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Krazy 8
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Thanks Deathhand much appteciated, a greater insight intoi WW2!!! kwwp em coming!!!
I know, right? You just don't think of tanks in terms of them getting blown to hell, occupants fried crisp.
Was against magnetic mines/charges, a kind of isolation. Has to be brought up manually and the usage was cancelled in '44. Too expensive for the few magnetic charges what were used by the allies.
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NEW SETS: A continuation of this thread with some more pics of KO'd tanks with dead crewmen and other tanks that were KO'd during WW2 and with near-zero chance that the crew survived. There will probably be a few repeats but they also might be larger and better quality this time 'round. Most of these are well known but maybe a few new ones (I'm the type that loves looking at them multiple times, lol). A few new sets to go.
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Ya, lucky that Pershing made a good shot on the Panzer.the cologne tank duel is one of my favorite moments of world war II
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Set 17.
31. A few from the Cologne Battle in the mix. In the first, the Sherman tank commander escaping (leg blown off) died shortly afterwards along with the driver and another crewman.
32. Driver of the Sherman.
33. The Panzer cooking off after being hit by the Pershing. Three of the crew had managed to escape.
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40. KO'd German Panzer with body of dead American on the ground infront of it.
41. Many crew who might have managed to survive their tank being hit and disabled, were shot as they attempted to escape the wreck.
Damn those "Sherman" tanks were built better,and more durible,than the US.
Guipago
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Hey GST not sure what you mean here, the Sherman was American but was nicknamed 'the Ronson' because the fuel tanks when hit put a flame out of the turret hatch like a lighter.
They used to say the Sherman, once hit, like a Ronson, "It lights up the first time, every time." Using gasoline, instead of diesel, like most tanks of the time, didn't help...
sorry i was a little drunk,i meant the panzer lol.
The survivability for a tank crew depended on a number of factors, some of which are obvious, such as crew tactical training an combat experience, but often it was the tank itself. There are 4 main principles on the survival of a tank on the battlefield:
A fire in the tank’s fighting compartment and driver’s compartment leads to an agonizing death for the men who can't exit the tank in time. The chances of saving the tankers’ lives increase if they have the ability to quickly abandon their burning vehicle. In German tanks, each crew member had his own hatch, so in the case of a tank catching fire, often the entire crew was able to get out, and in the worst case just two of the five crew members would not be able to escape. The German design-engineers went so far as to weaken the sides of the turrets of their medium tanks by adding hatches to them, in order to give the crews a better chance in an urgent evacuation.
In addition, German tank designs placed the fuel tanks in either the engine compartment (separated from the fighting compartment and engine with firewalls) or beneath the floor of the fighting compartment, as with the Pz.Kpfw.IV's, where it had more protection. This meant that the Werhmacht’s tankers often had sufficient time to bail out of their tanks, because fires usually began in the engine compartment and didn’t always spread to the fighting compartment, and if they did, they didn’t do so immediately (unless ofcourse in the case of a direct penetrating hit).
In the next set I'll do a bit on the Russian T-34 and later the various US Shermans.
Set 18.
42. Wrecked half-track troop transporter SdKfz (thanks McM).
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- Avoid detection.
- It the tank is detected, avoid being hit.
- If the tank takes a hit, prevent penetration of the armour.
- If the armour is penetrated, ensure survival of the crew and prevent the tank suffering fatal damage.
A fire in the tank’s fighting compartment and driver’s compartment leads to an agonizing death for the men who can't exit the tank in time. The chances of saving the tankers’ lives increase if they have the ability to quickly abandon their burning vehicle. In German tanks, each crew member had his own hatch, so in the case of a tank catching fire, often the entire crew was able to get out, and in the worst case just two of the five crew members would not be able to escape. The German design-engineers went so far as to weaken the sides of the turrets of their medium tanks by adding hatches to them, in order to give the crews a better chance in an urgent evacuation.
In addition, German tank designs placed the fuel tanks in either the engine compartment (separated from the fighting compartment and engine with firewalls) or beneath the floor of the fighting compartment, as with the Pz.Kpfw.IV's, where it had more protection. This meant that the Werhmacht’s tankers often had sufficient time to bail out of their tanks, because fires usually began in the engine compartment and didn’t always spread to the fighting compartment, and if they did, they didn’t do so immediately (unless ofcourse in the case of a direct penetrating hit).
In the next set I'll do a bit on the Russian T-34 and later the various US Shermans.
Set 18.
42. Wrecked half-track troop transporter SdKfz (thanks McM).
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Broadsword
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Great thread @DeathHand. Time to rewatch 'Fury'.
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Fury (2014) - IMDb
Fury: Directed by David Ayer. With Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman, Michael Peña. A grizzled tank commander makes tough decisions as he and his crew fight their way across Germany in April, 1945.
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Lol same, been awhileGreat thread @DeathHand. Time to rewatch 'Fury'.
Fury (2014) - IMDb
Fury: Directed by David Ayer. With Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman, Michael Peña. A grizzled tank commander makes tough decisions as he and his crew fight their way across Germany in April, 1945.
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