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[panzer 49th]

If you need help with German aircraft/tanks ask me thats my specialty

[AVGWarhawk]

Ok, what German tank had difficulty with the drive gear where the bolts would sheer off the main gear to the tracks as a result of poor engineering and was some of this attributed to sabotage by imprisoned workers? If so on the sabotage, what did the workers do to sabotage these gears?

[Ducimus]

Wow! Somebody knows their tanks.

[AVGWarhawk]

Ok, another....what tank was built in response to the T-34? What design on this tank other than tracks, engine, armament and suspension made it a much more effective weapon against the T-34? Is this particular design still used today?

[CanadianSilentHunter]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Ok, another....what tank was built in response to the T-34? What design on this tank other than tracks, engine, armament and suspension made it a much more effective weapon against the T-34? Is this particular design still used today?

I'm going to give you the long answer, The first time the Russian T-34 medium tank was used in combat against the Germans was in late 1941. They were introduced at the same time as their heavy tank design the KV-1. they were both armed with 76mm guns, the biggest on the battlefield so far. The german copycat of the T-34 was the Panzer mk.5 that copied the revelutionary use of signifacantely sloped armour, at the rate of first 75 mm thickness and then later 130 mm thickness. yes to this day sloped armour is used to protect tanks from incoming rounds. that is why the Javelon anti-tank missile attacks from the top.

A furthur note, Germans captured T-34's during their rush across Russia, they also captured and designated plants that would refurbish them so that they could be used against their creators as only the biggest guns that the germans had at the time could, in fact, destroy a T-34.

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by CanadianSilentHunter

I'm going to give you the long answer, The first time the Russian T-34 medium tank was used in combat against the Germans was in late 1941. They were introduced at the same time as their heavy tank design the KV-1. they were both armed with 76mm guns, the biggest on the battlefield so far. The german copycat of the T-34 was the Panzer mk.5 that copied the revelutionary use of signifacantely sloped armour, at the rate of first 75 mm thickness and then later 130 mm thickness. yes to this day sloped armour is used to protect tanks from incoming rounds. that is why the Javelon anti-tank missile attacks from the top.

A furthur note, Germans captured T-34's during their rush across Russia, they also captured and designated plants that would refurbish them so that they could be used against their creators as only the biggest guns that the germans had at the time could, in fact, destroy a T-34.

Bingo

[CanadianSilentHunter]

A sparrow ( AIM-7 sparrow ) tops out at mach 4, as for hitting a battleship, what era of battleship, first or second world war. Actually give me a specific battleship and I'll try and do the math for you, no guarentee's I'll be able to, but I'll try. From just logical thinking though, one 88 lbs warhead hitting a tens of thousand ton battleship seems to me to be kinda like spitting at a 747, but I'll do the math and let you know!!

[Capt. Shark Bait]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Ok, another....what tank was built in response to the T-34? What design on this tank other than tracks, engine, armament and suspension made it a much more effective weapon against the T-34? Is this particular design still used today?

*Horshak* OOO OOO OOO i know this one panther

[Rockin Robbins]

Cool! We have a thread about using Fast-90 U-Boat style attacks with an American submarine. Can you find examples of American sub doing the same or similar attack strategy and provide details in the mechanics?

It's been suggested that O'Kane and Morton both did something similar, so that is a good starting point. Thanks in advance!

[Snuffy]

CSH,

I believe the sparrow question was taken from Monty Python and not meant for a serious answer.

However the proper answer to that question would be ...

"African or European sparrow?"

[NEON DEON]

What is the air velocity of an un-laden sparrow?

:hmm:

And


AT full speed if the sparrow crashed into a BB, would it move the ship sideways in the water and if so, how far?

[CanadianSilentHunter]

as I suspected, every tank put into production was at one point sabotaged, if it was being worked on by prisoners of war!. That said i came across some interesting notes. Did you know that the turrent was sabotaged on the Tiger mk.1 and 2 and the gearbox was screwed with on the panzers mk.3 and 4 but that was found out to be done by anti-nazi germans in their own factories ( would kinda suck to be stabbed in the back by your own countryman) anyway, some further reasearch into the specific question asked raises a few ways the sabatours were dealt with. They were shot and killed on spot, and to fix the problem they were forced to grind all parts with a hand grinder. It slowed production by 5 tanks a month, but reduced the sabotage rate greatly ( my source is a ex-canadian army tank driver and a book I have on different tanks of first and second world war.)

That said, your input into how it was repaired was greately appreciated. The panzer and Tiger tanks were very formidable weapons whether they were sabotaged or not, but the shear number of shermans produced + the ability for the shermans to be more adaptable ( flamethrower, rocket launcher, mine destroyer ect. ) made them a far more superior tank. Thanks for the first question and in a moment I'll answer your second one.

[AVGWarhawk]

The engineering on the final drive gear on both the Panzer and Tiger were problematic. The weight of the tanks alone was enough to sheer these bolts off. Not to mention sabotage in the form of poorly torqued bolts and poorly manufactured bolt attributed to the failure of the main drive gear.