"Vostretsov's Steel Balls " Topic
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| Tango01 | 22 Sep 2016 10:01 p.m. PST |
"path of a technology's development is rarely linear. This is true for any country, at any time. Sometimes, when reading the source material, one can only marvel at the brave and unconventional decisions made by some engineers. Searching and creativity did not stop when it was obvious that there was nothing to search for. By the 1940s, the "classic" shape of a tank already formed. Tracks, armament in a rotating turret, the layout of the fighting compartment, all of these things were more or less accepted as standard. It would appear at first glance that there is no point in anything new. Deviation from this direction seemed amusing, and unacceptable for a serious engineer. A negative mind-set towards unconventional solutions was firmly cemented when the Central Committee of Defense of the USSR was flooded with non-viable ideas and proposals. Engineers were tired of shoveling tons of "blueprint ore" and did the same thing civilian engineering bureaus do when they receive a design for a perpetual motion machine: discard without reading…"
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| Andy P | 23 Sep 2016 4:07 a.m. PST |
You do realise that was an old april fools joke? |
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