discussion "Imagine"

[grumpa]

For all you "Tankers" a bit of fantasy.........Ahh, if only If only man never learned to break the bounds of terrestrial dependency, if only he never learned to put those infernal but deadly insects in the air. Imagine the tracked titans that would have prowled the earth in mans unceasing desire to destroy his fellow man.......Ahh, if onlyView attachment 118511

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[Guest]

Imagine making models of some of these they would be huge.

 

[Guest]

Imagine, owning shares in an ear defender company if they made these

 

[Lee W]

Thankfully, the concept of a landkreuzer failed to get off the drawing board


Lee

 

[monica]

huge and huger,is the way to go,I did like the fuhrers ideas on them,the landships,


and that hydra is just plain cool,lov it,


first pic we must have landkreuzer


very nice finds Jim,

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[Guest]

Agree with Monica. This is why I always preferred German armour; the scale of imagination and engineering ability never held back

 

[Guest]

The best tanks in the world were in world war 1 and 2.


They were called battleships. With 16" shells they could fire 24 miles. Easily manoeuvrable. Easily transportable. Carried so many shells.


Pity they were useless beyond 24 miles form the seashore.


Laurie

 

[Alan 45]

I like the look of that grey one it's got something about it, the others well pretty boring really , the Germans had some crazy ideas about aircraft and tanks and the tanks were not really feasible, so slow you could walk away from it lol

 

[eddiesolo]

Did one of the future all scratch made: SECOND ARMOUR S.P.G


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Looks along the lines of this beasty.


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Si

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[Guest]

l scratch made:

Yes noticed there are a lot of scratches on it Si.


Very imaginative.


Laurie

 

[bazers]

Looks good Si do you fancy scratching the big one you would need a lot of plastic card LOL.

 

[grumpa]

Thanks for the lively responses, thought it would only get an eye roll or two. Really though when you think about it in a world without " the air" vast expanses of continental areas would have to be invaded or defended and even with surface to surface missals allowed, boots on the ground is the only real way to secure territory. I think the weight and ground pressure problems would be solved easy enough though getting them across the seas will always be a problem since no anti-submarine air would be available, I assume of course they would come across in sections to be assembled in a secured beach head. These huge rolling fortresses could also be driven into place and used statically for indefinite periods. Of course there would be a full compliment smaller more agile vehicles for various and obvious reasons. Not really a sci-fi or fantasy guy but when it comes to tanks all bets are off

 

[monica]

Did one of the future all scratch made: SECOND ARMOUR S.P.G
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Looks along the lines of this beasty.


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Si

very nice Si,I do like it,what a great imaginative,you have,

 

[Guest]

I think tanks are on the way out !


Laurie

 

[grumpa]

I think tanks are on the way out !
Laurie

No no my friend, that was thought to be the case many times over their history but in the real world that is simply not the case

 

[Guest]

No no my friend, that was thought to be the case many times over their history but in the real world that is simply not the case

OK Jim. Why ?


Laurie

 

[eddiesolo]

I would have thought, mobility and firepower.

 

[grumpa]

OK Jim. Why ?
Laurie

Would you ever think of going to war without them

 

[Guest]

Well they were no good in Afghanistan cos the other side did not have tanks, I think.


They were not much cop in the Iraqi war as the Iraqi tanks were located and hit by guided missiles from F16.


If Iraq had the same capability they would have crucified USA & GB tanks.


Same story as Battleships which were outdated in the WW11 and superseded


by aircraft carriers. Battleships decimated at Pearl Harbour. The Hood and


Bismark went in a week. Prince of Wales and Repulse sunk the same day.


Except The Hood all due to aircraft.


Drones can locate and transmit information from a battlefield and aircraft


well back from the battle field can release targeted missiles to destroy.


Tanks are slow easily detectable targets. Nice juicy infra-red targets at night


and in the day. Any hope they have at the moment will be erased by all the


new technology coming through. Includes robots in many forms.


Laurie

 

[Lee W]

Israel have put good use to their tanks...for anti missile self defense they have a Trophy system...this certainly works against RPGS and said like weapons, it acts like a shield for incoming ordnance.


The Americans are looking into it for their vehicles.


As for Afghanistan, the Americans, Canadians and Dutch to name some countries did put tanks in the field, to do a tank job but at the same time act as close support artillery.


Laurie, if Iraq had the same capabilities as ourselves and the Americans, it wouldn't of made a difference due to training, we train hard and are trained to the highest standards, the Iraqis were trained!


Manually driven or robots, the tank will continue on the battlefield, armies have learnt that the soldier and tank need each other for support.


Lee