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but SUPER-SONIC SUBMARINES*
"likens Ukraine conflict to WWII"
Oh yea, like the part where a world power rolled into a neighboring nation because of territorial claims to some border areas on paper-thin Casus belli after interfering with other neighbors for several years.
So yea Putin's mirroring Hitler while trying to paint Ukraine as the Nazis, because logic.
edited 31st Aug '14 9:03:10 AM by joesolo
I'm baaaaaaack![]()
Take your time and plan out your arguments just as meticulously as Montgomery at the map, and then assault my positions with the vigor of the Eighth Army rolling across the desert.
There's just one thing though; why Yack Fest instead of here?
And he says so only a matter of days before the seventieth-something anniversary of World War II.
Pretty sure a supercavitating submarine would be startlingly easy to track via satellite and aerial recon.
That said, congratulations, you can see it, what are you gonna do, drop a speed bump in its path? We'd need a weapon that could successfully intercept such a target. Could a Mark 48 dropped ahead of it punch through the cavitation bubble to hit the sub?
Also, I'm picturing the sub hitting a sand bar and getting propelled out of the water like a Dukes of Hazard bridge jump.
It means it can't use the APFSDS anti-tank round like the American tanks. But the smooth bore can't fire the HESH rounds either. It's a trade off.
The Smooth Bore gun by the way is very accurate. What it lacks in rifling it makes up for with tight tolerances in ammo and gun and high velocity projectiles.
edited 31st Aug '14 12:58:52 PM by TuefelHundenIV
Who watches the watchmen?Actually, the Challenger 2 can fire APFSDS rounds. The L 27 A 1 APFSDS.
So, on the real life page of Made of Iron:
Okay, I can somewhat strenuously believe that someone can get shot in the head and come back to life, but smothering two fucking grenades? I really have a hard time believing that, because holy shit...
Continuously reading, studying, and (hopefully) growing.Flanker: HESH is the Squash head or Plastic war head. It smooshes against the target creating a sort of explosive pancake and then explodes against the hull. It causes large amounts of spalling and damages the hull directly. It is apparently very effective against light and medium armor and is great for knocking down walls in urban fighting.
The Mobile Gun Systems 105mm gun can fire HESH rounds.
Who watches the watchmen?Speaking of cannons and crap I've seen this picture
◊ dozens of times and only just now learned what it was.
A silencer for your artillery.
Oh really when?![]()
According to The Other Wiki, the MoD may have found a source for the Tungsten FIN and HESH rounds...otherwise, yes, they're running on reserves. There's been an on-and-off program for a least a decade to fit the Challenger 2 with the Rheinmetall L55 smoothbore gun, and it's even been trialled on two tanks.

I didn't actually notice it before it was overtaken by the Chinese plan to make supersonic submarines. I'll post a response in the History Thread over in Yack Fest. Might take a while though, since I've got guests tonight and then work tomorrow. But you'll get your response, worry not.
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