| Pictors Studio | 05 Nov 2009 12:28 a.m. PST |
picture So it used to be pretty cool to be able to move and shoot. How about that? Unless the gun is so big that it shot the tank up and backwards. Either way that is totally bad ass and might beat the spetznaz picture where the guy is upside-down in the air throwing the knife at the target. |
| Whatisitgood4atwork | 05 Nov 2009 2:53 a.m. PST |
Wow. Is this the next Dukes of Hazard car? I wonder how the landing felt. |
Pat Ripley  | 05 Nov 2009 3:39 a.m. PST |
the mechanics were looking at that going oh no! |
| CPT Jake | 05 Nov 2009 3:47 a.m. PST |
But did it hit the target? I actually have a video tape some where showing my tank doing a similar jump back when we were testing the M1A2s. My gunner was not happy, the landing was survivable though. |
| Cold Steel | 05 Nov 2009 5:20 a.m. PST |
Jake, define "survivable." That is a very good way for the gunner to have a permanent imprint of the gunsight across his face. Most modern tanks can make a jump like this once. Just remove the road speed governor and find a ramp. I even saw a brand new 2d Lieutenant do it once in an M60A1. A wonderful jump that broke every torsion bar in the suspension on landing. Never saw that LT again. |
| Klebert L Hall | 05 Nov 2009 5:40 a.m. PST |
No big deal, lots of tanks can do this. You just want to make sure that you don't touch the brakes on landing.
-Kle. |
| Ditto Tango 2 1 | 05 Nov 2009 7:16 a.m. PST |
Did something like this while in the gunner position in a Leopard C1 in 1984. The gunner is below the commander and there is a large space, probably 2 feet, between the gunner's head and the turret roof. I was smart enough to pull my face away from the sight, but it just about broke my femurs as my lap was banged up against the gunner controls and sight and my head walloped the ceiling. It was really not pleasant. One of our road wheels broke off as well. I was too dazed when the CC told me to continue traversing my arcs while we were moving otherwise I would have told him to  off, I am sure… I'll bet you ten zillion dollars that the gunner in that picture isn't looking through his sight! 
--
Tim |
| ming31 | 05 Nov 2009 7:28 a.m. PST |
…just wait and see that in the next action flick …hitting a pidgeon three miles away |
| zoneofcontrol | 05 Nov 2009 9:21 a.m. PST |
Is this considered firing Air-to-Ground? |
| Eclectic Wave | 05 Nov 2009 10:01 a.m. PST |
First chance, I'm going to go buy a FOW M3 Lee tank and paint a Dixie Flag on top of it. I just need to find a command vehicle for "BurgerMiester Schwein". |
| tchristney | 05 Nov 2009 4:15 p.m. PST |
It's a t-90, you can find quite a few videos of them shooting on the fly like that. Seems to be the big thing marketing gets them to do. No idea of the down range effect, if any… They do have fairly effective gun stabilization, but I'm not convinced aerial manoeuvres fit within the design spec. :) |
| CPT Jake | 05 Nov 2009 5:23 p.m. PST |
"define "survivable." Gunner's cheek bones and nose not broken, my ribs not too badly bruised, no class three leaks in the rotary shocks, continued to the objective and kicked ass…. |
 John the OFM  | 05 Nov 2009 7:20 p.m. PST |
We do have the experiences of the Herman Goering Parachute Panzer Division to fall back on. |
| zoneofcontrol | 05 Nov 2009 7:22 p.m. PST |
Eclectic Wave-
First chance, I'm going to go buy a FOW M3 Lee tank and paint a Dixie Flag on top of it. I just need to find a command vehicle for "BurgerMiester Schwein". I remember the show well and recall stories of how many cars and parts of cars they went through filming episodes.
You better get some spare M3 Lee Quarter Panels to keep on hand. |
