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Oregon Coast, USA! or Bohol, Philippines!
Apr 1999
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Diamler
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molly bloom
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Lundenwic
Oct 2001
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I see your British tank, and raise you a Taborite battle wagon:
" Zizka did not attempt to make them adopt the conventional armament and tactics of the time, but let them make use of such weapons as iron-tipped flails and armored farm wagons, surmounted by small cannons of the howitzer type. His armored wagons, when used for offense, easily broke through the enemy lines, firing as they went, and thus enabled him to cut superior forces into pieces. When used for defense, the wagons were arranged into an impregnable barrier surrounding the foot soldiers; they also served to transport his men. Zizka thus fully anticipated the principles of tank warfare. "
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0853465.html
The inventive and resourceful Zizka has a whole chapter to himself in a book called, errmm, something like 'Mediaeval Warlords'.
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Lancer
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Oregon Coast, USA! or Bohol, Philippines!
Apr 1999
time: 05:19
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"Which of those was the best tank?  "
An truly excellent question BeBro, and one we need to look into in endless detail I think.  Need to come up with a better title for such a thread... any ideas?
molly bloom, I consider myself raised! The taborite battle wagon indeed.  That guy was ahead of his time.
child of Thor, your friend sounds very familiar, hmm. Fellow Thatcher supporter to! :scratches balls: Hey, lets post some tank pics!
"Am I right?? That thing has no turret but just a front-aiming main gun? Seems kinda limiting."
Limiting indeed Zkrib. That's what killed it in the end iirc. The theory behind the design is that the turret sticking way up was what makes tanks so vulnerable. However as you are no doubt aware, they are kind of handy in aiming the main gun. The Swedes figured another way of aiming the main gun, by hydrolics in the chasis. They loved the thing... Now they use Leopards, almost as good as our Abrams.
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Oregon Coast, USA! or Bohol, Philippines!
Apr 1999
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Those are 'fart vents'. Used when one or more crew is truly flatulant. In this case both the driver and gunner are deadly as it has the duel 'rip stacks'.
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07-05-2005 07:14
Sorry the link was on that tank site, I had to click on it.
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