Comments on: Texas Armor Museum at Camp Mabry

By: Jabster

Jabster — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 06:51:57 +0000

I certainly agree that it protects the barrel but this is presumable a static display. Saying that if you look at the first picture you can see that the towing cables look like they’ve been used recently and there’s also a concrete block almost under one of the tracks. Maybe the tank has just been moved into place?

By: 23r0_NA

23r0_NA — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 02:54:30 +0000

Indeed…you have no idea how pissed I was about that (I wanted one largely because my grandfather used to work on those tanks back when they first entered service – to say I was disappointed to hear that they were CW only was an understatement)

By: SgtRoach

SgtRoach — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 14:43:02 +0000

Yup, that does make sense. Thanks guys.

By: ConnorSwift

ConnorSwift — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 14:21:47 +0000

probably also is a bit more easy to work around because you won’t be scared of being shot while walking in front of it lol.

By: OOPMan

OOPMan — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 13:41:20 +0000

Yeah, iirc the turret usually faces backwards during transport.

The vehicle is probably a little more stable in this configuration (mass more central) but in the event of an accident this configuration probably also reduces the chance of damage to the barrel of the cannon.

By: Jack_SVK

Jack_SVK — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 12:31:34 +0000

They made only one of them as CW reward, the first one with M48 turret, other two can be (and i hope they will be) implemented

By: ConnorSwift

ConnorSwift — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 12:25:35 +0000

A friend of mine drives Abrams around because he is in the armored corps, and as far as i know, that’s how he always drives his Abrams when not on a battlefield.

By: Silentstalker

Silentstalker — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 12:24:39 +0000

Hello mate, I recieved probably like 7 or 8 batches of Munster pictures lately from different people. One was really bad, the rest was okay, but I didn’t get to publish them yet, because Munster vehicles are notoriously known and well documented.

By: Kvasnikov

Kvasnikov — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 11:37:14 +0000

I don’t know about M1 but many tanks have travel lock on engine deck. The turret has to face backwards to use this.

By: alex sonny

alex sonny — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 10:50:42 +0000

I think the gun is just resting on the engine platform. Probably so that the elevation mechanisms don’t get screwed up if they still work.