.......What is a tank???

• Apr 30, 2004

• #101

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yea ive heard of the "Mouse" (those humble Germans...) thats why i said the Germans would be screwed and the US would find out a way to kick ass with the tank. anyway, the maus wasnt as big but it was better as the turret could do a thing called "rotating" and not just have a limited traverse of gun.

 

• May 1, 2004

• #102

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The Maus was more heavily armed, and was faster. The T28 (above) had a 105mm cannon main armament while the Maus had 128mm main, and 75 mm co-axial gun plus the MGs. Plus as you said, the Maus had a turret, that's why it's a tank...the T28 above is not really a tank, it's a gun carriage that's why it was later named the T95 Gun Carriage. In other forces it would have been called a Self Propelled Gun.

The T28 was a poor 'beast' it was a needless extravagence, and they were foolish to think of the idea, it was just too heavy. The King Tiger is always said to be heavy, too heavy and it was only 68 tonnes.
Bridges wouldn't have been able to support either the Maus or T28, even the King Tiger had problems with some lighter bridges.

 

• May 1, 2004

• #103

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the pic works now and my God, that thing's huge!!!!!!!!! shame about the speed though.............

 

• May 4, 2004

• #104

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That's the best American tank of the war...the M26 Pershing only one was lost to enemy actions.



That's the best British tank of the war...the A41 Centurion..however it never saw service deliveries were made in May 1945 a little late.

That's the best Soviet tank of the war...the JS-3 (IS-3)..also never saw service but was present in the May 7th victory parade in Berlin.

And that's the Maus superior to the T95...and very big.

 

• May 4, 2004

• #105

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no mention of the t-34?

 

• May 4, 2004

• #106

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The T-34 had plenty of mention before, but as much as none of you will admit it, the JS-3 was a superior tank.



The tank that saved the Soviet Union...

Even the Germans liked them...

...and the Finnish.

 

• May 4, 2004

• #107

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• May 4, 2004

• #108

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What now? It got three pictures when the others (all superior) only got one.

 

• May 4, 2004

• #109

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middle one dont work

 

• May 4, 2004

• #110

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Oh, it does on mine...hmmm..

 

• May 4, 2004

• #111

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There.."Even the Germans liked them..."

 

• May 4, 2004

• #112

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By the way, on the Finnish T-34, the Swastika isn't showing their support of National Socialism it's just for recognition from other Axis forces.

 

• May 4, 2004

• #113

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Dec 20, 2003

the bottom one didn't work, what was it?

 

• May 4, 2004

• #114

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The very bottom one was a German T-34...

 

• May 4, 2004

• #115

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In my opinion the best German tank. The Tiger and King Tiger could beat it in open battle though.

This one is called 'Cuckoo' and was captured by the 6th Colstream Tank Guards and used against its former owners.

 

• May 4, 2004

• #116

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isnt that picture of the finnish t-34 computer generated?

 

• May 5, 2004

• #117

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I don't think so, it doesn't look like it.

That one above, the German one with the star is a Panther by the way.

 

• May 5, 2004

• #118

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Dec 20, 2003

the finnish ne still doesn't work on mine, what tank was it?

 

• May 5, 2004

• #119

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Just a T-34 because if you saw the page before this C.C was complaining I didn't mention the T-34 with my pictures. So I've given him 5 pictures of it, 1 in Russian, 1 in Finnish and 3 in German.

 

• May 5, 2004

• #120

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i bet he'll still find somethinkg wrong...............