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Blue Ghost · 01-10-2019, 03:12 PM

I forgot about the M10 and M18. I think I saw an R Lee Eremy History doc on those. He said something like the difference between a tank and non-tank that looked like and essentially was a tank but was called a different name (which I forget), was that the tank was designed to fight in support of infantry. Where the other vehicle was specifically designed to fight and kill enemy tanks.

FMC's design had a unique armor system in that the whole interior was essentially component armor. If you his the engine, or the fuel tank, or one of the magazines, the component armor diverted the explosion upwards. There was also going to be a new kind of armor to be fitted onto her at the time, but I think it fell into disfavor. But the CCVL was designed to absorb hits as she ran across the battlefield firing her gun. I think officially she had a crew of three, but could operate with only the driver and commander who served as the gunner. The third guy sat next to the driver behind the glacis.

An interesting shoot.

But I've often wondered how useful the Sherman was in Europe. On that note I've often wondered how useful the Japanese minitanks were in the Philippines. I wonder what a Car Wars Tank design of those guys would look like.

*EDIT*

Here's a wiki link to the XM8 Armored Gun System; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armored_Gun_System

I may try to conjure a CWT design for it.

01-10-2019, 03:12 PM	#8
Blue Ghost Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Spinward Marches	Re: Tank magazines I forgot about the M10 and M18. I think I saw an R Lee Eremy History doc on those. He said something like the difference between a tank and non-tank that looked like and essentially was a tank but was called a different name (which I forget), was that the tank was designed to fight in support of infantry. Where the other vehicle was specifically designed to fight and kill enemy tanks. FMC's design had a unique armor system in that the whole interior was essentially component armor. If you his the engine, or the fuel tank, or one of the magazines, the component armor diverted the explosion upwards. There was also going to be a new kind of armor to be fitted onto her at the time, but I think it fell into disfavor. But the CCVL was designed to absorb hits as she ran across the battlefield firing her gun. I think officially she had a crew of three, but could operate with only the driver and commander who served as the gunner. The third guy sat next to the driver behind the glacis. An interesting shoot. But I've often wondered how useful the Sherman was in Europe. On that note I've often wondered how useful the Japanese minitanks were in the Philippines. I wonder what a Car Wars Tank design of those guys would look like. EDIT Here's a wiki link to the XM8 Armored Gun System; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armored_Gun_System I may try to conjure a CWT design for it. Last edited by Blue Ghost; 01-10-2019 at 03:25 PM.