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Re: flying 262s again... - tlclark - 11-14-2006
Good Golly!!
hock: hock: hock: hock: hock: hock: I guess there really is a more expensive form of re-enacting!!
A scale 262!! Amazing.
Travis
Re: flying 262s again... - Cornelius Quintus - 11-14-2006
Quote:Good Golly!!
I guess there really is a more expensive form of re-enacting!!
A scale 262!! Amazing.
Travis
Ave Travis,
then try to imagine the minimum equipment needed for re-enacting the battle of Jutland ('Skagarrak' for German sailors) :lol:
Re: flying 262s again... - Matt Lukes - 11-14-2006
:lol: :lol:
A fleet of battlecrusiers might set your reenacting budged back a little...
I'd KILL for a running reproduction Tiger or Panther- and not a silly T54 dressed up as one :wink:
Re: flying 262s again... - Praefectusclassis - 11-14-2006
So don't kill me, but I've seen a running King Tiger.
Re: flying 262s again... - Matt Lukes - 11-14-2006
Oh sure- I know the museum at Saumur has one, and a Panther too. Must be damned cool to see those beasts driving...
Re: flying 262s again... - Carus Andiae - 11-14-2006
Quote:Oh sure- I know the museum at Saumur has one, and a Panther too. Must be damned cool to see those beasts driving...
Bovington Tank Museum has a working Tiger I.
Re: flying 262s again... - MARCvSVIBIvSMAvRINvS - 11-14-2006
NOPE....................
It doesnt work.........
a few years back i tried to see wether we could use it for a movie.... alass.... it did work once, but someone tried the witmann maneuver with it.... the crankshaft broke, the engine caught flame, and the inside buckled up... and the conservator of the museum told me personally it wouldnt be possible for a very very long time to restore it...
M.VIB.M.
Re: flying 262s again... - LUCIUS ALFENUS AVITIANUS - 11-14-2006
Look:
TIGER I
http://youtube.com/watch?v=x9g676_h84U
http://youtube.com/watch?v=0i4xWiqBxuY& ... ed&search=
Kingtiger
http://youtube.com/watch?v=nSmgMzFdv4M& ... ed&search=
Panther
http://youtube.com/watch?v=gf1KrH1ZelY& ... ed&search=
Jagdpanther
http://youtube.com/watch?v=p0NXbG3ojeU& ... ed&search=
Sturmgeschutz:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=cFLcNkMQYss& ... ed&search=
ETC (HETZER, Jagdpanther firing, an a lot more videos)
Re: flying 262s again... - MARCvSVIBIvSMAvRINvS - 11-14-2006
I stand corrected!
well it was about 5 years ago they told me...........
VERY HAPPY IT WORKS NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!
hehehehehe
M.VIB.M.
Re: flying 262s again... - tlclark - 11-15-2006
Damn, That was one hell of a tank.
Every time I see one, (or the 262's for that matter!) I'm reminded of that old Jimmy Stewart line from "Flight of the Phoenix" to the German Engineer.
"How did we ever beat you guys?"
Re: flying 262s again... - Tarbicus - 11-15-2006
Quote:"How did we ever beat you guys?"Faster, more manoeuvrable, less needy, more adaptable, and greater in numbers; the Sherman.
Re: flying 262s again... - Matt Lukes - 11-15-2006
Quote:Damn, That was one hell of a tank.
Every time I see one, (or the 262's for that matter!) I'm reminded of that old Jimmy Stewart line from "Flight of the Phoenix" to the German Engineer.
"How did we ever beat you guys?"
:lol: What a great line in a great movie- and it might have had something to do with having to fight the US, Great Britain including all of the Commonwealth countries, forces from all the conquered countries, AND the Soviet Union...
Re: flying 262s again... - Praefectusclassis - 11-15-2006
Lack of fuel? :wink:
You do wonder though, what if they'd switched to improving the Panther and forgot about the heavies. That, after all, was their most versatile one and the model for most post war MBTs.
Re: flying 262s again... - Robert Vermaat - 11-15-2006
Quote:Lack of fuel? :wink:Who needs a fast panzer when they needed mobile bunkers most of all? But I think the production of Stugs was a mistake, probably the numbers were more important than quality (turrets cost money and time).
You do wonder though, what if they'd switched to improving the Panther and forgot about the heavies. That, after all, was their most versatile one and the model for most post war MBTs.
Re: flying 262s again... - Praefectusclassis - 11-15-2006
I said versatile, not just fast. The Panther still had better armor than most of the Allies' and one of the best guns of the war. Instead of a little under 2000 Tigers and KTigers, they might have produced even more Panthers... On the other hand, the sheer reputation of the Tigers did help as well. How about forget the Panther and just keep rolling out the Panzer IVs with Tiger and KTiger supports?