wargame I used to play in college called "Ogre."
Steve Jackson wrote a whole set of "micro-games", my favorite was called "Sticks and Stones", war amidst the cave men, the back panel was titled "Get back to Basics in wargaming"......
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It would be nice just to try and drive that around and man it one handedly.
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I am not sure I believe everything I see on the web...has anyone seen this anywhere other than the web?
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what would the crew occupation of that monster be?
I suppose something like 15?
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"Ogre", ya, that brings back memories of the 1980s. :) I played a bunch of those micro games, remember "Nix Olympica"?
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Originally posted by Squire
"Ogre", ya, that brings back memories of the 1980s. :) I played a bunch of those micro games, remember "Nix Olympica"?
No, but how about "Car Wars," which was also a Steve Jackson game, if I recall correctly.
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Road Wars 2000 ... freakin awesome game. Wish I could find a computer slow enough to play it now.
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Hell, all I did through the '80s was AD&D....FIRST EDITION!! Some Traveller also, but not much. I even invented my own RPG called "Victory In The Air". Now, if I could only remember what it was about...
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AD&D, Traveller, Squad Leader, Air Force, Dauntless, Richtofens War, Third Reich, Crete and Malta, Fortress Europa, a bunch of SPI games...
I remember Car Wars :) never played it though.
Lots of late nights, coffee, and arguing over rules. "The unit cant be resupplied in the advance phase if a previous enemy unit was in the zone of control of...." hehe.
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OMG...the arguing of the rules. I called it "quoting scripture". Lost alot of time during those heated debates, but also got some gem quotes:
The DM gets up to get a soda in the kitchen. A player goes over to DM screen, picks up the d20 and closely inspects it. "Hey guys, wanna know why we are getting criticalled every other roll? He's got a double 20 d20!" Nothing like cheating DM's...
"I'm the DM and it's my game. If I say the kobald has a +3 two handed sword, +4 large shield and a full set of +3 plate mail, then he's got it!!!"
DM:"You see a mounted knight crest the hill some 2,000 feet away. He has blue eyes, blond hair, and wearing very intricate field plate but no helm."
Player:"What kind of weapons does he have?"
DM:"You can't tell, he's too far away." :rolleyes:
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Those were the days...
Computer games are nice in a lot of ways, but I think I had the most fun with as group of friends pouring over maps and charts, either invading Normandy or jousting in Greyhawk.
Thats what sims like AH give back to it, playing with people not, just against a computer.