Never realised that the British were the first to field sabot rounds. Pretty interesting and apparently what made the 17Pdr so terrifying to enemy tanks.
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Never realised that the British were the first to field sabot rounds. Pretty interesting and apparently what made the 17Pdr so terrifying to enemy tanks.
https://65.media.tumblr.com/7fc8e906...4kvzo1_540.jpg
Evolution of the British Tank*
*Some steps missing
lovely
Surprised at the relative lack of size difference.
Dunno why, always imagined modern tanks to be substantially biggerer.
I was actually surprised at how small the vintage model is. I had the original tank as at least as big as a modern one, with them being smaller in WW2 as they first tried turreted designs.
Huh, yeah I thought there'd be a greater difference. Then again, the modern use of composites means it isn't as necessary, as well as using more powerful engines, etc.
The difference in design is beautiful though. The Chally's a real beast.
Tracks, armour and a turret doth not a tank make.
Not exclusively - the Swedish S tank has no turret, neither did Whippets, Mk I-8 (and and and).
Just a comment on the Bradley/IFV debate.
A lot of it's due to logistical issues - make your new tank too big and you can't fit it through road tunnels, or on the back of a train or truck ("lorry"). Well you can get it on, it'll just be collecting poles and oncoming vehicles as you go.
For instance the Tiger 1 was very wide - so wide that they had to take the side skirts off to transport them (And later models needed outer running wheels removed too):
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...46de4ed6ae.jpg
They also used narrower tracks when transporting for the same reason:
http://i58.tinypic.com/29le7p0.jpg
http://www.fprado.com/armorsite/Tige...ing-Tiger1.jpg
(Compare the overhang on the front sprocket wheel, and that part of the front and rear skirt is folded over for transport)