Comments on: Carins Tank Museum, Australia

By: Bonesaw1o1

Bonesaw1o1 — Fri, 31 Oct 2014 07:46:19 +0000

for the AC-1 armour is about 50mm base thickness for frontal armour (without sloping taken into account) for AC-3 its 65mm base thickness. 45mm side plate if memory serves. In terms of engines you’re mostly right, the AC-1 had three Cadillac V8 engines in a clover leaf configuration (one engine in rear, two in hull centre) delivering about 330 horsepower, the AC-3 upgraded to a combined system resembling a Chrysler multibank, called the ‘Perrier’ Cadillac (named after the designer) which gave slightly better performance at 355 horsepower. However for the AC-4 it was planned to install either a Pratt& Whitney Wasp radial engine or Guiberson radial diesel engine (the original intended engines for the tank) which would give anywhere between 450 – 600 horsepower depending on the model and other factors

By: Lightsage

Lightsage — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 21:58:21 +0000

Thx so much! You just won me a beer. Lol. If ur ever in lviv lemme know I’ll return the favor. :)

By: Septfox Malkier

Septfox Malkier — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 17:14:19 +0000

Smoke grenade launchers, for creating temporary concealment.

By: Mao

Mao — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 15:21:10 +0000

M47 Sniper Elite

By: Lightsage

Lightsage — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 14:36:23 +0000

Hey guys.. So ive been wandering… What are those 3 launcher thingies on the stug? You cab see them very well on the first photo of stug. Also the chieftain MBT has similar things on its turret as seen in the first photo. Thx in advance

By: KoD_FireDancer SEA SEVER

KoD_FireDancer SEA SEVER — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 14:27:58 +0000

It’s sniper scope =[]

By: elo555

elo555 — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 14:18:29 +0000

damn chieftain! if the action X gonna suck Chief will be the way!

By: Draxynnic

Draxynnic — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 14:15:52 +0000

There was also a model with two 25-pounders (in the same turret). Yeah, multiple guns, so it probably wouldn’t be implemented ever – it was done in order to test to see how the turret and hull would handle 17-pounder recoil. Answer was ‘more than well enough’ – the twin 25-pounders had a higher recoil, and apparently it did well enough in tests that according to one source they were seriously considering making a production model. Don’t know the precise layout of the armour, but it was comparable to the Sherman – the main weakness would probably be the engines (the historical fitting that I know of for the Sentinels was three civilian engines that only totalled about 350hp).

By: Theodosius

Theodosius — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 13:51:06 +0000

Thanks, mate :D

By: Bonesaw1o1

Bonesaw1o1 — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 13:48:36 +0000

The tank they have isn’t a ‘fake’ per say, its a replica really. No full AC4 was ever built as per the drawing board blue prints, AFAIK only 2 prototypes were made, both on AC1 hulls. One was fitted with an AC3 turret (and had the MG port plugged and the driver’s visor cut out of the front plate) with a 17 pounder gun. The other hull was just a hull with no turret and was fitted with experimental torsion bar suspension. Both prototypes were scrapped after the war, with the fully stripped hull of the non torsion bar tank being in Melbourne last check(its a 100% empty shell) .The tank they have is an AC1 hull fitted with an AC3 turret and then with a 17 pounder mounted in place of the 25 pounder. im not sure where they got the mantlet from because when this tank was formerly housed in the now closed Melbourne tank museum it had no mantelet, just a canvass shroud in the front. The only real difference between this tank and the original prototype is the driver’s port and possibly the mounting possition of the barrel, so its 95% right for the most part