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« Reply #735 on: 14-03-2014, 17:03:21 »
What´s the Waffenfarbe of Nebelwerfer units attached to Grenadier units of the Wehrmacht during the later stages of the war? Red for artillery or green for grenadiers? Or was the Waffenfarbe of infantry units white? I´m confused...
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« Reply #736 on: 14-03-2014, 23:03:14 »
Green is panzergrenaidier, white is infantry.  Nebelwerfer wore Bordeaux red though, different from artillery, as they were theoritically "chemical" troops.


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« Reply #737 on: 15-03-2014, 09:03:55 »
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« Reply #738 on: 15-03-2014, 18:03:21 »
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« Reply #739 on: 25-03-2014, 06:03:16 »
I've been reading a bit about the Italian "Blackshirts" division, or the camicie nere. They are always referenced as the "CCNN" but what do those letters stand for?
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« Reply #740 on: 25-03-2014, 09:03:09 »
camicie nere nazionale, Italian for national black skirts I think.

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« Reply #741 on: 25-03-2014, 09:03:23 »
Why did the germans kept on using gasoline engines for their tanks???
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« Reply #742 on: 25-03-2014, 10:03:32 »
Why did the germans kept on using gasoline engines for their tanks???

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« Reply #743 on: 25-03-2014, 12:03:30 »
Why did the germans kept on using gasoline engines for their tanks???
In 'Panther vs. T-34', it says in the chapter on design and development, that 'In particular, Hitler regarded the diesel engine as imperative' and therefore chose the design by Daimler-Benz.

In the end, the MAN design was chosen, because it could enter production quicker. This after Speer, who had also favored the diesel engine, was persuaded to go with the MAN design by his deputy Saur, who insisted that the Panther 'had to' be in production by Dec. 1942. A diesel engine would not be ready by this time. But a new Maybach petrol engine was.
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« Reply #744 on: 25-03-2014, 12:03:03 »
Why did the germans kept on using gasoline engines for their tanks???
Because the sound of petrol V-12  is more than worth all the pain and suffering when it gets hit and set on fire.
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« Reply #745 on: 25-03-2014, 13:03:12 »
Why did the germans kept on using gasoline engines for their tanks???

Technical pros, but not so good logisticians apparently.

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« Reply #746 on: 25-03-2014, 16:03:58 »
Am I just pulling this out of my arse, or was the engine based on an aircraft engine like the Rolls-Royce Meteor was based on a Merlin without the charger?
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« Reply #747 on: 25-03-2014, 17:03:58 »
No, that was the case for British Cruiser tanks. Because the engine has to be light and powerful. In case of German tanks, the engine blocks are already enormous and heavy.

Probably it produced less smoke too than the diesel, so less visibility to the enemy when moving.

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« Reply #748 on: 25-03-2014, 17:03:15 »
The meteor is a great engine. As reliable as a german engine, but less maintance required. I spoke to an Ex-military person before. He joined in 1947, and they had cromwells and such to play with. Shermans and one Panther tank and one PZIV. The german engines performed great, and rarely broke down, But you had to keep up with the maintanence. The panther tank did however broke down numorous times on many parts tough. IIRC this panther tank is now in a private collection

As for the T34 diesel engine. It was a great engine. Simple yet efficient and reliable
But the sound and smoke it could produce, especially when the engine was cold.

Why did the germans kept on using gasoline engines for their tanks???
Because the sound of petrol V-12  is more than worth all the pain and suffering when it gets hit and set on fire.
But mostly what Butcher said. :D
When i heard my first german tank engine...
"You hear that?   YOU HEAR THAT? THAT 3000 RPM GROWL? I love the sound of a maybach engine in the morning!!

And my first Pershing tank engine.....oooh god lovely! It is more growling and thudding like a harley engine when idle. But when it kicks into gear...hmmm Lovely!!!

And yeah, surpsingly, the german tank engines make LESS noise
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« Reply #749 on: 25-03-2014, 17:03:40 »
The german engines performed great, and rarely broke down, But you had to keep up with the maintanence. The panther tank did however broke down numorous times on many parts tough. IIRC this panther tank is now in a private collection

Correct me here, but I read it was the gearbox, not the Maybach engine that were the Panther tank's reliability problem.

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As for the T34 diesel engine. It was a great engine. Simple yet efficient and reliable
But the sound and smoke it could produce, especially when the engine was cold.

Ah the Sotka engine, famous for helping the Soviet win Berlin and infamous for being used to suffocate concentration camp inmates.