Author Topic: HITech, Please give us a new tank (Read 4290 times)

Kuhn · « **Reply #60 on:** April 21, 2006, 04:47:27 PM »

what was the little tank Cadillac made?(was it the stewart?)Just wondering.

E25280 · « **Reply #61 on:** April 21, 2006, 10:23:26 PM »

I believe Caddy built both the M5 version of the Stewart and the M24 "Chaffee" light tanks. Both were recon vehicles. The Stewart had only a 37mm gun, which was increasingly lacking as the war went on. The Chaffee had a 75mm gun which gave it as much firepower as the standard M4 Sherman, but had less armor and relied more on speed and manouver rather than try to fight toe-to-toe with anyone (as with most recon vehicles).

The M18 Hellcat was considered a tank destroyer. It was fast, had a decent gun (76mm), but very lightly armored. I googled it and the first sight says it was manufactured by Buick. It also says maximum hull thickness was a half inch and max turret armor was one inch. By comparison, IIRC the M4 Sherman had 2 inches armor in the front hull.

mipoikel · « **Reply #62 on:** April 21, 2006, 10:58:06 PM »

Stug please.

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Brenjen · « **Reply #63 on:** April 22, 2006, 11:50:44 AM »

The stug was one of the better designs, especially early in the war according to history, but since we don't have reliability issues & problems getting spare parts it doesn't "do it" for me....(but it'd be better than nothing)

Boxboy · « **Reply #64 on:** April 23, 2006, 02:55:54 AM »

Stug is just a turretless PZ IV

Kuhn · « **Reply #65 on:** April 23, 2006, 06:03:17 PM »

Good info, thanks for the reply.

Brenjen · « **Reply #66 on:** April 23, 2006, 09:39:49 PM »

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Originally posted by Boxboy
Stug is just a turretless PZ IV

There were several very succesful models of the stug, any one of which could be added. I am not a stug expert nor do I want to become one, but it was held in high regard by the Germans & her adversaries. I think it's an ugly bugger myself & would be more useful in scenario play since it was one of the more powerful pieces of early german armour & captured stugs were used by the allies as well as the germans.....but so no one forgets my whiney- snotting - sniveling wish Bring on the Panther!