In the ancient Greece, Rome and the medieval world it was considered disgraceful for a woman to go on the stage. In the time of William Shakespeare women's roles were generally played by men or boys.

Depending on which time during the Roman Empire you are talking about an army Century could have 60, 80, 100 or even 120 men.

One Talent, the monetary unit of ancient Greece was the amount of silver required to pay for one trireme to be in full commission for one month.

:haha:
Thankfully this was a defunct M-48. No chance of explosions.

I was just saying how comfortable the way you were sitting looked, I wasn't too far away from being able to lick my kneecaps when I tried. I'm no fit for a tank. :oops:

The M-48 was the 3rd an final tank to be named after General George S Patton.

I was first to post in TarJak's '10K+' thread.

I was first to post in that thread. Feuer Frei was first to respond.:O:

The Dead Sea has been sinking for the last several years.

The 105 mm main gun L 7 of the Leopard I was developed in Great Britain.

The breech block has a weight of 496 kg. Here seen as from the loaders view:

http://www.kotsch88.de/kanonen/105mm...ard-1-4-kl.jpg

When the projectile leaves, the block comes back with the power of 40 tons, so if you as a loader like your arms, stay away a bit...

http://www.kotsch88.de/kanonen/105mml7/kanone_105mm.jpg

In this early version, you will notice a sack (4) to catch the shell casings. We were to catch them as soon as they were thrown out to avoid "traffic jam"

They used to be a bit warm :doh:

@ danasan, hallo Kaleun :salute:
Could you post some facts on the steering and perhaps about damage factors of shells etc?
Since you are in a great position to do so :DL
I'm curious, always been fascinated by tanks. Love them.

I will! :salute:


From Mark A1A1 up to Mark A1A4 the gunner had to measure the distance to target by his eyes and everything else manually. OK, the turret was driven by a hydraulic system, as the gun was.

http://www.kotsch88.de/Feuerleit/leopard1/leo-1-5-2.jpg

Here is an image as seen from the gunner at his place. That space is on the right hand side of the main gun. With the gun in 12 o'clock direction, the gunner could see the driver underneath him and kick his back. Directly behind the gunner there was the commander's seat. Under combat condition, with closed hatches, there was so few space between them. Glad that commanders never fart...

This shows the more modern Mark A1 A5

http://www.kotsch88.de/Feuerleit/leo...HZF_Leo1A5.jpg

Note the modern computer support...

So, some of you still believe that German WWII submarines didn't have any space inside? They were roomy as churches...

My Google Translate says slightly different - Who distributes must also insert can.

Sounds painful :doh:

Here is the Leopard I commander's place as seen from the loader's view:

http://www.kotsch88.de/Feuerleit/leo..._%20Leo1A5.jpg

That is the best place to be inside a Leopard I. Even under combat condition there is some space for a 1,80m guy like me. And you can always override the gunner and measure and shoot instantly.

Depending on the types of ammunition and their different ballistics you could shoot and hit on distances between 1000 and 1500 m without any measurement at all. I did a lot of that in Canada with APFSDS (Armor Piercing Fin-Stabilized Discarding Sabot) ammunition. Just hold the hair cross a bit higher / lower.

The black one here is live. It does 1450 m/s and goes through 120mm at 2000 m distance. It flies almost on a horizontal line.

http://www.kotsch88.de/munition/105mm/105mmm735.jpg http://www.kotsch88.de/munition/105mm/105mmadsfs.jpg


The HEAT (HighExplosiveAntiTank)
http://www.kotsch88.de/munition/105mm/105mmheat.jpg we had was not that handy to use and you had to measure rather precise. But it burns a nice hole when hitting an armoured target. It was able to burn a 60 cm deep hole in steel which ships prop shafts are made of. The blue one here means it won't explode when hitting, but it would knock on the door... Both of them (HEAT and APDS) were able to stop a hard target that drives towards you at a speed of 40 km/h instantly. HEAT was against soft targets as well because of the splinter when detonating on the ground. The projectile's weight is around 12 kg IIRC. It's speed is around 1150 m/s.

There was another thing against soft targets and troops with really devastating results there, but it was gone before I joined the army. It was rather slow and had a real ballistic curve. You could drop it into the enemy's hatch...

What are the red buttons on the, is that the steering column?



That depends maybe, if you were sitting in a confession booth :haha:
danasan, thank you so much for posting these wonderful pics, and for your efforts on posting about the Leopard. I am in Tank Heaven :D
I'm loving this. :up:

You won't get wafers when you buy an albatross snack in Britain...