08-27-2008, 05:41 AM
Explain why this became important in the Second World War.
If you know the answer, I would be quick about it!
If you know the answer, I would be quick about it!
08-27-2008, 05:48 AM
This would be BT-5 or BT-7, the predecessor of excellent T-34.
08-27-2008, 06:57 AM
M1931, designated as Medium Tank T3 by the Army.
This particular picture is the T3 on trials at Aberdeen Proving Ground, in 1932.
The US rejected it, instead going with the designs from their own Ordinance dept. resulting in our troops going to war with inferior equipment.
Many other countries, Axis and Allied accepted the design, especially the suspension. The importance of the suspension is it is still the type you see today in the M1 Abrams. A durable and lasting design.
This particular picture is the T3 on trials at Aberdeen Proving Ground, in 1932.
The US rejected it, instead going with the designs from their own Ordinance dept. resulting in our troops going to war with inferior equipment.
Many other countries, Axis and Allied accepted the design, especially the suspension. The importance of the suspension is it is still the type you see today in the M1 Abrams. A durable and lasting design.
08-27-2008, 07:33 AM
Josey Wales has the right answer.
If I have the story straight, J. Walter Christie went to the Soviets and designed tanks for them which led to the BT tanks and the T-34 mentioned by PzHeinZ.
What made the Christie tank revolutionary was the idea of a fast tank, which was way ahead of US army thinking in the 1930s. You can still see a prototype at the Aberdeen museum. If I remember correctly, you could take off the treads on the Christie tank, and it could do 60 mph on a highway.
If I have the story straight, J. Walter Christie went to the Soviets and designed tanks for them which led to the BT tanks and the T-34 mentioned by PzHeinZ.
What made the Christie tank revolutionary was the idea of a fast tank, which was way ahead of US army thinking in the 1930s. You can still see a prototype at the Aberdeen museum. If I remember correctly, you could take off the treads on the Christie tank, and it could do 60 mph on a highway.