shadowcats Vehicular Insanity Shop: The British Are Coming

[shadowcat1313]

Matilda 1 and 2 Infantry Tanks

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilda_tank

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Crusader Cruiser Tank

[Mantis]

Oooh, shiny!

Putting on my WWII history-buff tin-hat here, I'm going to put forth some minor quibbles:

1. The Matilda II's main gun wasn't a Bofors, but a "2-pounder". It was produced by the Royal Ordnance Factory. It was only equipped with AP ammo as well, not with HE rounds.

Also the armor rating for the Matilda II may be a bit low - it was immune to early-war AT guns except for the 88, but early-war AT guns were a bit anaemic. I'll need to check my sources later for the exact specs, but I was expecting it to be more heavily armored than the Crusader - significantly more.

2. I would make the Crusader's gun a Multipower, with one slot for HE, and one slot for AP. If you want to get detailed, it could fire APCR and APDS as well, although supplies of both of these shell types were limited. Also, only late-model Crusaders had the 57mm (aka 6-pounder) gun, early models had the same 2-pounder as the Matilda II.

The Crusader had a notorious reputation where mechanical reliability was concerned. Perhaps a Burnout 15- on it's movement :D?

[shadowcat1313]

I have one source that talked about mechanical reliability, but it didnt give anything specific as to what problems there were, the sources usually were fairly specific about technical issues, but they werent here.

one of my next projects is to start working on different ammo types as a MP, I also agree that the armor values are probably a bit low compared to the damage most main guns can dish out, but thats another can of worms entirely

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Mark 3 Valentine Infantry Tank

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Churchill Mark 4

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churchill_Tank

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French Char B1-bis

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Stryker Armored Combat Vehicle

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HMS Invincible

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Type 42 "Sheffield" Destroyer

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Type 23 "Duke" Class Destroyer

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Type 45 "Daring" Class Destroyer

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Westland Lynx

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EH101 Merlin Helicopter

[st barbara]

What, no pictures of "the funnies" (bridging tanks, carpet laying tanks, flail tanks etc). Not even a "duplex drive' Sherman with its "skirts" up ?

[Barton]

What about writting up the Univerisal Carrier??? A early tracked open top APC.

[shadowcat1313]

As Requested

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bren_Gun_Carrier