Tanks!

Started by bayonetbrant, February 18, 2013, 08:51:35 AM

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GDS_Starfury

its probably the safest turret on any tank in the world.
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GDS_Starfury

Toonces - Don't ask me, I just close my eyes and take it.

Gus - I use sweatpants with flannel shorts to soak up my crotch sweat.

Banzai Cat - There is no "partial credit" in grammar. Like anal sex. It's either in, or it's not.

Mirth - We learned long ago that they key isn't to outrun Star, it's to outrun Gus.

Martok - I don't know if it's possible to have an "anti-boner"...but I now have one.

Gus - Celery is vile and has no reason to exist. Like underwear on Star.


Barthheart

Nice! But where's the tank?

GDS_Starfury

Toonces - Don't ask me, I just close my eyes and take it.

Gus - I use sweatpants with flannel shorts to soak up my crotch sweat.

Banzai Cat - There is no "partial credit" in grammar. Like anal sex. It's either in, or it's not.

Mirth - We learned long ago that they key isn't to outrun Star, it's to outrun Gus.

Martok - I don't know if it's possible to have an "anti-boner"...but I now have one.

Gus - Celery is vile and has no reason to exist. Like underwear on Star.


mirth

That new camo scheme is highly effective.
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endfire79

I've been reading up a bit on warsaw pact cold war tanks (e.g. t-54/55, t-62, t-64, t-72's).  It really sounds cramped in one of those things.

Question for any of the metal heads on the forum - have you ever had the chance to ride in one of them during or after the Cold War?  What was your personal opinion.  What I'm reading about 3 man crews makes it sound like it was not really ideal for maintenance on the go.
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bayonetbrant

I was licensed on the T72 when on active duty - we were doing some work in TEXCOM that required us to pootle around in a few Russian vehicles for a few weeks.  I drove the T72 long enough to get licensed, and then went back to my real job :)

It's SMALL.  I mean, really, really tiny in there.  They used to cap the size of their crew members at a certain height, and I think I was 1-2 inches taller and I still felt cramped.  I can only imagine what a 6'2" guy would think about them
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Airborne Rifles

I drove a T72 on an exchange in Uzbekistan. Definitely cramped, especially the turret (I'm 6'1") but I came away with respect for the equipment. But then again, I'm an infantryman, so what do I know  ;).

Also, all the Russian vehicles I drove (T72, BMP2, BTR70) were manual transmission, and whereas US vehicles are all automatic. It was interesting learning how to shift gears in a 40 ton tank with an Uzbek sergeant who didn't speak English crouched on the glacis next to me trying to coach me.

GDS_Starfury

all those years that NATO made the Soviet tank corp seem 10 meters tall and the reality was that they were Gus sized.
Toonces - Don't ask me, I just close my eyes and take it.

Gus - I use sweatpants with flannel shorts to soak up my crotch sweat.

Banzai Cat - There is no "partial credit" in grammar. Like anal sex. It's either in, or it's not.

Mirth - We learned long ago that they key isn't to outrun Star, it's to outrun Gus.

Martok - I don't know if it's possible to have an "anti-boner"...but I now have one.

Gus - Celery is vile and has no reason to exist. Like underwear on Star.


endfire79

Thanks for the feedback all.  Always a treat to see others kit I guess :)  I dug up an old video on Youtube that compared the M60A1 at the time to a T-62.  It mentioned some details as having only 3 men to do the same maintenance tasks that 4 tankers usually did . This would apparently put more wear & stress on the crewmen.  I can only imagine the effects of being inside one for long.

Airborne, did the Uzbek share his opinions with you on his ride?
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"A man may fight for many things. His country, his principles, his friends. The glistening tear on the cheek of a golden child. But personally, I'd mud-wrestle my own mother for a ton of cash, an amusing clock and a sack of French porn."

endfire79

Quote from: GDS_Starfury on March 15, 2015, 06:32:24 PM
all those years that NATO made the Soviet tank corp seem 10 meters tall and the reality was that they were Gus sized.

Knowing the size restrictions, I had thought about bringing up Gus, but that's just cherry picking.  ;)
"I will return before you can say 'antidisestablishmentarianism'."

"A man may fight for many things. His country, his principles, his friends. The glistening tear on the cheek of a golden child. But personally, I'd mud-wrestle my own mother for a ton of cash, an amusing clock and a sack of French porn."

GDS_Starfury

theres no cherry there!
Toonces - Don't ask me, I just close my eyes and take it.

Gus - I use sweatpants with flannel shorts to soak up my crotch sweat.

Banzai Cat - There is no "partial credit" in grammar. Like anal sex. It's either in, or it's not.

Mirth - We learned long ago that they key isn't to outrun Star, it's to outrun Gus.

Martok - I don't know if it's possible to have an "anti-boner"...but I now have one.

Gus - Celery is vile and has no reason to exist. Like underwear on Star.


Airborne Rifles

Quote from: endfire79 on March 15, 2015, 07:15:05 PM
Airborne, did the Uzbek share his opinions with you on his ride?

Well, my Russian wasn't all that great and his English was not-existant, but he was obviously proud of his tank and a little less than happy about letting a bunch of Americans grind up his transmission.

BanzaiCat

I have not even a thimble of experience with climbing around armored vehicles like you guys do, except for the Bradley and the gunner's seat of a Cobra. I'm 6'4" and holy hell, you have to be Gus-level stature to endure that dollhouse of an armored vehicle. As for the Cobra, I couldn't even fit in the gunner seat. Back then I was only 195 pounds, too.  :-\

GDS_Starfury

The M-60 I worked on seemed to be pretty roomy.
Toonces - Don't ask me, I just close my eyes and take it.

Gus - I use sweatpants with flannel shorts to soak up my crotch sweat.

Banzai Cat - There is no "partial credit" in grammar. Like anal sex. It's either in, or it's not.

Mirth - We learned long ago that they key isn't to outrun Star, it's to outrun Gus.

Martok - I don't know if it's possible to have an "anti-boner"...but I now have one.

Gus - Celery is vile and has no reason to exist. Like underwear on Star.