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Re: What a Tanker thread

Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 11:09 pm
by BaronVonWreckedoften
Does the encyclopedia give a list of useful things for the rest of the crew to do whilst the gunner is hand-cranking the turret? I would reckon to microwave a portion of "Oat-so-simple" porridge in that time, but I'm not sure if M10s were kitted out with microwaves. Or a fridge for the milk.

Re: What a Tanker thread

Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 6:30 am
by levied troop
The M10A1 had cable TV.

Mind you, it was a long cable.

Re: What a Tanker thread

Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 6:55 am
by Jeremy
The kind of vehicle you’d need when picking Gaynor up for a date

Re: What a Tanker thread

Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 7:02 am
by Norman D. Landings
Open topped. Easy to hose down afterward.

Re: What a Tanker thread

Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 7:08 am
by goat major
Or to insert the Hoover

Re: What a Tanker thread

Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 8:51 am
by FreddBloggs
I thought the reason M10s were faster than shermans was that the armour was so light you could throw a rock at it and get a dent or penetration?

Re: What a Tanker thread

Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 9:04 am
by Jeremy
Agreed, that’s why it’s armour 4 vs armour 6 on a Sherman

Re: What a Tanker thread

Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 9:14 pm
by Buff Orpington
Crews were known to weld on bits of armour from other tanks. Just the thing to use up all those spare hatches in your bits box.

Re: What a Tanker thread

Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 10:58 pm
by Norman D. Landings
I reckon they welded heavy crap onto the turret to mess with the chump who had to hand-crank it.

Re: What a Tanker thread

Posted: Sat May 19, 2018 9:30 pm
by Norman D. Landings
A triple dose today!
Two Stuarts vs a Stug - we nibbled him, my Stuart got the kill.
Then we took on a Pz IV - more nibbling, this time my oppo finished him.
Then I ran a KV 2 vs two Pz IIIs - they nibbled me!
I cheated the inevitable by bottling out before explodication occurred.