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Re: Soviet/Russian Tank and derivatives Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #250 on: December 24, 2021, 12:46:21 AM »
That's a cool idea. I love the Vickers 6-ton derivatives. Why waste a perfectly good tank gun when you can use a flame-thrower, machine gun or explosives?

The teletank doesn't seem to have helped the Russians much against the Finns.

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Re: Soviet/Russian Tank and derivatives Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #251 on: December 24, 2021, 01:43:37 AM »

The teletank doesn't seem to have helped the Russians much against the Finns.


I doubt anything on God's Green Earth could have helped the Reds against the Finns. That was a forlorn hope of Tolkien proportions from the Get-Go.

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Re: Soviet/Russian Tank and derivatives Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #253 on: December 28, 2021, 09:18:45 PM »
Double-posted, for obvious reasons.
For our purposes, this 14.5mm cupola setup looks ripe to transplant.



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Re: Soviet/Russian Tank and derivatives Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #254 on: January 04, 2022, 04:39:08 AM »
The Hope for Peace (Espoir de Paix) Monument monument in Yarze, Lebanon.
https://www.amusingplanet.com/2015/08/hope-for-peace-monument-in-yarze-lebanon.html

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Re: Soviet/Russian Tank and derivatives Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #255 on: January 04, 2022, 06:11:17 PM »
 :icon_surprised:   Gads didn't know there was such a thing.   An art form ?

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Re: Soviet/Russian Tank and derivatives Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #256 on: January 04, 2022, 07:22:29 PM »
So, it looks like a Charioteer & T-55 on the bottom, a M113 & a M4 Sherman variant above them, a BTR-152 & a Saladin next up, with 2 more Saladins above them, followed by a Ferret & a Soviet truck of some kind, then a Jeep & yet another Saladin, with 2 more Ferrets topping the pile.
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Re: Soviet/Russian Tank and derivatives Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #257 on: January 05, 2022, 12:30:33 AM »
So, it looks like a Charioteer & T-55 on the bottom, a M113 & a M4 Sherman variant above them, a BTR-152 & a Saladin next up, with 2 more Saladins above them, followed by a Ferret & a Soviet truck of some kind, then a Jeep & yet another Saladin, with 2 more Ferrets topping the pile.

Exactly - use whatever's in the box.

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Re: Soviet/Russian Tank and derivatives Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #258 on: January 05, 2022, 03:29:06 AM »
If the tanks were still functional and the turrets could traverse, this would be like a 1930s Popular Mechanics design: "Tower of tanks defends city from attackers!"

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Re: Soviet/Russian Tank and derivatives Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #259 on: January 05, 2022, 05:28:34 AM »
If the tanks were still functional and the turrets could traverse, this would be like a 1930s Popular Mechanics design: "Tower of tanks defends city from attackers!"
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Re: Soviet/Russian Tank and derivatives Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #260 on: January 06, 2022, 10:24:47 AM »
If the tanks were still functional and the turrets could traverse, this would be like a 1930s Popular Mechanics design: "Tower of tanks defends city from attackers!"

Build it as a cosmopolitan Paris section of the Maginot Line - is it an armored battalion's motorpool?
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Yes!

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Re: Soviet/Russian Tank and derivatives Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #261 on: February 03, 2022, 12:46:58 AM »
Don't worry if those ERA tiles don't sit quite straight on your model... ;)

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Re: Soviet/Russian Tank and derivatives Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #262 on: February 04, 2022, 08:00:12 AM »
It's a piece of junk!

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Re: Soviet/Russian Tank and derivatives Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #264 on: February 19, 2022, 01:59:12 AM »
Well it started out with a request for a pergola to be added... ;)
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Re: Soviet/Russian Tank and derivatives Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #265 on: February 19, 2022, 08:21:11 AM »
not very effective - I'm sure a good pilot could get an explosive laden drone between the turret & the pergola.  Still most of those pergolas make good extra storage for bedrolls etc & sun-shades.

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Re: Soviet/Russian Tank and derivatives Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #266 on: February 19, 2022, 09:12:46 AM »
I bet there are munitions with vision processing that can ID the muzzle opening and jam themselves in the barrel. Maybe with some expanding foam. No need for explosives if the damage to the barrel interior is severe enough. Firing a round with a jammed barrel would help, too.

Or just a swarm of drones. First guys blast a hole in the shield, next ones just swarm in.

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Re: Soviet/Russian Tank and derivatives Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #267 on: February 24, 2022, 03:58:02 AM »
*Giggle*

Images of a mysterious main battle tank with a 152-mm LP-83 cannon, made in the form of a mock-up, caused an active discussion on social networks.
According to the project "RG: Russian weapons", experts and lovers of domestic tank building noticed in it clear similarities with the Kharkov Object 477 "Hammer" and the Leningrad Object 292 created in the 80s.
The presented sample is made on the basis of the T-80. It has a new upper hull front and a welded turret shape.
There are laser radiation sensors of the Shtora optical-electronic suppression complex. The commander received a panoramic sight similar to that tested on the Molot.
Unfortunately, there is no exact data on which company created this powerful combat vehicle.



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Re: Soviet/Russian Tank and derivatives Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #268 on: March 04, 2022, 11:02:24 PM »
"Saddle Bag" armor as seen in the Ukraine, with 'egg carton' style inserts. 
RUMINT has it that the explosive inserts were swiped by locals so they could be used for explosive fishing.



Mounted saddle bag armor
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Re: Soviet/Russian Tank and derivatives Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #270 on: March 05, 2022, 11:23:26 AM »

The teletank doesn't seem to have helped the Russians much against the Finns.


I doubt anything on God's Green Earth could have helped the Reds against the Finns. That was a forlorn hope of Tolkien proportions from the Get-Go.




Maybe with the exception of Stalin not conducting his Purge, the competency and experience of his officer corp would have been very different.🤔

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Re: Soviet/Russian Tank and derivatives Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #271 on: March 06, 2022, 06:32:10 AM »
Ooops.

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Re: Soviet/Russian Tank and derivatives Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #272 on: March 06, 2022, 01:21:10 PM »
Soft shoulder.  A common problem for tanks.  Very prone.

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Re: Soviet/Russian Tank and derivatives Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #273 on: March 06, 2022, 02:52:20 PM »
Soft shoulder.  A common problem for tanks.  Very prone.
A Lada 1200 might not quite qualify as a tank but.... One spring day, many moons ago, I was driving my late father's Lada. I was on a narrow access road to get to a lakeside. The surface was quite innocent looking sand, until the driver's (left) side tyres sunk through the sand and into a layer of soft mud.

That was only only time, so far, that I've needed a tow truck.

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Re: Soviet/Russian Tank and derivatives Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #274 on: March 07, 2022, 01:43:45 AM »
Having spent many years as tank crew, then tank commander (PLT Leader), I can point out that proper situational awareness training of the driver and TC would have prevented stupid situations like this.  It's a training issue for every army that fields tanks.

Crossing a bridge, supposed to send out a scout section or (at worst case) dismount one guy to evaluate it first - if the bridge weight classification is iffy or if the shoulders are weak, the tank's centerline is supposed to go over the middle of the bridge (no matter how many lanes it is) and crossing speed is 8mph (or less) withOUT shifting gears.

Otherwise, you wind up losing the tank
https://old.reddit.com/r/DestroyedTanks/comments/qms5e5/separatist_foot_patrol_uses_an_abandoned_tank_as/

or drowning like this
https://old.reddit.com/r/DestroyedTanks/comments/t524qt/ukrainian_villagers_woke_up_in_the_morning_and/
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