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Offline glock89

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Re: So you think you know your German armor
« Reply #75 on: September 04, 2008, 02:35:04 PM »
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Re: So you think you know your German armor
« Reply #76 on: September 04, 2008, 03:17:22 PM »
Quote from: glock89 on September 04, 2008, 02:35:04 PM
close.
Well, if you're gonna nit-pick K1 vs K1A1....

no wait.. it's a Snow Cone machine
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Re: So you think you know your German armor
« Reply #77 on: September 04, 2008, 03:24:32 PM »
Quote from: Cthulhu on September 04, 2008, 03:17:22 PM
Well, if you're gonna nit-pick K1 vs K1A1....

no wait.. it's a Snow Cone machine
  :lol :lol it the same company who made the M1A1 tank for the them.
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Re: So you think you know your German armor
« Reply #78 on: September 04, 2008, 03:26:11 PM »
Quote from: glock89 on September 04, 2008, 03:24:32 PM
  :lol :lol it the same company who made the M1A1 tank for the them.
Rotem, a subsidiary of Hyundai.
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Re: So you think you know your German armor
« Reply #79 on: September 04, 2008, 03:29:26 PM »
Quote from: Cthulhu on September 04, 2008, 03:26:11 PM
Rotem, a subsidiary of Hyundai.
1988 when the look a like m1a1 tank came out.
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Re: So you think you know your German armor
« Reply #80 on: September 04, 2008, 04:22:15 PM »
Common Cthulhu  you only know ww2 tanks?
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Re: So you think you know your German armor
« Reply #81 on: September 05, 2008, 11:12:30 AM »
Quote from: Iron_Cross on September 04, 2008, 03:28:00 AM
An interesting Porche prototype, VK4502(P), Porche's design for the Tiger II.  The Porche designed early turret was a hint that got me looking at Porche prototypes in the first place, and the mid engine design just SCREAMS Porche too.  That was too big of a hint, especially for Tiger II fans. 

Oh, BTW the proper nomenclature for the turret is the "early" turret, not the Porche turret.  Both the Porche and Henchel turrets were actually built by Krupp but the Henchel version eliminated a number of problems that the Porche turret had, in particular a nasty shell trap under the gun mantlet and a bulge in the turret's left hand side armour where the commander's cupola was situated.

Unfortunately for Dr. Porsche his fascination with advanced engine design led to the ultimate failure of the VK 4502 (P). The 10-cylinder engines failed during trials, and there was no confidence that the design would bear fruit (given previous Porsche failures using the same drivetrain layout). Work continued into the middle of 1944, but progress to get the design working failed.  Ultimately the 50 turrets Porche produced through Krupp for the VK 4502 (P), were converted for use on the Henschel Tiger II to eliminate waste.


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Re: So you think you know your German armor
« Reply #82 on: September 05, 2008, 02:02:19 PM »
A Sherman?  :rofl :rofl
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Re: So you think you know your German armor
« Reply #83 on: September 05, 2008, 05:29:26 PM »
Quote from: glock89 on September 04, 2008, 04:22:15 PM
Common Cthulhu  you only know ww2 tanks?
If you're lucky and study hard, you could conceivably know half of what I know.... someday. :D

Here's an easy one: (Weird is Cool :aok)

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Re: So you think you know your German armor
« Reply #84 on: September 06, 2008, 12:21:14 AM »
Quote from: Cthulhu on September 05, 2008, 05:29:26 PM
If you're lucky and study hard, you could conceivably know half of what I know.... someday. :D

Here's an easy one: (Weird is Cool :aok)



Come on man, make it tougher!!! Like this...



And if you want to get exotic...



..or plain nuts...





 :rock

Ok, lets try something wierder...



Enjoy! :devil
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Re: So you think you know your German armor
« Reply #85 on: September 06, 2008, 02:04:14 AM »
Quote from: Cthulhu on September 05, 2008, 05:29:26 PM
If you're lucky and study hard, you could conceivably know half of what I know.... someday. :D

Here's an easy one: (Weird is Cool :aok)



AMX-13
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Re: So you think you know your German armor
« Reply #86 on: September 06, 2008, 02:44:01 AM »
Type-88
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Re: So you think you know your German armor
« Reply #87 on: September 06, 2008, 11:10:26 AM »
Guys,

Cool thread and I wish I could have been posting but have been away on work (my reference library is home).

Some of you might enjoy this site although its "early internet" and a little cheesy:

http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/2387/

I started this site back in 96-7 and one of my "other" hobbies is 1/35th scale armor. At the time I was majorly fasinated with captured armor and had been scannning materials and photos I have. Work, life etc goes on (and I lost the password to the old site so, it kind of sits in e-limbo).

The other cool thing that I started in 01, was traveling the world for work and have had the oppurtunity to visit some great Armor musueums throughout the world. Kublinka, Samur aside,  I would highly reccomend the Deutches Armor Musuem in Munster, as well as the former GDR Army Musueum in Dresden.

Here is some of my work:









 
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Re: So you think you know your German armor
« Reply #88 on: September 06, 2008, 12:58:58 PM »
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Re: So you think you know your German armor
« Reply #89 on: September 06, 2008, 08:05:07 PM »
how about this one
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