2012-12-06, 19:13 | Link #2401 | |
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2012-12-06, 19:13 | Link #2402 | |
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Soviet optics, while not as good as German, were serviceable. Their real problem was lack of gunner position in the 34/76's 2-man turret and generally rushed crew training. There is still, for example, a known case of a single 34/76 scoring multiple kills against PzIII at 1.5km; while crews able to do so were probably rare mechanically speaking their gunnery could not have been too terrible. While the Sherman was in most respects superior to the early model T-34s (T-34 still had better power-to-weight and wider tracks and so could handle worse ground), it also began production 2 years later, nothing by modern development standards but a lifetime during the rapid development cycles of WWII. Besides it's production numbers the T-34 is most notable simple for how ahead of its time it was. Loss comparisons are somewhat tricky business as well as some sources will count only unrecoverable losses while others count tanks that will ultimately return to service (and probably be knocked out again at some point). I have gotten into a lot of arguments with people about loss ratios at Kursk and the ensuing counteroffensives who want to count eveything Soviet that went to the workshops as a loss but only German tanks that were totally destroyed...
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2012-12-06, 19:18 | Link #2403 |
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It seems that the only thing truly modern in the tanks of this series is the carbon coating inside the tanks. Well, just because they have to use materials available until 1945 does not mean they have to use cheaper alloys, in this time already existed good materials (although probably not be used on a large scale in wartime to build armor) that could greatly improve the defense of some tanks.
Edit: Random Wanderer@ sorry dude, I agree with you on that. Financing a team from a school is much different than the cost of a war. |
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2012-12-06, 20:20 | Link #2409 |
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And it is established in most stories where the arrogant villain (here only an arrogant opponent) trying to win and cause great humiliation for the hero, rather than their simply finish it quickly (and ultimately ends up giving the hero time to regroup and prepare a counterattack), turns out to be more humiliatingly defeated. It remains now wait to see what creative strategy the production of the anime will prepare to take the girls out of the rat hole they are trapped. Maybe they will cause confusion in the church door with a damaged tank while others open a hole in the back wall. Maybe something like this?
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2012-12-06, 20:28 | Link #2412 | |
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3 hours....
If this was the A-Team, I'd expect them to cobble together a proto-Tiger out of parts and either over-armor it so they T-34s can do anything, or have ablative tanks on all sides so the flag tank cannot be hit and yet near stop for any reason. Also they'd have a flamethrower and a mortar for no good reason but to be showy about it. All from stuff they either brought with them, from salvaged T-34s they hit, or from stuff that just happened to be inside the church or town. Quote:
The school will need a crew for their seventh tank. Or a replacement crew for the Panzer IV if Miho's crew goes to the new heavy tank. Assuming the damage to these tanks doesn't get so high that they have to scrap them.
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2012-12-06, 21:14 | Link #2415 | |
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2012-12-06, 21:41 | Link #2418 |
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How many episodes are there suppose to be in this series anyway? 13?
Reading up a little on the Panzer 38(t). The British tester said that it's gun was very inaccurate in its ability to be sighted in properly on the move. One wonders if Momo could hit anything if she was put in another tank with a better system. Though it would be funny if they cobbled together a Marder III in three hours using one the of T-34s they hit earlier. Spoiler for spoiler pictures:
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2012-12-06, 21:54 | Link #2419 | |
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Alternatively, they convert all of the tanks into one mecha and walk out. |
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