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Tanks (vehicle)
Military tanks is an tracked Armed Fighting Vehicle. These vehicles are usually used in front line combat, also, Tanks do have both offensive and defensive capabilities. All military tanks do have armor to protect the crew inside the tank.
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What person invented the army tank?
No single individual person invented the military tank.
Mr. (later Sir) Eustace Tennyson d'Eyncourt head of the British "Landships Committee" during WWI is the closest person that can be credited for inventing the military tank. It was under his supervision that the FIRST army tanks were designed, built, and fielded onto the battlefields during WWI.
What is the best tier 5 arty in World of Tanks?
It is completely down to personal preference and playing style..
If you want long range, hard hitting (up to 1000hp) and 56kph top speed you want the M41.. However, with second gun I can not even get 3 shots a minute.. But IMO this is the best tier 5 arty.
For fast rate of fire and OK TD mode you want the Hummel.. But there are two drawbacks. Firstly is is the least powerful of all tier 5 arties and also, the ammo is absurdly expensive. Up to 1100 credits for one shell.
SU-8 is an average tank.. Very similar to the Hummel but harder hitting and less expensive ammo.. I wouldn't recommend going Russian for arties as they are extremely outclassed in the higher tiers. Except SU-26 which is plain epic.
Finally, the French. The AMX is an okay tank in general. For a tank. Not an arty.. The accuracy is bad, reload bad, power terrible but it is quite fast. I would not recommend this route..
So.. It all depends on playing style but after years of research (joking, about 2wks) I have concluded that the arts go in this order:
1. M41
2. Hummel
3. SU-8
4. AMX
Thank you. I hope this helps you in your WoT career.
What is the most powerful tank in world war 2?
The allis and axis tanks had been powerful but the T-34 and the panther thank are fighting to be the most powerful.
PantherThe panther tank is very powerful. It's armour was so good better even than the tiger tank. It had a powerful shot as well so strong that it's able to defeat 140mm armor from 2 km distance and had been noticed that for each destroyed pather you can find about 6 destroyed shermans, the American taks, often used by british. Panther tank was an answer to t-34, so it was very alike. The closest German tank in power was inviariably tigerII, or the king tiger which had more powerful shot and better armour than tigerI. Like most of German taks, it was extremely well armoured from the front. With all those attributes people say that the panther tank was the strongest even the allis. T-34T-34 is also powerful. It had been produced in numbers rather than power just like shermans. There had been about 120,000 of these tanks costructed, while there had been less than 10000 panthers.The armour was from 15 to 45mm thick.I don't know what yu might say, but fo me the panther tank is the most powerful remembering the date, 1943. Of course the modern tanks are stronger but technology 70 years ago was least improved
When was the military tank invented?
There are designs dating back to Leonardo da Vinci. The first practical use was in World War 1. They were used to break the stalemate in the trench warfare.
Da Vinci didn't design a tank. He designed a muscle-powered, moving shelter that ran on wheels. The idea goes back centuries before that. It was only once the caterpillar track and the petrol engine had been invented that building a true tank became possible. Military tanks (armoured fighting vehicles with armament, that run on tracks and can operate off-road) were designed in several countries in the decade before WWI - France, Austria, and Australia in particular - but not built. A prototype was built in Russia once the War began, but development went no further. It was in Britain and France that military men looked for a way of overcoming the stalemate on the Western Front and, after considerable experimentation, what we now call a tank proved to be the most suitable means. The problem is whether you mean "when was it thought of?" or "when was one made?" Both are difficult to answer, because lots of people imagined something that would do what a tank does, and several ideas came together (in both Britain and France) to result in tanks. It was a process. The best evidence we know for certain is that a Frenchman called Levavasseur offered the French Army something quite like a true tank in 1903.
The tank is an offensive weapon tasked to (1) break through the defense
of the enemy. (2) flank the enemy force or (3) as an element of combined
forces, seek out and destroy the enemy using the "combined arms" of Air,
Artillery and Infantry.
The United States active tank fleet stands at more than 2,400. During World War 2, the US employed a total of roughly fifty thousand tanks, more than half of which were the ever famous Shermans.
Can a surface to air missile lock on and destroy a tank?
It MIGHT be able to lock onto a tank, but it wouldn't destroy one. AA missiles are designed to fragment (much like a hand grenade), which sends shrapnel into very thin-skinned aircraft. This would be incapable of penetrating a tank, which has very thick armour, and requires a different type of warhead to defeat it.
What country used the first tank in World War 1?
england
Answerit was used by england. it was first deployed in the battle of sommeWould a tank survive a nuclear attack?
To do that it would have to have CBRN protection levels i.e. be sealed from CBRN threats. Older tanks wouldn't survive by a longshot, newer tanks might be able to, depends on model.
How do you change tracks on a army tank?
If the tank has thrown a track in the field, sometimes its possible to get it back on, but as hard as it is in the shop its even more laborious in the mud of the field and possibly under fire.
ANS2:(A) You drive the tank onto the laid-out track, (yes you can drive a tank on one track. By pulling on the steering lever on the side which is having the new track fitted it stops the drive on that side, thus making the other side drive the track already fitted). (B) You stop the tank when the rear is close to the end of the laid - out track. (C) You attach a strong rope to the end of the track at the front of the tank, pass the rope along the top return rollers and wrap it round the drive sprocket. (D) The driver now engages low reverse and pulling the steering lever on the side of the tank which already has a track fitted,slowly reverses. The tank stays where it is but pulls the track over the return rollers untill the teeth on the drive sprocket engage the track. (E) The rope is removed and the same procedure followed untill the track is tight on the return rollers. (F) The two ends are connected as per the previous answer, i.e by someone with a crowbar lifting the track till the ends meet, when the track pin is driven in. (G) The track is then tightened to the correct amount by two men wielding the biggest spanner you have ever seen onto the track adjuster on the front idler wheel. - Job done!What is the wheels on an army tank called?
During WWII the "train" looking wheels were called bogie wheels. During the Vietnam War no US tank had bogies; all US tanks (as well as the NVA enemy tanks) had ROAD WHEELS.
Generally speaking, a modern tank uses a layout consisting of 3 or 4 different wheel types.
- The drive sprocket (or drive wheel) is either in the upper rear or upper front corner, and is attached to the engine. It provides power to the track.
- The idler (or tension wheel) is in the opposition position as the drive sprocket (i.e. either the upper rear or upper front position)
- Road wheels are the large main wheels on the ground side of the track, and usually number between 5 and 8, depending on the size of the wheels and the length of the tank. These wheels bear the weight of the tank.
- Return rollers are much smaller wheels (maybe 15% or less of the diameter of the road wheels) aligned along the top edge of the track, numbering usually 2-4. They keep the track from sliding around, enabling better "track dynamics", which improve performance. Return rollers are not present on all tank designs (particularly, older designs sometimes eschewed them), but seem to be pretty universal in today's tanks.
Which countries had tanks in World War 2?
Nearly all countries involvedWorld War 2had tanks, though some did not build their own and instead, used tanks either built by their allies(respective of their side ie:axis or allies)or captured from the enemy.The Soviet Union(mainly Russia)and the U.S.A. "had"or produced more tanks than anyone else, followed by England, Germany, Poland, France, Italy, Japan, and Hungary. Rumania, Switzerland,various soviet states, and theother countries involved in the war generally used tanks that were made by other countries on their side who had better industrial capabilities. I hope this answers the question.
What are the soldiers in the tanks called?
Depends on the persons' position, Tank Driver, Tank Loader, Tank Gunman, Tank Commander. Most are just called Tankmen to sum up all positions
What weapon's did they used in tanks and aircrafts?
Tanks use cannons; and aircraft use machine guns or automatic cannons (small caliber such as 20mm, 30mm, etc). Tank cannons are called "main guns." During the Vietnam War, the US Patton tanks fired 90mm main guns; while the Australian Centurion tanks fired 84mm guns.
What is the difference between artillery guns and tanks?
Traditionally, and normally even today; Artillery means "Guns". And Armor means "Tanks."
When military men say "guns" they are referring to artillery (cannons). Example: "What position were those "guns" located during last night's recon mission?"
For Armor: "Last night's recon flight (reconnaissance/scouting) showed some "armor", point out their locations on the map here."
Since times/names/organization/etc. have changed, during the Vietnam War: Field Guns were "wheeled towed guns" (mostly 105mm and 155mm), they were also called "split trails" or "split tails", "field pieces", as well as artillery and cannons. They were called "split trails" because for towing, their extended rear rails were slid together where there was a steel circle and that circle was placed over the vehicle's towing hitch (like pulling any trailer today). When deployed, the tail end of the gun was un-hitched from the vehicle that was pulling it, and placed on the ground, the artillerymen spread the rail to form a "V" and the "V" now acted as supports (or an anchor) for the gun when it fired. The second type of gun in Vietnam was the SP, or SPG (Self Propelled Gun); these were simply guns that drove themselves, they did NOT have to be towed. Some looked like a tank because they were fully armored with a turret (often constructed from aluminum). The most common SP's in Vietnam that had turrets and were most often mistaken for tanks, were the 155mm SPGs. The second type of SPG in Vietnam were the 175mm and the 8 inch SP's. They had no turret, the gun tubes themselves were completely exposed, those could not be mistaken for a tank.
During the Vietnam War: The M48 Patton 90mm Gun Tank; M551 Sheridan light tank (officially designated the Armored Airborne Reconnaissance Assault Vehicle/152mm gun); M41 Walker Bulldog light tank (76mm gun); and the Australian Centurion 84mm gun medium tank were employed. The enemy (NVA) deployed T-54/55 100mm Gun medium tanks; and their PT-76 Amphibious light tanks (76mm), these machines were supplied to the North by both the USSR & Red China. Red Chinese equipment supplied to North Vietnam were called CHICOM AK-47s, SKS's, tanks, grenades, etc. Chicom=Chinese Communist.
The difference between artillery and armor is that artillery (guns) stay in place and fire primarily IN-DIRECT fire at enemy positions. In-direct fire means they cannot see what they are shooting at (artillery observers do that for them/during Vietnam they were called FO's-Forward Observers/if they were pilots they were called FAC's-Forward Air Controllers). Tanks are designed to move, shoot, and communicate-they fire while advancing...and primarily employ DIRECT fire on the enemy (direct fire means they can see the target...and like a rifle, they are aiming directly at the target).
Consequently, tanks, during the Viet War, were built of solid steel (today they are built of composites); with the ONE exception of the M551 Sheridan tank, those were (minus the 152mm gun and turret) built of aluminum, as they could swim (they were amphibious).
Who brought the tank to world war 1?
While the origin of the tank dates back to Leonardo Davinchi the English are credited with the first Successful use of a Tank in WW1
Has a challenger 2 tank ever been destroyed?
By enemy fire? no, none. One was destroyed in a friendly fire incident by another Challenger II.
Why is the challenger 2 the best tank in the world?
There are many modern tanks in the world which outperform the Challenger 2 on specification. Though the question is very subjective and opinionated. People will perceive the tank to be great since it replaced the Challenger 1 (MBT) which has the longest tank-on-tank kill in the world. In Gulf war 1 where it successfully hit an Iraqi tank several miles away in the 1991 war.
The Challenger 2 is equipped with the latest generation of Chobham armour, the Dorchester variant (Third generation), the latest in the series of the composite armour. It is reported that the armour uses several layers of ceramic materials wedged between layers of steel. The armour itself is considered successful since it is used in the latest generation of US-made M1 Abram tanks. Though all generations of Chobam armour are classified. There have additionally however been incidents where the armour has been penetrated by Russian made anti-tank weaponry and mines.
There have been two incidents where the armour was reported to have been penetrated:
- For example in 2007 a Challenger 2 had been penetrated by an RPG-29 which defeated the tanks explosive re-active armour (ERA) which caused the driver of the tank to lose half of his foot.
- Other incidents include an improvised explosive device (IED) penetrating the tank causing the driver of the tank to lose both his legs.
These incidents called on the UK's Ministry of Defence(MoD) to upgrade the Challenger 2's armour specification. The upgrade was called "Theatre Entry Standard" or TES which added bolt-on armour to protect the tracks, and frontal armour to protect the front-arc of the tank of where it had originally been penetrated. - Among other upgrades.
However the first Challenger 2 to be destroyed in combat was in March 2003. It was a blue-on-blue incident where another Challenger 2 tank had hit its own friendly tanks hatch which then caused hot metals to flow into the stowed ammunition which then caused the tank to blow up internally.
Though the tank has faced problems. The Challenger 2 has performed well as a BBC report said in one incident in Iraq that a Challenger 2 tank had been hit by 70 RPG's and a Milan anti-tank missile to which it returned to combat the next day since its optics had been disrupted.
