Wow, that's a Humvee weight. Especially compared to a clean Stryker at 19 tons that carries 9+2.
I saw a photo of it with the back doors open and troopers sat side by side. Boy was it cozy in there. It looked like they got 6 into an area...
No no, not for assault purposes. But to quickly transport a battalion from point A to point B. Even a 30 mile short drive is going to tire the...
There were 3 Germans aces of aces. Otto, Wittman, and another German whose rank was only a sergeant-major. This sergeant-major was suppose to be...
i'm suspicious of the weisel's claims to beable to carry 6 troopers. i swear, they'd have to sit on each other's laps. i'd like a modern BMD...
The problem with airmobile is that they're sort of airborn. I see them used for establishing blocking positions rather than a frontal push...
right. that's the equivalent number to standard steel not actual thinkness. and that represents resistant to kinetic penetrators (sabots). the...
Abrams gun does about 1000mm penetration turret armour is about 1000mm hull armour is about 600mm king tiger has a better comparison with...
i will. my vote goes to the t34/85. it was fast. it had a 200+ miles range (deep penetration offensive operations). it's sabot round can...
and the moral on the enemy. i read in "overlord" by hastings that allied soldiers developed "tiger mentality." high command noted this....
tiger crews were the elite german crews. they were handpicked because the germans felt that the tiger was too special (and right they were) to...
WW2 Japan was a military junta. Sort of a modern day Shogun. ... I think. My vote for worst general is Paulus, and Nagumo (yes, I know,...
I've never seen that kind of stat from the 90mm. Read from many sources that it was inferior armour penetration than that of the 17lb. And the...
the is2 would have been a real beast to stop. it had its fault, but it was heavily armoured, carried a gigantic gun, easy to fix, and pretty...
i think the tanks is still going to be around for a long time, because it's still one of the most difficult beast to kill. infangry aren't mobile...
