At work.
Thanks for the clarification on the Pz III etc.
As for turbines being thursty.... sure.
But you can feed a turhine anything airosol ignitable. Turpentine, ethanol, deisel. Just change/adjust the flame holders.
I've read the Americans are looking to move away from turbines simply for cheaper logistics. *Shrug*
My point was that turbines, even in the time period, offer better power to weight than material expensive copper deisel-electrics.
When everything is fuel? No distance matters.
(Said totally tongue in cheek)
They weren't infantry support tanks, they were Pz III support tanks for panzer divisions; they did not fight as part of infantry divisions and only supported panzergrenadiers on a limited basis as part of a kampfgruppe.
Turbines are way too fuel hungry; the Russians even moved away from them in the 1990s as they were too expensive to operate despite the speed advantages. That's with modern turbines that are even less fuel hungry than the first generation WW2 designs.
Thanks for the clarification on the Pz III etc.
As for turbines being thursty.... sure.
But you can feed a turhine anything airosol ignitable. Turpentine, ethanol, deisel. Just change/adjust the flame holders.
I've read the Americans are looking to move away from turbines simply for cheaper logistics. *Shrug*
My point was that turbines, even in the time period, offer better power to weight than material expensive copper deisel-electrics.
When everything is fuel? No distance matters.
(Said totally tongue in cheek)