Sizaire-Berwick Wind Wagon
Who? When? (too lazy to look it up myself, I'm just here to supervise-common guy, ya gat a job, man up!)Sizaire-Berwick Wind Wagon
It came up before, so all I had to do was recheck some early "Da Paul Challenge" pages to find it. It's hard to forget such a strange vehicle. Unfortunately I can't remember how I figured it out back then. As all attachments disappeared with one of the upgrades, it is difficult for those who find unusual stuff to check for duplicates in this thread.Who? When? (too lazy to look it up myself, I'm just here to supervise-common guy, ya gat a job, man up!)
This seems so completely ridiculous, that it can't be but a British contraption.
Ahem ... <cough> ... which nation built the 80cm Schwerer Gustav? Sorry ... built 2 of them (Gustav and Dora), with only 47 or 48 shells fired in anger.This seems so completely ridiculous, that it can't be but a British contraption.
Mr Findlay another counter for you to make!Sizaire-Berwick Wind Wagon
Didn't Dennis Weaver pilot one of those...?Sizaire-Berwick Wind Wagon
Ah, yup. I got a good memory, it's just Darn short.It came up before, so all I had to do was recheck some early "Da Paul Challenge" pages to find it. It's hard to forget such a strange vehicle. Unfortunately I can't remember how I figured it out back then. As all attachments disappeared with one of the upgrades, it is difficult for those who find unusual stuff to check for duplicates in this thread.
http://www.gamesquad.com/forums/index.php?threads/da-paul-challenge.114213/post-1634472
A brief post on it at http://www.thefewgoodmen.com/thefgmforum/threads/sizaire-berwick-wind-wagon-prototype-armored-car.26481/
Granted. The Nazis had a weakness for building something BIG. But I believe with regard to underperforming vehicles, especially tanks, it is the British that may claim victory.Ahem ... <cough> ... which nation built the 80cm Schwerer Gustav? Sorry ... built 2 of them (Gustav and Dora), with only 47 or 48 shells fired in anger.
Ah, let's not be too hasty! The Italians and the Japanese took a pretty good swing at it too.Granted. The Nazis had a weakness for building something BIG. But I believe with regard to underperforming vehicles, especially tanks, it is the British that may claim victory.
von Marwitz
Nowhere near as bad as some Brit stuffAh, let's not be too hasty! The Italians and the Japanese took a pretty good swing at it too.
Bad is such a subjective word, they were simply thinking outside of the box.Nowhere near as bad as some Brit stuff
You are the man!!!2 OA vz 30, 7.5cm leIG 18
1-Sep-39, S52 Extraordinary Bravery, Gdansk?
Softball.You are the man!!!
Hmmm...Hello Paul,
Not the usual type of "Da Paul Challenge" but here goes:
In ASL, both the Rolls Royce w/Boys ATR, and the FT-17 75BS are shown as turreted vehicles. I have seen some sources say that both of these vehicles had fixed superstructures (and so in ASL terms should be non-turreted).
Do you have any info on this?
Cheers!
Rob
The second prototype was constructed by the Champlieu organisation and was a straightforward conversion of a standard FT tank replacing the turret with a fixed superstructure. It was found that the weight increase was limited to 200kg (compared to the FT tank) with a ammunition load of 35 rounds. This vehicle was accepted as the Renault FT 75 BS and some 600 were ordered in mid-May 1918.
The FT-17 BS: I have yet to see a photo of a BS with a turned turret. Not that could be taken as definite, there were only 39/40 built and from memory 70%+ of the FT-17 photos of the 37* and MG armed vehicles have the turret at the 12 o'clock position, so we could be unlucky. However I'm inclined to think it should be NT, just too restricted in usable space. Apparently there were 33 still in service in NA, Syria and Indochina, out of a total of 163 FTs overseas, so should not appear in any 1940 scenario. The Allies were reported as coming across 2 of them in NA.Hello Paul,
Not the usual type of "Da Paul Challenge" but here goes:
In ASL, both the Rolls Royce w/Boys ATR, and the FT-17 75BS are shown as turreted vehicles. I have seen some sources say that both of these vehicles had fixed superstructures (and so in ASL terms should be non-turreted).
Do you have any info on this?
Cheers!
Rob
Ah, let's not be too hasty! The Italians and the Japanese took a pretty good swing at it too.
Japanese: They could be forgiven as their intended victims were the Chinese and various European colonies. The did produce very good light infantry support tanks that were long ranged (first diesel powered tanks in the world) and reliable. They however were under armoured and under gunned compared to everyone else. Basically the wrong land war.Nowhere near as bad as some Brit stuff