Re: [Epic] Super-Heavy Tanx

From: Jimi Tubman <jimi_at_...>
Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 00:03:42 +0100

>And of course the M-3 Grant/Lee tanks had a mix of guns, with the 75 mm
>gun in the body of the tank and a 37 mm gun in a turret. The French did
>this with a couple of their tanks. The Grants were that only mixed AP
>weapon tanks to be used in combat that were any thing close to a
>success. They were used in the North Africa campaign by the British.


Yanks also used M3's!!

>The Germans had, of course, their "Kitty Cats (Tigers, Panthers et al)",
>which were classed as "Super heavy" at the time, but were not that much
>bigger than current tanks.


Panther is classed as a medium tank. Tigers are heavy.

>Several "Assault" tanks were "on the design table" as the war ended that
>would have been "Super Heavy"


One being the German Maus tank - 128mm and 75mm gun in turret, later models
were to have 150mm or 170mm guns instead of 128mm.


Jimi :)
Received on Wed May 27 1998 - 23:03:42 UTC