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Jeez, I'd guess the recoiling breech block would make some space out the backside of the turret.......Well they did ram a 76mm on a Matilda... but they had to give up, not enough room inside the turret. Surprising...
Jeez, I'd guess the recoiling breech block would make some space out the backside of the turret.......Well they did ram a 76mm on a Matilda... but they had to give up, not enough room inside the turret. Surprising...
I was thinking Brenda from Bristolto quote the great John Hurt - oh no, not again
Neat tank, the mini-34 chassis is really neat.Recently discovered the Jigsaw Tank from the Haunted Tank series that was part of DC Comics GI Combat line up from the 60's.
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Which for a comic book tank doesn't look half bad.
It does pull of the jury rigged Frankenstein's monster of a vehicle that's actually rather effective look rather well.Neat tank, the mini-34 chassis is really neat.
Too bad about the terrible flag.
Neat tank, the mini-34 chassis is really neat.
Too bad about the terrible flag.
IIRC the tank was haunted by the spirit of a Confederate general, Stuart I believe.It does pull of the jury rigged Frankenstein's monster of a vehicle that's actually rather effective look rather well.
Though yeah it could do without the flag.
Well more like aided in battle but yes. Being a penitence quest for General Stuart.IIRC the tank was haunted by the spirit of a Confederate general, Stuart I believe.
Well it was called "The Haunted Tank".Well more like aided in battle but yes. Being a penitence quest for General Stuart.
This is a collector-example of the Edgar Brandt company 75mm APDS with magnesium-aero-capped 57.5mm tungsten carbide core-slug, that was unsuccessfully pitched to the French Army in early 1940.All of the early postwar French guns had been designed with full bore AP (usually BC or CBC) in mind because it was thought APDS and good HEAT would take too long to develop given the sorry state of postwar French industry (in spite of men like Edgar Brandt already having good experience on the matter). There were R&D projects for HVAP (simpler problem than APDS) in the late 40's/early 50's which are not well-known, followed by APDS in the mid-late 50s we at least have a picture of.
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War Thunder enthusiasts apparently found very early HVAP stuff:
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APFSDS for the 75mm was finally done by Singapore in the form of the Spider in the 80s.
And it's in general making me imagine what kind of other hastily assembled Frankenstein tanks could be built.Well it was called "The Haunted Tank".
Stuart was kind of a spiritual guide if I recall, I remember one comic where a Tiger tank was haunted by the ghost of Attila the Hun, neither ghost really did anything except trade some trash talk.
I remember that comic. My uncle gave me a huge chest of his old comics when I was a kid in the 80'sWell it was called "The Haunted Tank".
Stuart was kind of a spiritual guide if I recall, I remember one comic where a Tiger tank was haunted by the ghost of Attila the Hun, neither ghost really did anything except trade some trash talk.
M3 Grant/Lee's mixed with Pz 3 and 4 Tanks plus some Italian flair in North Africa would be interestingAnd it's in general making me imagine what kind of other hastily assembled Frankenstein tanks could be built.
I drew up an M3 with German guns once.M3 Grant/Lee's mixed with Pz 3 and 4 Tanks plus some Italian flair in North Africa would be interesting
that must of looked cool. another interesting one would be a churchhill or Matilda or early war french tanks ?I drew up an M3 with German guns once.
How about a Matilda 2 Tank hunter with a fixed all round gun shield and a 6 pounder?The only early war French tank with enough room in the turret to fit the recoil of a German full-length 75mm gun would have been the not-ready-for-prime-time G1R.
Matilda wouldn't fit a six pounder, let alone a 75mm.
I copied an old post of mine from Thread 2.How about a Matilda 2 Tank hunter with a fixed all round gun shield and a 6 pounder?
So more or less a British Panzerjager1, though that would more properly use a 6E chassis.
I don't think it's a good idea, but might be an interesting exercise to see what does and doesn't work.
Great find.I copied an old post of mine from Thread 2.
Captured Matilda II, which I've seen wrongly described as being in the desert. Pintle mounted KwK 38 L/42. I've got the same picture somewhere else - I think it's with a coastal defence unit somewhere in northern France.