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steve_holmes_11

Quote from: d_Guy on 04 August 2019, 07:31:28 PM
Rather like rolling one - two hundred consecutive times.

If you're shooting a Tiger with an ATR, many rules deliver that result on a range of snakeeyes to boxcars.

Ithoriel

Quote from: steve_holmes_11 on 16 September 2019, 12:50:10 PM
If you're shooting a Tiger with an ATR, many rules deliver that result on a range of snakeeyes to boxcars.

Yet Soviet anti-tank platoons, companies and even battalions were such a problem that the Germans introduced schurzen to stop them immobilising their tanks. The Great Cats were regularly blinded by ATR fire and even the much-vaunted Tiger that took 227 ATR hits and was still running and firing at the end of the day was little more than scrap when it returned to base.

"Quantity has a quality all of it's own!" :)
There are 100 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who can work from incomplete data

steve_holmes_11

Quote from: Ithoriel on 16 September 2019, 02:58:20 PM
Yet Soviet anti-tank platoons, companies and even battalions were such a problem that the Germans introduced schurzen to stop them immobilising their tanks. The Great Cats were regularly blinded by ATR fire and even the much-vaunted Tiger that took 227 ATR hits and was still running and firing at the end of the day was little more than scrap when it returned to base.

"Quantity has a quality all of it's own!" :)

One method to eke out the lifespan of a near obsolete weapon system is to increase its concentration, and develop a specialist doctrine for it.
That may explain why the PTRS/PTRD remained in use while the Boyes appeared to be the first thing lost on campaign.

If there was one thing the Soviets excelled at it would be concentration.

It's interesting to see vague parallels with the British and Commomwealth fighting on with their 2pdrs and later 6pdrs when something altogether bigger became available - but not yet in the desired numbers.

fsn

Not YouTube, but from the BBC Archives, interviews from the 1st World War.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/group/p01tbj6p
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Typical :-< only available in the UK, despite the first interview being with an Australian!
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fsn

18 September 2019, 09:09:11 PM #515 Last Edit: 18 September 2019, 09:24:20 PM by fsn
Want a scenario? Try Mark Felton. Odd little stories that fire the imagination.

British, French and Japanese vs Viet Cong.


Ardennes Alamo! US soldiers in a French castle vs Panthers


Killer crocodiles! And I don't mean Churchills with flame throwers.


T34s in France, 1944


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Womble67

I like the T34 video

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d_Guy

The Japanese v Crocodiles caused me to recall the line from
Apocalypse Now, "don't get out of the boat!"
Encumbered by Idjits, we pressed on

fsn

Nicholas Moran - The Chieftain - talks development of tanks up to the outbreak of WWII


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fsn

29 September 2019, 07:40:05 AM #519 Last Edit: 29 September 2019, 08:29:41 AM by fsn
What has been called the first SMG - the Vilar Perosa.

Two barrels - no waiting ... and what a fire rate!


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d_Guy

Nice little gun! The magazines look like they weigh more than the gun itself.
Encumbered by Idjits, we pressed on

Westmarcher

We've read about Market Garden and we've seen the film footage. As far as the noise and sight of 30 Corps' vehicles marching through the Netherlands goes, this must be about the next best thing.
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.

paulr

Somewhat off topic but I'm sure Terry at least will enjoy this one
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 :) :-bd the elusive one meter mark.
Encumbered by Idjits, we pressed on

Techno

Higher than I could jump, nowadays. :P

Cheers - Phil ;)