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- Fri Jun 29, 2007 12:58 pm
- Forum: Weapons and Equipment
- Topic: Fuel type
- Replies: 15
- Views: 10693
A quick n' dirty answer: Most vechiles used gasoline. A few used diesel, the PzKpfw 38(t) and SdKfz 234 as I recall (but don't take my word for it, I'm going by memory here). At least in part, the choice of petrol for the Germans was based on the fact that for the attack on France, panzers could ref...
- Sat May 19, 2007 6:41 am
- Forum: Weapons and Equipment
- Topic: "Nicht sparen" on ammunition boxes in 1939
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5364
- Wed May 02, 2007 10:59 am
- Forum: Weapons and Equipment
- Topic: Fancy Rotary Wing-ed Flying Contraptions in ww2
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5692
- Sun Oct 08, 2006 5:07 am
- Forum: Weapons and Equipment
- Topic: Paper Panther
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2125
- Tue Aug 22, 2006 11:37 am
- Forum: Weapons and Equipment
- Topic: German Weapons vs. Present
- Replies: 38
- Views: 17353
- Fri Sep 09, 2005 9:42 am
- Forum: Weapons and Equipment
- Topic: Vehicle-mounted leichte Infanteriegeschütz
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1663
Greetings Politruk First of all, I think some corrections are in order. The 7.5cm L/24 gun you refer to was in fact the KwK37 L/24 or StuK37 L/24 as mounted on early StuG III's (A-E), and the PzKpfw III ausf. N. This was a rather different weapon than the 7.5cm leIG18, even though they fired shells ...
- Tue Aug 30, 2005 11:10 am
- Forum: Weapons and Equipment
- Topic: Can anyone help me ID this tank...
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6286
- Wed Aug 03, 2005 10:50 am
- Forum: Weapons and Equipment
- Topic: faustpatrones - what does this mean
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2946
- Sun Jul 31, 2005 12:06 pm
- Forum: Translation Requests
- Topic: What it means AUSF?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2757
- Sun Jul 31, 2005 11:48 am
- Forum: Weapons and Equipment
- Topic: Soldier's slang
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5975
- Sun Jul 31, 2005 11:41 am
- Forum: Weapons and Equipment
- Topic: Tiger II vs. Panther
- Replies: 28
- Views: 16494
Obviously, the Tiger II design drew on experience with the Panther, notably the sloped armour. Tiger II production and design was in fact intended to coincide with the Panther II, and the two were to share as many parts as possible. As it happened, the Panther II never entered production, and in fac...
- Thu Jul 07, 2005 8:28 am
- Forum: Weapons and Equipment
- Topic: US vs. German armour plating
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2764
- Sat Jul 02, 2005 12:00 pm
- Forum: Weapons and Equipment
- Topic: Left handed soldiers
- Replies: 35
- Views: 15271
Recently saw a TV series where one person fired a British Lee Enfield (No. 1 I think, but I'm not sure) left-handed, working the bolt handle with his left hand, and rather quickly and effectively too. It was just TV, I know, but at least it was real footage of someone using a right-handed bolt actio...
- Sat Jul 02, 2005 11:53 am
- Forum: Weapons and Equipment
- Topic: US vs. German armour plating
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2764
- Sat Jun 18, 2005 4:28 am
- Forum: Weapons and Equipment
- Topic: US vs. German armour plating
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2764
US vs. German armour plating
As we all know, the US Sherman tank was known for its desperately underpowered 75mm gun and poor armour protection, while the German Panther and Tiger had both gun power and armour protection in spades. However, a look at specs show that even the standard Sherman had quite thick frontal armour, and ...