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Of IS-7s and Other Things: The Object 141

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Of IS-7s and Other Things. Saturday, October 4, 2014. The development of the Object 141 began on September 12th 1952 by decree of the Council. 8470;4169-163. The design of the tank was headed by A.V. Kolesnikova. In July 1953 Factory. Produced a full sized wooden mockup. The 100mm D-54(which was designed by F.F. Petrov) was not received until March 1954. It was not until January 1955 that a prototype underwent test firing at the. Artillery range in Leningrad. The 100mm D-54 from the Object 141. 8470;183 ...

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Of IS-7s and Other Things: November 2014

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Of IS-7s and Other Things. Sunday, November 16, 2014. Kartsev on the genesis of the T-72. Many people claim that the T-72 was designed as a cheaper T-64; however the head designer of the T-72, L.N. Kartsev gives a different a view of the matter. In his memoirs he recalls how the T-72 came to be:. To which I replied "Sergei Alekseevich! Why are you so nervous? The Americans and Germans modernize their production tanks, why can't we? Only with Trashutin's new engine" I replied, but Zverev did not agree&#46...

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Of IS-7s and Other Things: Tank Costs Over the Years

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Of IS-7s and Other Things. Saturday, November 8, 2014. Tank Costs Over the Years. The Soviets built many tanks during the WWII, many people ask how much they built. Not many people asks how much it cost. Luckily the people at tank.uw.ru were able to acquire Ministry of Transport Machine-Building Industry reports on the cost of certain tanks over the years. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Blogs I read and recommend. 196,800 Revolutions Per Minute. The TES-3: The Nuclear Tank. In 1944 an informal compe...

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Hexsides and Hand Grenades: LnL: Forgotten Heroes - Tread Heads: Post-Ambush Aftermath

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Hexsides and Hand Grenades. Friday, September 28, 2012. LnL: Forgotten Heroes - Tread Heads: Post-Ambush Aftermath. For the past week, I've been reporting on a playthrough of "Tread Heads", a scenario from Lock 'n Load Publishing's Forgotten Heroes: Vietnam. So the U.S. has taken some heavy casualties in the initial ambush. Here's what happened next. At the start of the next turn, Anders and Jensen dismount from their respective vehicles and head for the cover of the jungle to the east. My tactical error...

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Hexsides and Hand Grenades: Gulf Strike - Scenario 5 Redux

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Hexsides and Hand Grenades. Wednesday, May 13, 2015. Gulf Strike - Scenario 5 Redux. If you've read much of my blog before, you'll know that I'm a huge fan of Victory Games' Gulf Strike. After it sat on my shelf for the better part of a year, I picked it up and got it on the table. It's a real gem of a game and I unfortunately got distracted by something else before I could seriously delve into it. One of my first write-ups on Gulf Strike. So what to do here? I haven't played much of this scenario before...

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Hexsides and Hand Grenades: Aegean Strike - Learning the Lessons

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Hexsides and Hand Grenades. Wednesday, August 5, 2015. Aegean Strike - Learning the Lessons. I've been playing Aegean Strike. System and I'm starting to relearn it again, which is no easy task. Fun in the sun of the Aegean Seas - Victory Games' Aegean Strike designed by Mark Herman. Anyway, here are a few things I've slowly gleaned from my first plays of Aegean Strike scenario 2. Spetsnaz raids captured a small island near Greece that had an empty airbase. They stationed a MiG-31 here to intercept en...

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Hexsides and Hand Grenades: Aegean Strike - Closing the Curtains

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Hexsides and Hand Grenades. Sunday, August 9, 2015. Aegean Strike - Closing the Curtains. The first order of business was to push back the Greek gains in southern Bulgaria, which the Soviet mechanized infantry did without any problem whatsoever. By the 4th turn, Drama was captured by a single Soviet armored brigade and Thessaloniki looked to be ready to fall to two Soviet mechanized infantry divisions barreling through the southwest of Bulgaria and into Greece. 4 2nd Bulgarian Mechanized Inf. Divisio...

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Of IS-7s and Other Things: October 2014

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Of IS-7s and Other Things. Thursday, October 30, 2014. Some Info on the IS-2U Designs. In 1944 an informal competition began to develop between the ChKZ and Factory №100 to improve the armor protection of the IS-2. Two solutions were presented to solve this problem,. The IS-2U in its final form. Sunday, October 26, 2014. Under the leadership of Leonid Karcev. One prototype was built and underwent testing in the fall of 1958. The Object 142 was powered by the 580hp B-55. Top speed was 50km/h. The ...8470;...