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| Subject: | Re: Differences between WWII and modern German tanks |  |
| Date: | Apr 21, 2008 |
| From: | Juan Contreras | |
Changes in technology and doctrines often force new changes and improvements.
Now we have better armor, suspensions, better engines, etc. so they are a result on deeper thinking than 60 years ago. There was a lot of rush in those times.
Thinking that the Tiger Ausf. B could have made it to the 60's doesn't seem ridiculous... Panzer IV were used in 1967 and Hetzers were used into the 70's if I'm not wrong. Not to mention that Soviet designs had a much longer life.
Tanks as the Merkava were conceived the other way around, with front engine and transmission, etc. So while there are obvious changes, not everyone thinks the same. Focusing on the German development, I would like to hear what planners thought when designing the Leopard 2 for example...
Juan Contreras |
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 | Differences between WWII and modern German tanks - Robert Lu - Apr 19, 2008 |
| . . . Re: Differences between WWII and modern German tanks - Paul A. Owen - Apr 19, 2008 |
| . . . . . . Re: Differences between WWII and modern German tanks - Robert Lu - Apr 19, 2008 |
| . . . Re: Differences between WWII and modern German tanks - Norm Samuelson - Apr 19, 2008 |
| . . . Not just German - David Nickels - Apr 20, 2008 |
| . . . . . . Re: Not just German - John Murcutt - Apr 20, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: Older members - John Harris - Apr 22, 2008 |
| . . . . . . live tracks? - Dominic Miele - Apr 20, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: live tracks? - Al Bowie - Apr 20, 2008 |
| . . . . . . Re: Not just German - Al Bowie - Apr 20, 2008 |
| . . . Re: Differences between WWII and modern German tanks - Sean Langley - Apr 20, 2008 |
| . . . Re: Differences between WWII and modern German tanks - Juan Contreras - Apr 21, 2008 |
| . . . . . . Re: Differences between WWII and modern German tanks - Ken Adolphe - Apr 21, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: Differences between WWII and modern German tanks - Y.C. Wang - Apr 21, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Differences between WWII and modern German tanks - Ken Adolphe - Apr 21, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: Differences between WWII and modern German tanks - Robert Lu - Apr 21, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Differences between WWII and modern German tanks - Ken Adolphe - Apr 22, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: Differences between WWII and modern German tanks - a. syalabi - Apr 22, 2008 |
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