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    Favorite tanks

    Got to agree with those choices: Tanks were always in a frenzy of development post-WWII. And the Crusader was a cool-looking, fast tank. Matilda...
    Post by: CliSwe, Apr 16, 2015 in forum: Armor and Armored Fighting Vehicles
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    Favorite tanks

    KodiakBeer, your post on the Sherman really struck a chord. As a kid, I spent 2yrs in Gibraltar, where - on a patch of waste ground behind our...
    Post by: CliSwe, Apr 16, 2015 in forum: Armor and Armored Fighting Vehicles
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    Favorite tanks

    Yeah, the little rollers under the big tank didn't look sexy. But it gave the Churchill fantastic mobility. That thing could climb over obstacles...
    Post by: CliSwe, Apr 16, 2015 in forum: Armor and Armored Fighting Vehicles
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    Questions on machine guns

    Leading on from my earlier post: The LMG & MMG in the British Army were WWII weapons. The Bren & Vickers were just too good to replace. The Sten...
    Post by: CliSwe, May 30, 2014 in forum: Small Arms and Edged Weapons
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    Questions on machine guns

    Automatic weapons, when I first wore khaki, came in 3 flavours: Sub-Machine Gun (SMG) of 9mm calibre; Light Machine Gun (LMG) of .303" calibre;...
    Post by: CliSwe, May 30, 2014 in forum: Small Arms and Edged Weapons
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    Crusader Mk.III vs. T-34-76, Oct. '42

    Thanks for the welcome to the forum, guys. I feel such a dickhead with my lack of research. Of course the Liberty V12 was watercooled even as an...
    Post by: CliSwe, May 30, 2014 in forum: Armor and Armored Fighting Vehicles
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    Bren still a classic

    The Bren was an excellent weapon: only reason for its replacement (along with the Vickers .303" MMG) by the 7.62mm GPMG in the early 1960s, was...
    Post by: CliSwe, May 21, 2014 in forum: Small Arms and Edged Weapons
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    Which is Your Favourite Weapon of World War Two?

    A bit of a journey into the unknown: Never fired it, but always fascinated by it. I'd love a Vickers MMG + endless supplies of .303" ammo and...
    Post by: CliSwe, May 13, 2014 in forum: Weapons & Technology in WWII
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    Which is Your Favourite Weapon of World War Two?

    What a no-brainer: I'd love a Bren. :flag_unionjack.wave Dunno how true, but the story was that the 7.62mm conversion was done only to provide the...
    Post by: CliSwe, May 13, 2014 in forum: Weapons & Technology in WWII
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    Crusader Mk.III vs. T-34-76, Oct. '42

    Thanks, mate. I'm a shift worker & I can't take my mobile phone into the workplace, so apologies for the time lag. To expand on the Liberty...
    Post by: CliSwe, May 13, 2014 in forum: Armor and Armored Fighting Vehicles
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    Was the Bren/Universal carrier a good option?????

    Put in the context of a Carrier Platoon, the Universal Carrier seems to have packed a lot of punch. Moving all those AT & AP weapons around the...
    Post by: CliSwe, May 13, 2014 in forum: Armor and Armored Fighting Vehicles
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    Performance of allied tanks in WW2

    Tank - and anti-tank gun - design reflects the doctrine of the particular army which uses those tanks and guns. So, a continental army like the...
    Post by: CliSwe, May 2, 2014 in forum: Armor and Armored Fighting Vehicles
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    Crusader Mk.III vs. T-34-76, Oct. '42

    The big weakness of the Crusader was the layout of the Liberty 330hp engine. Converting it from an air-cooled aero engine to a water-cooled tank...
    Post by: CliSwe, May 2, 2014 in forum: Armor and Armored Fighting Vehicles
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