The Chieftain's Random Musings Thread
Дата: 11.12.2015 19:49:44
Strv74, on Dec 10 2015 - 02:31, said: Chief, I heard that the T29 and T30 were anticipated to take
par in Operation Downfall had threw readhced service and had
downfall. Is this true? Given that Japanese armor in no way
would bounce a 75mm M3, and the fact that the M4 was already in
mass producing with nice versions on the way, I seem to doubt this.
Plus, T29 and T30 were slower, and the extra armor was not really
needed. If I were prepping Downfall all I would ask
for asides from 75mm Shermans are Skinks (with a hull
flamethrower instead of a machine gun).
shapeshifter, on Dec 08 2015 - 21:31, said: Chief any idea if for the T29/T30/T34 tanks, did they ever finish the 30 inch track? There was a blurb in early 1945 about how the 23 inch track + 5 inch end connectors were insufficient for the T29 and development of a 30 inch track would be started. Hunnicutt only lists the 23 + 5 inch track.
The_Chieftain: My guess is that if they were still intended, it would be
for anti-fortification work.
shapeshifter, on Dec 08 2015 - 21:31, said: Chief any idea if for the T29/T30/T34 tanks, did they ever finish the 30 inch track? There was a blurb in early 1945 about how the 23 inch track + 5 inch end connectors were insufficient for the T29 and development of a 30 inch track would be started. Hunnicutt only lists the 23 + 5 inch track.
The_Chieftain: There is a document in my archive record
locator entitled "TT1-19-27 Track, steel, dry pin T93 for
heavy tanks T29 and related". I did not scan this document, so am
not sure what T93 track is, or what the conclusion was from the
project.
The Chieftain's Random Musings Thread