Comments on: Chieftain’s Hatch – “Snapshots” M60A2 Patton

By: Goldmarble

Goldmarble — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 08:06:21 +0000

Actually, Israel developed and has put into production the LAHAT missile, which can be gun launched, or deployed without a gun, allowing use from aircraft and other vehicles. It’s a 105mm munition, that can also be adapted to be launched from all 105-120mm guns, including mortars, such as the advanced AMOS 120 twin self-propelled mortar system.

Why? Additional flexibility for tanks. For things like the AMOS? So that they have a long-range self-defense tool against tanks. As to the MechInf, well…you can’t always count on your plans working perfectly when you encounter the enemy, as that damn bastard usually has plans of his own, that almost invariably fuck up your plans.

By: Chad Mesiroff

Chad Mesiroff — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 05:26:29 +0000

ALso, it pioneered a lot of other Tec. Kind of like T95 orMBT70, they didnt fail as they all made things like Laminated CHobham Armor [T95] and MBT70 made madorent TEC so OP rus countered hard again.

Without these we would`nt have successful tons of goodies :)

Only prob is WOT doesnt seem to think US or Brit deserve these mid way treasures.

By: Chad Mesiroff

Chad Mesiroff — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 05:20:47 +0000

It made the a3 amazing. Most didnt work because weight, but the 105 was great

By: than357

than357 — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 23:04:28 +0000

Everyone I knew that served in it swore when they talked about it… lol

By: than357

than357 — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 23:03:36 +0000

I had to reach up to climb out of the turret of the M48/M60-series tanks… not near so much the T55/T62/T72′s. Kept slamming my head into the turret roof on the M60… probably explains much now I’m older. :-)

By: Hokum

Hokum — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 22:46:55 +0000

As these are snapshots and have to be under 5 mins they probably composed a script to keep it in the time limit as they are doing these snapshots before all these tanks are sadly sold off.

By: cptcav

cptcav — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 18:28:20 +0000

The really interesting thing about the turret is that the commander’s position was in direct alignment with the gun, which helps the commander point the gun at the target easier making it easier for the gunner to find the target. Also, as I understand it, the commander’s cupola had a special feature that when the commander was looking at a potential target with his machine gun sight, he could flip a switch and the gun turret would rotate in direct alignment with what the commander is looking at.

By: cptcav

cptcav — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 18:24:17 +0000

Actually, it is a combination white and infra-red search light. As a side note, it is the same type of infra-red light used by tanks in WWII; not like the current version of IR that enables you to see variations of heat. Anyone with an IR vision device could see the light beam coming from your tank. So, no one wanted to turn it on as you would have a light beam pointing straight to your tank.

Also, the game model should have a olive drab canvas cover over it, which was to prevent the reflection from giving away the position when concealed.

By: Haren

Haren — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 18:08:07 +0000

That’s an IR projector. Allows the tanks to operate at night.

By: Jusuchin (Military Otaku)

Jusuchin (Military Otaku) — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 17:55:21 +0000

Yep, though at this point, why screw over the already convoluted world that is military logistics with a missile fired from a tank. Wouldn’t an attached MechInf platoon with man portable AT missiles be just as useful?