Source: Yuri Pasholok’s blog
Hello everyone,
as I wrote before, Yuri Pasholok, regardless of what we might think of him, posts pretty interesting stuff on his blog. This time, it’s something “special” – a Czech proposal actually, to make the T-34 amphibious. As some of you know, Czechoslovak units were fighting on the eastern front against the Germans under the command of the Red Army. Formed in 1942, Czechoslovak units participated in the 1943 Battle of Kharkov and proved their worth during the Liberation of Kiev, in which several Czechoslovak soldiers (tankers actually, I will write about this once I collect enough sources on the battle) recieved the Hero of the USSR high award.
This interesting idea by SSgt.Florián Pytlíček (Russians write it as “Pitlichek”), assigned to the HQ Company of the 1st Czechoslovak Independent Brigade in August 1943.
If I understand it correctly (and feel free to actually correct me), he noticed that since the T-34 consisted of two layers, lifting the upper part of the armor (either by hydraulics or manually) while sealing the space between them) would actually produce double as much volume as the tank had before, theoretically making it possible for the tank to swim, turning it effectively into an amphibean. You can see how that would look on the drawing (the lines are very thin, you have to look at it very closely).
Well, you don’t have to be an engineer to actually realize how outlandish that idea is, but still, an interesting thought :)
Look at that crummy drawing! Russki engineers must be total noobs! :P
Just stick enough logs on the tank and it’ll float anyway!
Czech engineers
Someone is mad
Not even the slightest. Just pointing out the hypocrisy of WG’s own little soviet lap-dog.
Czech soldier = Russian engineer? Okey-dokey, Doctor Jones.
Drawn by Czechoslovaks. Next time, read before you insert your foot in your mouth.
The guy is not even an engineer, just some staff sargeant.
Meh, same thing. Soviet.
Florian Pytliček – fakt typické ruské jméno…
Možná to chce trochu číst, než něco plácneš.
Too bad you screwed up by stating they are Russian.
Aye, same with Germans – Nazi … same thing.
You should take a look at a map someday. You will learn a lot.
LOL – this was good ;)
pwease can i haz it
so i can camp in the middle of a lake :P
Hmm…something not related to the article itself(well, not to the T-34).
Were there any projects for an amphibious AMX-40(or was it designed as an amphibian from the start)?…It’ll be hilarious to see such thing.
So the duck can finally swim? Oh, god, please, YES!!! That would be awesome
hmmmm, well using a flotation screen like the amphibious Shermans it should theoretically be possible. Sadly the ducklike profile won’t be visible though.
flotation screen was first tested on Valentine DD’s.
Duck can already fly. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6CusUZ7els
So they only need to be able to swim and they are balanced.
Where did you see a connection with the T-34? The diagram doesn’t look like one, and the text states that this can work on any vehicle.
You know there is one tank that’s supposedly amphibious that’s already in the game, but it was only available for pre-order, and isn’t amphibious in the game: the BT-SV. Of course, those typical trolls on the RU server decided it would only be available in boxed sets that one can only buy in Russia, Ukraine or Belarus.
I never got the point to tanks exclusive only to some servers. I mean, Wargaming is a company, and as such their primary motive is profit, so wouldn’t it make more sense to make those tanks available to ALL servers, which means more potential buyers, and thus a greater profit margin? That’s just common sense in regards to business, but then again, if common sense were actually common, then the vast majority of people would have it, when it seems that the opposite is true (meaning common sense is actually quite rare).
Then again maybe I’m just jealous, since the NA server doesn’t get any exclusive vehicles that the Russians don’t also get (and neither does EU).