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jwhc said:
Good day fellow Nutz :) New day new picture :)



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Joe
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KV1s somewhere in Siberia. Big ol' paint booth on the left probably, that or a "clean room" for some special assemblies, or maybe engine testing with those rear decks leaning against it.

Notice the cast and welded turrets in the same production line.

No 360° periscope for the commander. "You vant see nemyetski? Put out head and look!" :D

But when you're advancing along a line drawn on a map, which is how they advanced, you don't need to look around as much maybe.

Some of the men in the photo look pretty old, but of course they could be zeks and they got old very quicly!
 
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RRCo. said:
KV1s somewhere in Siberia. Big ol' paint booth on the left probably, that or a "clean room" for some special assemblies, or maybe engine testing with those rear decks leaning against it.

Notice the cast and welded turrets in the same production line.

No 360° periscope for the commander. "You vant see nemyetski? Put out head and look!" :D

But when you're advancing along a line drawn on a map, which is how they advanced, you don't need to look around as much maybe.

Some of the men in the photo look pretty old, but of course they could be zeks and they got old very quicly!
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i suspect that these are not being produced on this line, but refitted/repaired from whatever comes in. no reason to have such a mixture of equipment and parts on a set of new made tanks
 
Bredas? Besas? And is that an Italian chassis "under new management" in the desert?

Ah - upon further research, I find this:

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Joe's pic is apparently a Vickers light AA tank Mk I. Weird little device. Looks like a total poopmagnet.

 
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That's interesting. Japanese, I assume.

Sho' nuf - here's another pic:

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Very cool - I didn't know they had anything like it. God knows they had the need. Here's some additional info from a total stranger with no bibliographical information:

Type 4 70 mm rocket launcher:

In early 1943 the japanese Army was able to capture some US 60 mm Bazookas. As these weapons were extremely light and had a larger penetration ability than most japanese at-guns the decision was made to develop a similar weapon.

In late 1943 design data of the german Raketenpanzerbüchse 54 were delivered to Japan speeding up the own development. In early 1944 the 70 mm rocket launcher (exact caliber 72 mm) was tested at the Osaka Army Arsenal.

To minimize the transport size the launcher could be disassembled into two parts. The firing mechanism was copied from the US Bazooka. A bipod could be attached to the 1500 mm long barrel. Total weight was 8 kg.

The rocket propelled grenade had a total length of 359 mm and was projectile-shaped with small fins giving a rotation to stabilize the flight. Muzzle velocity was 160 m/s with a propellant weight of 260 g and a burntime of 0,4 sec.

Minimum range was 50 m to arm the fuze which was armed after few rotations. The maximum range was 800 m, maximum effective range 100m with a hit accuracy of 60%. The penetration ability of the hollow-charge warheads with an explosive weight of 700g was 80 mm. The inmpact fuze only worked in hit angles between 90° and 60°. Below 60° the warhead didn´t detonate.

The two-men-crew consists of gunner and loader. An experienced crew could reach a rof of 6 rpm. A total of 3300 type 4 rocket launchers were produced at Ogura and Osaka Army Arsenals from July, 1944. All were given to units preparing for the homeland defence, non were used outside Japan.
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Dark Alley Dan said:
That's interesting. Japanese, I assume.

Sho' nuf - here's another pic:

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Very cool - I didn't know they had anything like it. God knows they had the need. Here's some additional info from a total stranger with no bibliographical information:
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Thanks for the info Dan :)
 
Just adding this because I just bought one... 7'6" long, 110lbs.

Figured it is an interesting enough piece of history to post about. I'll throw up some photos when she arrives.

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JESUS MARY AND JOSEPH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You're going to have to source the Tree stump AA mount for it to properly display it in your room!

BASTAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(Adopt me?)

NS
 
Kevin M. said:
Just adding this because I just bought one... 7'6" long, 110lbs.

Figured it is an interesting enough piece of history to post about. I'll throw up some photos when she arrives.

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Where the hell are you gonna find ammo for that Lahti????

Where the hell is a range that'll let you SHOOT it???
 
NavyShooter said:
JESUS MARY AND JOSEPH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You're going to have to source the Tree stump AA mount for it to properly display it in your room!

BASTAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(Adopt me?)

NS
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NavyShooter said:
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Lol, never seen the tree stump mount, seems like they would be pretty rare though. :D

shredder said:
Where the hell are you gonna find ammo for that Lahti????

Where the hell is a range that'll let you SHOOT it???
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Going to use it at Sharon Gun Club for the moment, rated for all legal calibers.

Just purchased 50 CNC lathe turned steel cases. The cases are made to accept .50BMG primers.

At the same time, I am getting 400 CNC lathe turned projectiles, solid brass.

Working on dies and a press next.
 
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