The beast weighed in at 45 tonnes about the same weight as the later KV-1 heavy tank. The tank saw very limited combat during Barbarossa due to the tanks breaking down before they could reach the combat zone.
1 posted on
04/19/2018 8:58:37 AM PDT by
C19fan
To: C19fan
“very limited combat during Barbarossa due to the tanks breaking down before they could reach the combat zone.”
Well, that would be a bit of a drawback. lol
2 posted on
04/19/2018 9:01:09 AM PDT by
V_TWIN
(oks like)
To: C19fan
3 posted on
04/19/2018 9:02:23 AM PDT by
DarthVader
("The biggest misconception on Free Republic is that the Deep State is invulnerable")
To: C19fan
5 posted on
04/19/2018 9:03:27 AM PDT by
bmwcyle
(People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
To: C19fan
This thread is worthless without pictures...
6 posted on
04/19/2018 9:03:39 AM PDT by
GreenLanternCorps
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To: C19fan
The Tiger I was 54 tons (60 short tons). The Tiger II was 68 tons (75 short tons).
7 posted on
04/19/2018 9:03:54 AM PDT by
rjsimmon
(The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
To: C19fan
8 posted on
04/19/2018 9:05:48 AM PDT by
BBell
(calm down and eat your sandwiches)
To: C19fan
To: C19fan
Actually - pretty cool!!!!!
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The T-35 was built with the trenches of World War II—and enemy tanks—in mind. The heavy tank was meant to spearhead an attack on prepared enemy positions, rolling over trenches, destroying bunkers and machine gun nests with its 76-millimeter gun, and fending off counter attacking enemy tanks with its forward-facing 45-millimeter gun. In case accompanying infantry got bogged down, the T-35 could engage targets to its flanks and rear. The tank held enough ammo for a prolonged battle, with each carrying 96 rounds of 76-millimeter ammo, about 180 rounds of 45-millimeter anti-tank shells, and 10,000 rounds of machine gun ammo. Some tanks were equipped with flamethrowers.
13 posted on
04/19/2018 9:19:51 AM PDT by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
To: archy
16 posted on
04/19/2018 9:37:18 AM PDT by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: C19fan
Russia wasn't the only country infected with "land battleship" fever. The French had their Char 2c tanks. originally built in secrecy, and considered a super-weapon, only ten were ever built.
18 posted on
04/19/2018 9:53:02 AM PDT by
Rinnwald
To: C19fan
Looks to me like it has a turret on its turret.
Mind
Blown
25 posted on
04/19/2018 11:52:53 AM PDT by
ExGeeEye
(For dark is the suede that mows like a harvest.)
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