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havoc

33,402 posts

265 months

Sunday 14th April 2024
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That was how the 88 started life, wasn't it?

(Hell of a machine, the JP - we were only lucky they brought them and the other machines out in small numbers late in the war and with inadequate fuel)

DodgyGeezer

48,995 posts

220 months

Sunday 14th April 2024
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havoc said:
That was how the 88 started life, wasn't it?

(Hell of a machine, the JP - we were only lucky they brought them and the other machines out in small numbers late in the war and with inadequate fuel)
I'd say that that was a Panther rather than the derivative which would make the gun a 75 (which was arguably a better gun than the Tiger's 88 - though not as good as the Tiger II's 88)

mickk

30,470 posts

272 months

Sunday 14th April 2024
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Tank nerds.

havoc

33,402 posts

265 months

Sunday 14th April 2024
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DodgyGeezer said:
I'd say that that was a Panther rather than the derivative which would make the gun a 75 (which was arguably a better gun than the Tiger's 88 - though not as good as the Tiger II's 88)
It's a Jagdpanther (tank-destroyer version of the Panther), which sported an 88/L71 - the long-barrel high-velocity update to the Tiger-1 gun, and the same as fitted to the Tiger II and Elefant.

The Panther and the JP were arguably the most worrying of all the Wehrmacht armour (when they worked / didn't run out of fuel, at least) - more mobility than the Tiger and the heavier tank destroyers, but with armour enough to defeat most Allied guns.

nerd

anonymous-user

84 months

Sunday 14th April 2024
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Blib

48,118 posts

227 months

Sunday 14th April 2024
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Are you telling me that Thunderbirds was merely puppets on strings?

frown

Blib

48,118 posts

227 months

Sunday 14th April 2024
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THE greatest save, from a different angle.

DodgyGeezer

48,995 posts

220 months

Sunday 14th April 2024
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havoc said:
DodgyGeezer said:
I'd say that that was a Panther rather than the derivative which would make the gun a 75 (which was arguably a better gun than the Tiger's 88 - though not as good as the Tiger II's 88)
It's a Jagdpanther (tank-destroyer version of the Panther), which sported an 88/L71 - the long-barrel high-velocity update to the Tiger-1 gun, and the same as fitted to the Tiger II and Elefant.

The Panther and the JP were arguably the most worrying of all the Wehrmacht armour (when they worked / didn't run out of fuel, at least) - more mobility than the Tiger and the heavier tank destroyers, but with armour enough to defeat most Allied guns.

nerd
Nerd alert... Panther wink Jagdpanther has a different gun mantlet to the Panther biggrin


eldar

25,291 posts

226 months

Sunday 14th April 2024
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mickk said:
Tank nerds.
Treading off track, then.

havoc

33,402 posts

265 months

Sunday 14th April 2024
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DodgyGeezer said:
Nerd alert... Panther wink Jagdpanther has a different gun mantlet to the Panther biggrin

OK. Completely against PH policy, I'm going to concede that it looks like I'm wrong...

I'll go and hand in my beard right away! getmecoat

epom

14,947 posts

191 months

Sunday 14th April 2024
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havoc said:
DodgyGeezer said:
Nerd alert... Panther wink Jagdpanther has a different gun mantlet to the Panther biggrin

OK. Completely against PH policy, I'm going to concede that it looks like I'm wrong...

I'll go and hand in my beard right away! getmecoat
Wrong ?? I was nearly wrong once…. Try and brazen it out smile

DodgyGeezer

48,995 posts

220 months

Sunday 14th April 2024
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mickk

30,470 posts

272 months

Sunday 14th April 2024
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Reported.

Blib

48,118 posts

227 months

Sunday 14th April 2024
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DodgyGeezer said:
Banned.

This time I mean it too!

curse

havoc

33,402 posts

265 months

Sunday 14th April 2024
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DodgyGeezer said:
rofl

I might even forgive you for being right earlier!

Blib

48,118 posts

227 months

Monday 15th April 2024
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Annie Oakley.

DodgyGeezer

48,995 posts

220 months

Monday 15th April 2024
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she must've been deaf eek

mickk

30,470 posts

272 months

Monday 15th April 2024
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Strong wrists.

Bodo

12,601 posts

296 months

Monday 15th April 2024
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They don't moderate threads like Anny used to

tumble dryer

2,383 posts

157 months

Monday 15th April 2024
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Bodo said:
They don't moderate threads like Anny used to
rofl