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02-22-2008, 11:08 PM
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Would a WW2 tank be able to damage a modern tank?
Lets say a Panther or T-34 or Sherman Firefly, would they be able to cause considerable damage to modern tanks like the Abrams, C2, Leopard?
I've been playing a lot of Company of Heroes, thought popped into my mind heh. |
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02-22-2008, 11:19 PM
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-Doubtful.
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02-22-2008, 11:22 PM
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Given armour advances, projectile advances, increased engagement distances, and better technology (for example stabilisers allowing effective engagement while moving) I seriously doubt it.
Unless it rammed one and managed to get on top... |
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02-22-2008, 11:24 PM
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What about like a hit from behind?
Someone should make a movie where we invent a time machine and our modern tanks go to the past and fight hitler's tanks. that would be awesome. |
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02-22-2008, 11:25 PM
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I bet that a modern MBT could probably kill a WWII one by running it over. Or at worst with a 50 cal.
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02-22-2008, 11:28 PM
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It could probably (given the opportunity) score a mobility kill (destroy tracks, disable the engine) or a firepower kill (destroy the main gun, sensors etc), but it's very unlikely that they would be able to penetrate the main armor enough to get a catastrophic kill. But anythings possible.
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02-22-2008, 11:30 PM
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Damn, a question they won't be able to test on Mythbusters. Unless they have a Mythbusters / FutureWeapons crossover.
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02-22-2008, 11:55 PM
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If (and remember, none of us design armour) tanks of the 40s could damage a flat plate of Chobham, we would not need 120mm weapons on vehicles the size of a garage. Tank designers try to keep tanks as small as possable, it is hardly likely that a 105mm main gun of the 50s would need to be upgraded if a 105mm could crack a modern tank. The Leopard 2 uses perforated composite armour that has been tested and reveiled to withstand cirtain glancing shots from a 105mm, the reason you see it in Steel Beasts is because the correct information was given so that Denmark could use Steel Beasts Professional as a simulator. Now imagine the superior Dorchester armour on the Challenger 2 or the older, less superior Chobham on the Abrams and Challenger 1. | |
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02-23-2008, 12:05 AM
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No, not possible.
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02-23-2008, 12:37 AM
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I just watched the McGyver episode. | |
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