Author Topic: Armored Fighting Vehicles version M4 - are we going with that? Sure, man. (Read 198938 times)

hoosierhick · « **Reply #690 on:** 02 December 2018, 09:26:18 »

And here we see the female tank carrying her offspring. Today, the mother willl teach the baby to hunt.

truetanker · « **Reply #691 on:** 02 December 2018, 16:39:00 »

In this photo, we see the lonely offspring trying to be stealthy on it's first solo hunt, mother is off camera prowling, watching.... and waiting.

TT

MoneyLovinOgre4Hire · « **Reply #692 on:** 02 December 2018, 16:56:16 »

What kind of tank is that?

DoctorMonkey · « **Reply #693 on:** 02 December 2018, 17:05:26 »

Quote from: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 02 December 2018, 16:56:16

What kind of tank is that?

Renault FT-17

Van Gogh · « **Reply #694 on:** 03 December 2018, 15:18:26 »

I'm always amazed at how tiny a FT-17 is... Roughly the size of a compact car.

(Attached, the FT17 kept at the Invalides Museum in Paris. Still capable of moving on its own power IIRC)

Kidd · « **Reply #695 on:** 03 December 2018, 15:21:43 »

Quote from: Van Gogh on 03 December 2018, 15:18:26

I'm always amazed at how tiny a FT-17 is... Roughly the size of a compact car.

It's barely bigger than a bloke sitting down and his mate standing up behind him.

MoneyLovinOgre4Hire · « **Reply #696 on:** 03 December 2018, 19:17:59 »

Did Japan base the Type 89 off it?

HobbesHurlbut · « **Reply #697 on:** 03 December 2018, 20:31:22 »

Quote from: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 03 December 2018, 19:17:59

Did Japan base the Type 89 off it?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_89_I-Go_medium_tank#History_and_development

glitterboy2098 · « **Reply #698 on:** 03 December 2018, 20:42:29 »

Quote from: Kidd on 03 December 2018, 15:21:43

It's barely bigger than a bloke sitting down and his mate standing up behind him.

Leona Ozaki approves.

Quote from: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 03 December 2018, 19:17:59

Did Japan base the Type 89 off it?

loosely. sorta. the Type 89 was 12 ton tank filling a similar role of the 10 ton Renault FT, but it was developed using features off both the FT and the 20 ton Vickers Medium Mk. I (which btw.. sucks in WoT.)

but the US made the M1917 as a modded copy of the Renault FT, the italians the Fiat 3000, and the russians, after a few experiments in armament, made the T-18. each included variations in suspension and armament to fit the doctrine of their military, but sadly the cutting edge they were not. the FT was a decent tank for WW1, but the nature of warfare passed them by rapidly and the design just couldn't keep up.

truetanker · « **Reply #699 on:** 04 December 2018, 19:56:39 »

Gents:

What am I looking at? I was researching the Bushmaster Autocannon and well.... this was in there!

Color me intrigued.

TT

hoosierhick · « **Reply #700 on:** 04 December 2018, 20:13:45 »

Quote from: truetanker on 04 December 2018, 19:56:39

Gents:

What am I looking at? I was researching the Bushmaster Autocannon and well.... this was in there!

Color me intrigued.

TT

Honest John rocket?

Kidd · « **Reply #701 on:** 05 December 2018, 00:20:04 »

Yeah looks like.

Sabelkatten · « **Reply #702 on:** 05 December 2018, 04:37:52 »

AKA a one-shot Arrow IV with an Davey Crocket round. :)

Andy_in_Indy · « **Reply #703 on:** 06 December 2018, 13:01:33 »

Quote from: truetanker on 04 December 2018, 19:56:39

What am I looking at? TT

The VFW Post at 1850 S East St in Indianapolis has an Honest John out front. Go swing by and take a look.

-Andy in Indy

hoosierhick · « **Reply #704 on:** 06 December 2018, 15:38:36 »

I was going to ask about that! I haven't been by there in quite a while, but I thought that's what they had out front.

truetanker · « **Reply #705 on:** 06 December 2018, 18:49:19 »

Well color me blind... I happen to have a customer at that post that calls once in a while for pizza...

Swinging by sometime next week, got to work doubles tomorrow, 7th and 8th.

Thanks...

TT

Wereling · « **Reply #706 on:** 07 December 2018, 13:29:56 »

How about a home-built SPG?

The Free Syrian Army's "Sniper Cannon", outlined here: https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2018/11/28/fsa-technicals-part-3-120mm-sniper-cannon/

Daryk · « **Reply #707 on:** 07 December 2018, 17:21:50 »

How many people have to sit on the hood to keep it from flipping when it fires?

Wereling · « **Reply #708 on:** 07 December 2018, 21:52:09 »

Quote from: Daryk on 07 December 2018, 17:21:50

How many people have to sit on the hood to keep it from flipping when it fires?

Probably not that many. The article indicates it's a low velocity mortar shell. Sometimes homemade. Apparently for a homebuilt device it is quite accurate.

Feenix74 · « **Reply #709 on:** 07 December 2018, 23:22:02 »

I love how they have gone to the trouble of painting a camo pattern the ute (aka pickup for you Americans) but leave the bright shine chrome door handles ;D

Luciora · « **Reply #710 on:** 07 December 2018, 23:25:04 »

Guy has to pimp his ride somehow.

Quote from: Feenix74 on 07 December 2018, 23:22:02

I love how they have gone to the trouble of painting a camo pattern the ute (aka pickup for you Americas) but leave the bright shine chrome door handles ;D

ANS Kamas P81 · « **Reply #711 on:** 08 December 2018, 02:40:08 »

I will no longer be satisfied until I see a camo'ed Technical with a big gun and spinnaz.

Kidd · « **Reply #712 on:** 08 December 2018, 05:30:23 »

Quote from: Feenix74 on 07 December 2018, 23:22:02

I love how they have gone to the trouble of painting a camo pattern the ute (aka pickup for you Americans) but leave the bright shine chrome door handles ;D

How else is he going to ride eternal shining and chrome to the gates of Valhalla?

V8! V8! V8!

HobbesHurlbut · « **Reply #713 on:** 08 December 2018, 07:13:16 »

Quote from: Kidd on 08 December 2018, 05:30:23

How else is he going to ride eternal shining and chrome to the gates of Valhalla?

V8! V8! V8!

Not to mention without the handles, they can't find the truck at all!

beachhead1985 · « **Reply #714 on:** 19 December 2018, 10:54:50 »

Quote from: ANS Kamas P81 on 08 December 2018, 02:40:08

I will no longer be satisfied until I see a camo'ed Technical with a big gun and spinnaz.

Keep checking here: https://www.reddit.com/r/shittytechnicals/

Kidd · « **Reply #715 on:** 08 January 2019, 22:36:40 »

Bradley with Trophy APS

So far at least 4 brigade sets of Abrams and Brads across the Army and Marines are going to be fitted with the things

grimlock1 · « **Reply #716 on:** 10 January 2019, 11:12:52 »

Quote from: Wereling on 07 December 2018, 13:29:56

How about a home-built SPG?

The Free Syrian Army's "Sniper Cannon", outlined here: https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2018/11/28/fsa-technicals-part-3-120mm-sniper-cannon/

The gate valve style breech block is kinda interesting. It goes back to the "how do you build something when you don't have the entire military-industrial complex to call on?" Making the block would be 4-5 (tedious) operations on a manual milling machine. Then the slot in the tube could be 2-3 more milling operations. The last thing would be to machine the end of the tube so it could accept some kind of ring to backstop the block. Almost all this work could be speed up with some clever pre drilling.

Depending on if you are willing to remove a bit more material than strictly necessary, slot could even be done in a single operation.

Wereling · « **Reply #717 on:** 15 January 2019, 08:59:28 »

Found a video of it firing:

https://i.imgur.com/oPDsYcz.gifv

Garrand · « **Reply #718 on:** 15 January 2019, 12:57:50 »

I can't imagine the recoil is doing anything good to the frame of that truck...

Damon.

MoneyLovinOgre4Hire · « **Reply #719 on:** 15 January 2019, 14:15:38 »

No, but they could probably take the gun out and put it into a new truck fairly easily once the damage gets bad enough.