Maybe armored cavalry or infantry, though admittedly armored grenadier does sound good.
Those are both good, they have more of older era sound to em.Maybe armored cavalry or infantry, though admittedly armored grenadier does sound good.
I suppose, its just when I hear the terms Mobile or Mechanized infantry, I see visions of desert Storm era soldiers. I think modern APC's, I don't know why, all the news footage I saw during the time I guess. You don't hear those terms when one watches WWII documentaries.
I hear you.How about just good ol' "Armored Infantry" or "Motorized Infantry" then, depending on the mode of transport? It doesn't have to be very fancy really, at least to me. I mean, the "grenadier" in Panzer-Grenedier is uniquely European and distinctly German in this case. Its a symbolic elite status bestowed to the assault infantry of the Prussian Army in Fredrick the Great's time - infantry that was trained well to go into battle bayonet fixed, having to evolve tom their previous status as close assault infantry that used fuse grenades.
The Americans don't have that kind of old, old tradition. But if ya dig around I suppose something can turn up if you don't want the generic term lol
I like this idea, will try to draw something up.Okay I'm thinking that the US had an interwar tank similar to the M3 Lee, with the frontal hull gun but with a more "germanic" design element.
I had an idea for an experimental hybrid Rocket & Jet craft, developed in cooperation with the Germans. The rockets would provide the initial lift, launching the craft into the air before detaching and initiating the jets.I like this idea, will try to draw something up.
Keep those ideas coming man.
The Germans did mount rato rockets on the Arado Ar-234 and I believe they did have a rocket/jet hybrid on the drawing board when the war ended.I had an idea for an experimental hybrid Rocket & Jet craft, developed in cooperation with the Germans. The rockets would provide the initial lift, launching the craft into the air before detaching and initiating the jets.
I believe the rocket/jet hybrid I mentioned was a flying wing design. I'll check out some Luft.46 sites and see if I can something on it, either way, I'm making my own version.I was thinking something along the lines of the German's rocket plane from ww2, crossed the Horton.
Mixed with elements of the United States own flying wing from the time, the Northrop YB-49
and I believe they did have a rocket/jet hybrid on the drawing board when the war ended.
Makes more sense with conventional artillery than rockets. The heavy suspension system of a Barrel could handle the recoil of an artillery piece, since rockets don't recoil you can put them on a truck or half track with much lighter suspension. Yes the OTL US had the Calliope and Wizzbang, but both of those kept the gun and just added a removable rack for the rockets, and well the OTL US had a lot bigger surplus of tanks than the 191 USI was thinking that the US would recycle the frames of older barrel models for a mobile artillery platform, only with it possibly using rocket artillery similar to the Katyusha.
Ah yes that's one of Claymore's alternate armour models. I've learned a lot about doing alternate weapon drawings from Claymore.
Yeah I rather liked the design.Ah yes that's one of Claymore's alternate armour models. I've learned a lot about doing alternate weapon drawings from Claymore.