T110's Zen-like Inner Core.
Дата: 17.09.2015 08:52:13
Life_In_Black, on Sep 17 2015 - 04:41, said: Lioness & Lion of the Line Vol. 1 says that not only were
M-50s still being converted to use the Continental R-975 engine
into the late '50s, including using captured Egyptian Shermans with
the additional side armor plates, it also states that several years
of using the M-50 with the Continental R-975 necessitated the
search for a new engine, but the M-51 was to enter production in
the mean time with the Continental R-975 due to an urgent need for
the powerful 105mm cannon to be in service. So the search for a new
engine was ongoing while the M-51 was entering service, and the
M-50s themselves would have been converted after the M-51 was
already in production with the Continental R-975. Which means the
new engine hadn't been decided upon when the M-51 was entering
production, nor were any M-50s being converted yet as there wasn't
an engine to convert them to. Which means the prototype is before
the Cummins entered the picture, as the Cummins was decided upon
after the M-51 had already entered production with the Continental
R-975. The_Chieftain: I don't think it does. Why would, for example, the
following scenario be either incompatible with the above, or
unreasonable to postulate? "Ah, Ben, my Israeli friend.
Welcome back to France" "Hallo Jacques. Good to be back. I'm sure
you love repeat customers. Listen, you remember those M50s you sold
us a couple of years ago? We are worried they won't cut it any
more. We need something better" "Mais, ouis. Come this way. We were
hoping you would be returning, so we were playing around with some
ideas just in case. Please, look at this new tank conversion.
It's a proof of concept right now, built around a spare M4A1 hull
we happened to have in the back. Firstly, of course, we have the
new gun. Developed for our forthcoming AMX-30 (You wouldn't want
any of those, would you? No? OK, we continue). Also, our service
reps we sent over to help on your M50s reported back on your power
problems. So we have found this new American diesel which chucks
out more horsepower and still fits in the back. You can refit your
M50s with it too" "Does it work?" "Well, sort of. The gun's recoil
is a bit rough, but the engineers assure us that if we lop off
about 63cm, the tank will take it well enough. The engine works
well when it works, but we seem to be having air-flow difficulties
so it's not reliable over time or in high heat. Cummins' rep is
helping us out with trying to fix that. Also, though the spare
hull we had was fitted with VVSS, we believe that due to the
increased weight, HVSS bogies are necessary." "Darnit. Well, we
can't wait for you to sort out the tank to perfection, we need
something harder-hitting now. Tell you what. We'll buy the turret
conversions for now and stick with the Continentals while you see
if you can't figure out how to make the diesel work. If you
do, please let us know." This seems not to be far-fetched
and unless I'm missing something, falls within the scope of the
information you've provided.
T110's Zen-like Inner Core.