(December 3, 2018 at 5:04 pm)Gae Bolga Wrote: They generally carried a hundred rounds for main armament (though that storage was often improvised or over spec), and a few thou for secondary (like the mgs).
I don't know what their rate of fire in combat conditions was, but i guess we could look it up and do some napkin math. They were death traps even with ammo, if you ask anti tank infantry or a mustang pilot.
The primary function of an armored vehicle is to quickly transport infantry...and break through obstacles for infantry (including other armored vehicles and entrenched infantry).
FUCK, that many? I did not know that. I have seen the old cannon balls for the Civil War before and those things are pretty damned big. How the fuck did they fit all that in one tank?
I was just watching that documentary and two things hit me. One, not being an expert, and right before the narrator said it, I thought to myself, If I were aiming at an enemy tank, I would hit between the top, and the base, like punching someone in the neck, the space where it swivels. But the other thing I was thinking what happens when you run out? Stick your head out at that point, you are a sitting duck. It would seem to me infantry at least has the opportunity to hide behind a tree or ditch instead of sitting in a huge dead target.
