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Sesshomaru56 [2016-02-27 22:23:48 +0000 UTC]
Char B1 had a 45mm gun in the turret by the way
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Trackdancer In reply to Sesshomaru56 [2016-02-27 22:45:56 +0000 UTC]
Thanks for that - should have GOOGLE'd it back then, but I was too lazy... LOL
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xGeschwatzX [2015-01-11 14:35:23 +0000 UTC]
Great and somewhat cute explanations, gute Arbeit ^^ !
Wouldn't have expected Bismarck to know so much about the Heer's tanks ^^
And good to see, someone finally notes, how the "Blitzkrieg"-tactics worked and that the Wehrmacht wasn't that highly and superior technologized war-machine during the invasion of Poland and France, many believe it was. Most of the material was still carried by horse and cart and the infantry marched mainly by foot. Even in number, the german Panzerwaffe (tank force) was inferior to the allies.
Its all like you mentioned: its common tanks of that time, the light tanks Panzer I-III, may have been even against allied light tanks but already inferior to allied medium tanks.
Same went for the common german PAKs (anti-tank guns) of the Panzerjäger, except for the 8,8cm-FlaK (anti-aircraft gun).
Thus, a great part of the reasons for the Germans' overwehelming victory in the first part of WW2 layed, in fact, within the tactical faults of their allied opponents. At that time, the Wehrmacht was an effective war-machine, mainly due to how they used what they had by better tactics, strategy and organization.
So often, it's called the "fairytale of the Blitzkrieg" by critical voices (but that "fairytale" was a win-win-situation: the allies could blame their defeats to a supposedly superior technologized opponent and the Germans could boast with excatly that, despite of the facts.)
Only later in war, they would develop efficient weapons like the Panzer IV-VII, the Sturmgeschütze/StuGs and the Sturmgewehr 44.
(btw, it's "Auf Wiedersehen" in German)
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Trackdancer In reply to xGeschwatzX [2015-01-11 23:25:50 +0000 UTC]
Oh so that's how "Auf Wiedersehen" is spelt .. /facepalm
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amirrrrruuuddddddiin [2014-12-23 11:07:47 +0000 UTC]
It is funny to see a BATTLESHIP explaining tanks
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Trackdancer In reply to amirrrrruuuddddddiin [2014-12-23 22:16:50 +0000 UTC]
Yep, but I just love that model and she just looks right with the equipment of this era.
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MasterOfHelium [2014-12-21 09:53:29 +0000 UTC]
Could you please tell where did you get the Mk.I tank? I searched Bowlroll and didn/t find it and it's not on VPV wiki.
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Trackdancer In reply to MasterOfHelium [2014-12-23 21:52:43 +0000 UTC]
Yes, it's a nice little tank. I like them a lot too. And these models do them full justice.
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garmus1 [2014-12-20 20:54:41 +0000 UTC]
Getting D/L error from IV ausf D site.
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Trackdancer In reply to garmus1 [2014-12-20 21:11:41 +0000 UTC]
You might want to grab this set too: MMD WoT models
They are the tanks from the WOT game but ripped for MMD. They're usable as static objects.
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Trackdancer In reply to garmus1 [2014-12-20 20:56:26 +0000 UTC]
From the download page, click on the download arrow on the far right - don't click on the filename itself.
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garmus1 In reply to Trackdancer [2014-12-20 23:34:50 +0000 UTC]
Didn't notice that arrow........
Thanks!
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Trackdancer In reply to garmus1 [2014-12-21 00:25:46 +0000 UTC]
Yeah, I had that missing file issue too and then I remembered how lame Google software could be ... LOL
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