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It was a command error to move the Ferdinands past infantry support at Kursk which caused its reputation to flounder. This was bad tactical and strategic planning, no fault of the vehicle itself, putting it in a situation it obviously should never be in. Any turretless TD is at a disadvantage in that situation. Expecting high levels of close assault defence on a large, turretless TD is like saying a bow is a poor hand to hand combat weapon.
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absolutely. The old axiom that the longer the peace....the bolder the armour is still true. Tankers get a feeling of invincibility when tooling around the training area at high speed looking down at everyone. And the marketing depts of the major manufacturers capitalise on their arrogance. Everything is nicey nicey when they engage with wogs who do not have similar armour capability....but the second they run into an opfor with a little bit of track they get religion in a hurry and the clever ones won't move an inch without infantry in support.
 
Polish lads with a brand new Mustang Mk III:

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RRCo. said:
"Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we fry".

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Good question! Probably because drive chains require lubrication whereas tracks do not. Lubrication holds contaminents in place where they act like a grinding compound.

There is much more mass in tracks and much looser tolerances. This means dirt gets in more easily, but also falls out more easily. There is much more "room" for wear and loss of dimensions in tracks because of their size than there is in drive chains. Drive chains have smaller parts, made to much greater precision and with much less "room" for wear before they become unserviceable.

Advances in metallurgy may have changed that since WWII, I don't know.
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Actually tracks have big fat orings between the links and are filled with high pressure absorbtion grease. Tracks are lubricated, but they are sealed....once the orings pop and the track looses its grease sand does infiltrate and begin to wear...but as you stated they have much looser tolerances and more meat to wear.
 
ciphery said:
Actually tracks have big fat orings between the links and are filled with high pressure absorbtion grease. Tracks are lubricated, but they are sealed....once the orings pop and the track looses its grease sand does infiltrate and begin to wear...but as you stated they have much looser tolerances and more meat to wear.
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What track, or vehicle, are you talking about ??
 
ciphery said:
Actually tracks have big fat orings between the links and are filled with high pressure absorbtion grease. Tracks are lubricated, but they are sealed....once the orings pop and the track looses its grease sand does infiltrate and begin to wear...but as you stated they have much looser tolerances and more meat to wear.
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I think that's a relatively recent technology where tracks are concerned, and my interest in armour wanes progressively the farther past 1945 we get. ;) Sounds like the sort of thing Western defense industries like to make money off: have to find something for the tire companies to make too I guess. Looking for more info I found some interesting stuff here on the "Canadian Dry Pin" track: http://web.inter.nl.net/users/spoelstra/g104/track.htm
 
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I "think" this must be Italy. RCR landed in Sicily with Thompson's but were in shorts and lighter weight shirts. I am pretty sure by the time they got to Holland they had swapped Thompson's for Sten guns. Is it known where this photo was taken? Who the soldiers were?
 
AP said:
I "think" this must be Italy. RCR landed in Sicily with Thompson's but were in shorts and lighter weight shirts. I am pretty sure by the time they got to Holland they had swapped Thompson's for Sten guns. Is it known where this photo was taken? Who the soldiers were?
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Sure wish I could get a better look at the Bren gunners face, Dad was a Bren gunner through Sicliy and Italy.
 
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Canadians have to be the most intense Nazi hunters on the planet, every pic I see they have their poop together. In that pic you got a spotter with a tommy gun and a guy laying there ready to wipe out a group of Nazis and another guy with the LE watching their 6. I would run from them too if word got out Canadians are coming.
 
AP said:
I "think" this must be Italy. RCR landed in Sicily with Thompson's but were in shorts and lighter weight shirts. I am pretty sure by the time they got to Holland they had swapped Thompson's for Sten guns. Is it known where this photo was taken? Who the soldiers were?
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The photo was taken somewhere in Italy. The Bren gunner is Pte W.L Soderberg, the LCpl is George Netherwood, and the rifleman is Pte Earl Israel. You can find this pic and info on page 6 of the magazine Canada's Ultimate Story - The Fight For Italy published by Legion Magazine.
 
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