fury question

[anonymous-user]

in the film near the end the tank engine is turned off, but the turret can rotate. is this possible?
(i know the film pushes the truth a little)

[plasticpig]

I think it is possible. Turret rotation is hydraulic but the hydraulics are powered from an electric motor.

[Z06George]

A quick Google came up with this if it helps...

•American tanks used a hydraulic system, but drove it electrically. Instead of a PTO from the main power plant, like a tractor, the hydraulic system was energized by a pump driven by an electrical motor. Also, only the Americans applied stabilization gyroscopes to tank main armament, beginning with the M4 Sherman (on the early Sherman, in elevation only). This gave the tank a rudimentary shoot-on-the-move capability, and perhaps more usefully in tank fighting, reduced the amount of displacement needed to get on target after moving. When hydraulic system production threatened to constrain tank production, some American tanks were fitted with an electrical system also. The electrical substitute system was designed to have similar performance. American tanks used hand controls to slew the turret, and a foot pedal to fire the armament.

[Yertis]

Yeah but what powers the pump? Big batteries?

[TEKNOPUG]

They have a separate small engine/generator in the crew compartment to charge the batteries when the engine is switched off IIRC. So presumably they could still have electrical power even with the engine not running.

[anonymous-user]

the thing is Google can return a lot, I was hoping someone knew.

I don't think it can work without the engine being on from what I have seen.

[SpamCan]

Yertis said:

Yeah but what powers the pump? Big batteries?

Yep, the same one(s) that are used to start the engine I'd guess.

[wolfracesonic]

The turret could be traversed sans power as the Sherman had, like most tanks , a manual traverse option i.e some poor crew member turning a wheel as fast as he could. As for powered traverse with a dead engine, don't know!

[kurt535]

The Spruce goose said:

in the film near the end the tank engine is turned off, but the turret can rotate. is this possible?
(i know the film pushes the truth a little)

Fury pushed the truth? nahhhhh

[mcdjl]

kurt535 said:

The Spruce goose said:

in the film near the end the tank engine is turned off, but the turret can rotate. is this possible?
(i know the film pushes the truth a little)

Fury pushed the truth? nahhhhh

Film in pushing truth and technical inaccuracy shock....

[anonymous-user]

mcdjl said:

technical inaccuracy shock....

no shock as clearly written, just interested to know if it was correct or not.