Corrected UK OOB

MarkSheppard · #1 July 26th, 2005, 06:02 PM

I've discovered some information about the Centurion Series of tanks, particularly the early Mk 1/2 models from
"New Vanguard 68: Centurion Universal Tank 1943-2003

Centurion Mk I had:

76mm Front Glacis @ 57 degrees
38mm Sides/Rear

Only a handful of Mk Is were built before production switched to the Mk II, which had:

118mm Glacis
51mm Sides/Rear

In the current WinMBT OOB, the Centurion 1/2 have
the same armor ratings; could this be corrected
in the forthcoming patch?

JohnHale · #2 August 1st, 2005, 08:40 AM

http://www.tankmuseum.org.uk/newsart.html

Mobhack · #3 August 1st, 2005, 10:18 AM

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JohnHale said:

http://www.tankmuseum.org.uk/newsart.html

They were not used, it seems. At least - I cannot find any historical evidence for them.

Cheers
Andy

Listy · #4 August 31st, 2005, 04:15 PM

I've just seen an article that says Watchkeeper RPV will have Observation Radar's.

The watchkeeper's current Vision is 40.

Listy · #5 September 4th, 2005, 05:41 PM

Me again, with Questions this time.

Looking at the challenger 2, and I was wondering where the version with the add on armour is?

My other Question is concerning the Vickers HMG. It's only got a HEK of 5, the Same as a Bren gun, and a Vickers has surely more firepower. There was one account where one gun managed to fire 5 Million rounds of .303 non-stop..

DRG · #6 September 4th, 2005, 06:41 PM

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Listy said:
Me again, with Questions this time.
My other Question is concerning the Vickers HMG. It's only got a HEK of 5, the Same as a Bren gun, and a Vickers has surely more firepower. There was one account where one gun managed to fire 5 Million rounds of .303 non-stop..

Yes but it doesn't dump them all in the same area in 3 minutes, does it? That's what increases the HEK number not the fact it can fire marathon shoots. It's not a Gatling gun. It's a nice slow but steady HMG but doesn't have a very high volume of fire in any given 2 or three minute segment and yes, you can fire it all day and all night but that doesn't make it inherently deadlier in any given "game turn". In fact, it's less deadly because of it's slow rate of fire but that slow rate of fire allows it to shoot for hours but that kind of endurance doesn't count of much in the game

Don

Listy · #7 September 4th, 2005, 07:05 PM

**shrug**

All true.. but six minutes of non-stop Vickers fire might be a different prospect to a 30 rnd Bren gun mag.

At least I know someone's reading all this stuff I keep finding

Mobhack · #8 September 4th, 2005, 08:13 PM

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Listy said:
Me again, with Questions this time.

Looking at the challenger 2, and I was wondering where the version with the add on armour is?

My other Question is concerning the Vickers HMG. It's only got a HEK of 5, the Same as a Bren gun, and a Vickers has surely more firepower. There was one account where one gun managed to fire 5 Million rounds of .303 non-stop..

What "uparmoured challenger 2". Never heard of it. Cites? (UK MoD, Vickers etc ??). Pictures?. Stats?. Numbers?. Local one-off engineering job or official Mod programme?.

Or - are you getting confused with the uparmoured CR1 (Challenger 1+ in the OOB) as used in Operation Granby ?.

Cheers
Andy

Listy · #9 September 4th, 2005, 09:51 PM

Very big photo, from the MOD site.
http://www.operations.mod.uk/telic/i..._basrah_hr.jpg

Up Armoured panels on the front and side hulls.
BTW: Last time we had a vechicle ID lesson I out socred everyone else... I Like my tanks..

Also are you going to include the very first few CR1 with a 50 cal Coax instead of the Electronic Bullet Chewing box? (IIRC it also had no TI either)