davegruenbaum
Recruit
I have attempted to build an M-48 Israeli Mod and an M-60 for TSATC but can't seem to access it in the revised Database i created. Any suggestions as to what i might be doing incorrectly? i am only trying to create the vehicles in the .veh database, not build an icon.
the reason for adding these units is because the Israelis used upgunned M-48s which they had modified by replacing the 90mm cannon with the 105mm standard, and had some M-60s.
Dr. George W. Gawrych's study, "The 1973 Arab-Israeli War: The Albatross of Decisive Victory", shows an Israeli M-48 tank on page 48 which clearly has the 105mm cannon, easily distinguished from the 90mm by lacking the muzzle brake of the 90mm, with the large bore evacuator in the midsection of the gun tube.
Page 52 has a photo of three destroyed Israeli tanks, and although i cannot be sure of the one on the left, the center tank is an M-60 and the one on the right is the Israeli Mod M-48.
When i went through the Armor Officer Advanced Course in 1972 we discussed the Israeli Mod as the basis for the M-48A5, which the U.S. Army created by replacing the 90mm with the 105mm, just as the Israelis had done. the Israelis did what the original designers of the M-48 had intended: when the 90mm was outgunned, it could be replaced by a larger cannon; the turret ring of the M-48 was based on the anticipation that the Army would have to go to larger cannon in the future.
so TSATC's database needs the M-48 Israeli Mod as one of the vehicles, and the Schovach Yonim scenario should have the M-48/90mm tanks replaced by M-48 Israeli Mods (M-48A5). The "Tiran" tanks should probably be replaced by M-60s (M-60 basic or A1, not the later A3s with the improved targeting system and performance (from a better and more powerful engine).
the reason for adding these units is because the Israelis used upgunned M-48s which they had modified by replacing the 90mm cannon with the 105mm standard, and had some M-60s.
Dr. George W. Gawrych's study, "The 1973 Arab-Israeli War: The Albatross of Decisive Victory", shows an Israeli M-48 tank on page 48 which clearly has the 105mm cannon, easily distinguished from the 90mm by lacking the muzzle brake of the 90mm, with the large bore evacuator in the midsection of the gun tube.
Page 52 has a photo of three destroyed Israeli tanks, and although i cannot be sure of the one on the left, the center tank is an M-60 and the one on the right is the Israeli Mod M-48.
When i went through the Armor Officer Advanced Course in 1972 we discussed the Israeli Mod as the basis for the M-48A5, which the U.S. Army created by replacing the 90mm with the 105mm, just as the Israelis had done. the Israelis did what the original designers of the M-48 had intended: when the 90mm was outgunned, it could be replaced by a larger cannon; the turret ring of the M-48 was based on the anticipation that the Army would have to go to larger cannon in the future.
so TSATC's database needs the M-48 Israeli Mod as one of the vehicles, and the Schovach Yonim scenario should have the M-48/90mm tanks replaced by M-48 Israeli Mods (M-48A5). The "Tiran" tanks should probably be replaced by M-60s (M-60 basic or A1, not the later A3s with the improved targeting system and performance (from a better and more powerful engine).