NATEDOG: The Sim is Begging for this:

[Ripsnort]

M4  Sherman with multiple  rocket launching system:

   

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[This message has been edited by Ripsnort (edited 04-10-2000).]

[lasse]

Yess yess yess, give it to me  

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[Mox]

 

Originally posted by Ripsnort:
M4  Sherman with multiple  rocket launching system:

That was the very first model tank I built and air brushed!  Rip, thanks for the blast from the past!  

The M4 would make a great addition to AH.


Mox
The Wrecking Crew

[daddog]

LOL Rip!

Looks like the top of a plumbing truck going to lay some new pipe.  

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[Ripsnort]

Here's my point: This tank is so versatile, that they could get 4 or 5 tanks for  their buck.  Only a few examples below, I have many more!

 
 
 

[funked]

Yeah what's the last one for?  Sheep herding?

[weazel]

The last one is for piling up all the scrapped cRook sissyfires Funked. Then we smelt thim down and make *real* planes out of them.  

[Sorrow[S=A]]

Yep rip, the M4 was probably the most varied of any tanks. Not even including the field mods they made! However it was aslo very lightly armed/armored  

I wonder how many variations of the T-34 chassis cropped up on the eastern front?

[leonid]

Actually, a Studebaker with BM-8s or BM-13s on an overhead rack would be even better  


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leonid, Komandir
5 GIAP VVS RKKA

"Our cause is just.  The enemy will be crushed.  Victory will be ours."

[HaHa]

I agree - a rocket carrying vehicle would be .. uhm can you say awesome ?  

Maybe a stalin organ would be nice (halftrack with many many rockets   ).

Another nice thing, would be an ammo truck if we implement stuff such as rocket vehicles and artillery.

[Hans]

Actually, I vote for the Sherman next for a very good gameplay reason.

It won't make the Panzer IV obsolete.  If you really stop and think about it, only the best tank will ever be used by the players.

Another tank added to the game should probably be better in some areas, but worse in others.

The Sherman is faster, but worse armor and guns.  They probably will be used for attacks, while Panzers are used for defense.

Hanz.

[skippy]

How about some arty like 105's or something..or ground troops with armored carrier, and the groundpounders can have bazookas or pfts. Or how about some willy jeeps with a single 50 on board. Or even a track with a 4.5 inch mortar on board for that over the hill shot.  Got it !  how about an aircraft carrier !

[Wraith]

Funked: The last one was used in France to clear the HEDGEGROWS.

I saw a history channel special on the Sherman.. one of the crewman was being interviewed (he was 70 something), and he recalled with a smile:

"The Sherman was panzer meat, we could not go against a panzer unless we hit it at point blank range from the sides or from the rear at medium range. That's why we used the trees (at this point he began grinning wickedly).. in the forests, the panzer's main gun couldnt turn because the trees would block their movement... so we always used the trees to deny them their using those big guns on us.... the Sherman's small gun could easily swivel through the trees... oh we loved to do that..."

The way he said the last part was... quite enlightnening  

[Pyro]

That would be cool.  It'd be fun to model Stalin's organ(no not that organ ) too.



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Perfect plans, aren't.

[leonid]

Maybe an armoured personnel carrier would also be a good idea, giving players the option of sending troops via a ground route.  And give it an AAMG to spice it up  


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leonid, Komandir
5 GIAP VVS RKKA

"Our cause is just.  The enemy will be crushed.  Victory will be ours."