2012-11-21, 02:12 | Link #1424 | |
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If this were the real thing, no tanks will be attempting to get close by 2 meters to another before firing.... |
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2012-11-21, 02:15 | Link #1425 | |
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2012-11-21, 02:17 | Link #1426 |
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Also in this episode that Arisa made mention of Oourai Academy is on the verge of shutting down could this be foreshadowing maybe?
Prediction: Oourai is close to shutting down because student enrollment has been in decline and only way to save the school to is to revive their battle tank club while gaining prestige and reputation in the upcoming tournament. Problem is there nobody competent enough in tank warfare because the club was disbanded a long time ago due to unknown reasons. The student council then catches a lucky break with the news that Miho Nishizumi had left her last school. Miho then gets an invite to enroll to their school and jumps at the opportunity thinking they don't have a Tank club only to have it conveniently reopen once she enrolled.
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Good writing, direction, action, music design and a great eye for details. I'm surprised I like this show so much even though I don't think the characters are particularly great. Quote:
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For anyone wondering about the apparent lack of accuracy of all the vehicles in this fight, consider all the elements that are involved in scoring a hit. First you have to align the gun towards the target, then you have to determine the range and elevate the gun accordingly. In the best of conditions, this takes a dozen seconds to do. But if your tank is moving over uneven ground, the gun orientation is boucing in every direction, and there's literally no way to lay the gun. This means that with every shot fired on the move, the gunner is firing wildly and only relying on luck to score a hit. Note how all the kills in the entire fight were scored by AFVs that were sitting still (assuming that's how the Firefly got the Type 89. Quote:
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In World War II, tanks would very rarely get even within 50m of each other, and most of those cases were when they surprised each other. The general combat engagement was fought at 800-900m.
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2012-11-21, 03:01 | Link #1428 | ||
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2012-11-21, 03:09 | Link #1429 | |
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As an aside, it's no Panzerlied, but here's the second track that comes with the ED single, which shows off the singing ability of the Ankou team VA's: I'd be interested to see what the translated lyrics are. Last edited by jwai; 2012-11-21 at 06:16. |
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2012-11-21, 04:41 | Link #1431 | |
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Now charging other tanks to get better penetration within 50m seemed so much ridiculous if not stupid for a tank commander to do... I mean knowing the enemy could penetrate yours at 800-900m!!! That's why my tank enthusiasm and the anime usually oppose each other in terms of penetration is the topic.... LOlss |
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2012-11-21, 06:37 | Link #1437 | |
is this so?
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On another topic, it's briefly shown at the end that one of the tanks fighting against Pravda (russian team) seem to have needed to raise a second flag, and one of white flags seemed ragged as if the tank has been fired on after it has already raised the first flag. I wonder if it's a rules violation to fire on a tank that has already raised a flag.
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2012-11-21, 09:35 | Link #1440 | |||||
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I also don't think the creators are that interested in showing off all the best murder machines. If they were, they sure wouldn't have saddled Ooarai with such a mixed bag of weaker tanks. Quote:
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