6x6 or less

[jcf]

There were all sorts of exaggerated performance technology demonstrators before the war, offered by questionable companies (*coff coff* Brewster Aeronautics *coff coff*).

(*coff coff* Preston Tucker *coff coff*)
 

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(*coff coff* Preston Tucker *coff coff*)
 

Thanks for the memory jog - I've been hunting for naked pics/drawings of the AAC 37mm.
https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2013/08/02/another-tucker-of-the-future-the-tucker-tiger-tank


Back in the mid-90s, I got to crawl around inside of the three Marmon Herrington CTMS-1TB1s brought back from Guatemala.
https://usautoindustryworldwartwo.com/marmon-herrington.htm

The bronze breach assemblies (reminded me of Gatling houses) were demilitarized by cutting in half with a welding torch. The turret walls had racks for the five round (?) 37mm clips.

[GTX_Admin]

Nicholas Moran recently did a video on the Tucker Tiger:  Why the Tucker Tiger Failed

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Nicholas Moran recently did a video on the Tucker Tiger:  Why the Tucker Tiger Failed

Yeah, that came up during my searches. He did the right thing and used Primary Sources.

[jcf]

Ye Gods there are some idiots in the video comments. 

"The military during the Civil War, also did not want repeating rifles, this trend remained until the Great war,
only after they were being wiped out by the German repeating arms.  We were also slow in adopting machine
guns until the Mexican American war when one of the Generals mounted them on automobiles on his own, not
with the blessing of the Army."

Da Fuq? 

Yeah, right the US Army and Marine Corps were still using single-shot rifles in WWI. 
Whatta maroon.

[GTX_Admin]

Just remember:



And I fear we're reaching critical mass on the morons...

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This movie was meant to be a comedy, not a documentary.

[GTX_Admin]

Indeed

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11 APRIL 1945 - U.S. ARMY FORCES REACH THE ELBE RIVER
Do you see what I see?

[Old Wombat]

Well, they may not have brought everything, including the kitchen sink, but they did bring the stove.

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Well, they may not have brought everything, including the kitchen sink, but they did bring the stove.

Stove + washtub = winning.

[GTX_Admin]

The towed gun is to defend the hot tub

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Kamaz truck with welded BMP hatches, BTR doors, and T-72 engine decks, among other things for extra armor and a ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft cannon for infantry fire support

[Old Wombat]

Is that a Ukrainian mod or a Russian* mod?


[*: I note that it has the Russian "Z" painted on the door.]

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Is that a Ukrainian mod or a Russian* mod?
[*: I note that it has the Russian "Z" painted on the door.]

Don't remember or source didn't state which, but at this point anything happening there seems to be interchangeable.

It's like a 21st century version of the fighting in North Africa 41-42.

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Now that WIFFs are becoming realities, it seems kind of boring - it'll hardly be worth overpainting the French markings before these get turned into burning junk.

https://www.businessinsider.com/france-is-sending-tank-killing-amx10rc-armored-vehicles-to-ukraine-2023-1

[GTX_Admin]

before these get turned into burning junk.

What the...?

[ChernayaAkula]

If they use them as MBTs some people make them out to be, going toe to toe with T-72s, sure, they won't live long. But I'm sure the Ukrainians will employ them to their strengths. Can see these providing mobile fire support to Humvee raids as in the Kharkiv counter-offensive.
And the gun is good enough to reliably kill anything starting with a B.

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before these get turned into burning junk.

What the...?

Exactly what part don't you get?  Everything else in Kiev's arsenal has been attrited, to the point where the west is scrapping up antique French recon vehicles.  Eventually those too will be hammered.

[GTX_Admin]

Exactly what part don't you get?  Everything else in Kiev's arsenal has been attrited, to the point where the west is scrapping up antique French recon vehicles.  Eventually those too will be hammered.

Yes, the Ukrainians have lost a lot in defending themselves against the Russian aggressors but they still have quite a lot, including Western supplied systems.  To give just a few examples:

• Australia has supplied 90 Bushmaster PMVs - reportedly 3 have been destroyed and 2 damaged
• A couple of hundred M113s and derivatives have been supplied by various nations - reportedly between 24 and 35 have been destroyed/damaged
• 152 M777 Howitzers have been supplied by various - reportedly 23 of these have been destroyed or damaged
• 20 M142 HIMARS supplied (so far) - nil destroyed despite Russia's multiple claims to have destroyed more than were supplied many times over.

To claim that "Everything else in Kiev's arsenal has been attrited, to the point where the west is scrapping up antique French recon vehicles" is quite an exaggeration.

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https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/02/attack-on-europe-documenting-ukrainian.html

To claim that "Everything else in Kiev's arsenal has been attrited, to the point where the west is scrapping up antique French recon vehicles" is quite an exaggeration.

The simple fact that obsolete western equipment is being sent into the Ukraine in lieu of sticking with reconditioned Eastern equipment shows an attrition rate that's no exaggeration.   

[GTX_Admin]

That statement makes no sense.

[Rickshaw]

The Anoa is a 6x6 armoured personnel carrier developed by PT Pindad of Indonesia. The vehicle is named after the Anoa, which is a type of buffalo indigenous to Indonesia.