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  • #91
    Originally posted by dave lukins View Post
    I liked the scims and scorps because you could run away..I mean tactically withdraw faster
    French design?
    No such thing as a good tax - Churchill

    To make mistakes is human. To blame someone else for your mistake, is strategic.

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    • #92
      Originally posted by Doktor View Post
      French design?
      Actually the (French-designed) postwar Hotchkiss TT6 was the worst vehicle ever if you wanted to tactically withdraw. In rear gear it could be overtaken by a jogging soldier. It was comparable to the Scorpion and Scimitar in size (8-9 tons), the 90mm armed version was cancelled in 1962.

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      • #93
        Scorpions were withdrawn from Service thanks to the RAF Regiment complaining about cordite in the Turret (Health and Safety at Work), how said is that?
        Originally posted by kato View Post
        Actually the (French-designed) postwar Hotchkiss TT6 was the worst vehicle ever if you wanted to tactically withdraw. In rear gear it could be overtaken by a jogging soldier. It was comparable to the Scorpion and Scimitar in size (8-9 tons), the 90mm armed version was cancelled in 1962.

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        • #94
          Originally posted by Doktor View Post
          French design?
          Actually, the ultimate "shoot-and-run" AFV was probably the Archer tank destroyer of WWII; it was designed with the 17-pdr gun pointed to the rear, so that they could literally "shoot and scoot".
          "There is never enough time to do or say all the things that we would wish. The thing is to try to do as much as you can in the time that you have. Remember Scrooge, time is short, and suddenly, you're not there any more." -Ghost of Christmas Present, Scrooge

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          • #95
            Originally posted by Kernow View Post
            Scorpions were withdrawn from Service thanks to the RAF Regiment complaining about cordite in the Turret (Health and Safety at Work), how said is that?
            Haha , yea I remember range days on cents , after work in the naafi everyone stunk of cordite farts :slap:

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            • #96
              Originally posted by Doktor View Post
              French design?

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              • #97
                What the ">", "<", "^" marks on the battle tank side mean/stand for?

                Sometimes it's a combination the symbols and the number, and sometimes the tank has both symbols, something like <3 ^

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                No such thing as a good tax - Churchill

                To make mistakes is human. To blame someone else for your mistake, is strategic.

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                • #98
                  I don't know what the <3 is, it's probably a unit designation of some sort. The < > ^ are what we call Combat V's. A quick glance at the Combat V's will tell you what battalion/brigade the forces belong to for easy battlefield identification. There are also white rings painted on the circumference of the barrel, a specific number per unit, also for battlefield ID

                  At least, that's how it is in the IDF
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                  • #99
                    In the US its similiar.

                    The model you show has the Coalition Forces "^" from the Gulf War which was on all vehicles (to include news crews). The <3 means 3rd Platoon, Charlie Company; 1< would be 1st Platton B Comapny, 2 ^ is 2d Alpha Company; 3 |> is 3rd Platoon Delta Company and || meant HHC. We also had |0| for HHC mortars and |S| for the Scout Platoon. These are pretty standard with some local mods.

                    The only thing I ever saw on tank gun barrels were the vehicles nickname and kill rings.
                    “Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.”
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                    • Thanks to both.

                      I assumed it has something to do with to whom that vehicle belongs, but it was so confusing to have only 4 marks (Left, Top, Right, Down).
                      No such thing as a good tax - Churchill

                      To make mistakes is human. To blame someone else for your mistake, is strategic.

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                      • Are there cup holders in tanks? They should be easy to implement and a good morale booster.
                        "Only Nixon can go to China." -- Old Vulcan proverb.

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                        • Originally posted by gunnut View Post
                          Are there cup holders in tanks? They should be easy to implement and a good morale booster.
                          No, because we don't use cups as a general rule. That being said, there are so many different ways in which we fabricate things inside the tank that we definitely could have cup holders if we wanted to. Hell, I once rewired the intercom system to play music from my mp3 player
                          Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.

                          Abusing Yellow is meant to be a labor of love, not something you sell to the highest bidder.

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                          • Originally posted by gunnut View Post
                            Are there cup holders in tanks? They should be easy to implement and a good morale booster.
                            There are tons of places to prop up cups, etc. I used to keep a canteen cup behind the 800 round machine gun ready box in my Bradley turret and had a few window cup holders screwed into the brackets in the back. Of course, I also had a 30 cup coffee pot mounted in my Company Commander's Bradley. Most of the holders were for spit cups, though. And you had to use a cover.

                            We would modify all of our vehicles in little ways.
                            “Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.”
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                            • Originally posted by Albany Rifles View Post
                              There are tons of places to prop up cups, etc. I used to keep a canteen cup behind the 800 round machine gun ready box in my Bradley turret and had a few window cup holders screwed into the brackets in the back. Of course, I also had a 30 cup coffee pot mounted in my Company Commander's Bradley. Most of the holders were for spit cups, though. And you had to use a cover.

                              We would modify all of our vehicles in little ways.
                              Nice, I was thinking a cup holders for cans of soda and maybe even 2L bottles of coke...

                              For example, one of the criteria for me in a car is to have a cup holder big enough for at least a 32 oz. cup. Anything less is uncivilized.
                              "Only Nixon can go to China." -- Old Vulcan proverb.

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                              • Current German armored vehicles come with freaking toilets and running hot and cold water (no shower though - yet).

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