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A Skein of Thought
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Failed Tanks
MBT Technology
GarryB on Wed Nov 20, 2013 5:23 am
APS is the new name of the game. problem with recyclying old hulls like the T55 is that the cost of the hull becomes a negligible part of the overall system cost once you factor in all the modern gizmos.
Hardly new... Drozd was tested in the 1980s and was successful enough... Drozd 2 is available now, while ARENA was designed from scratch, but ARENA 2 seems to have removed the big tower and made it more efficient... the real point is that APSs are still not very widely deployed.
A decent APS could make older tanks still viable in a range of roles but one has to ask if they do their job do new armoured vehicles need heavy armour anymore?
Mass production should reduce costs, but having modular armour arrangements could lead eventually to instead of having four different vehicles... having one with different levels of modular armour and the option of tracks or wheels... back to the BT series tanks!
I reckon the best use for the T55 hulls is in cheap ARV/Heavy APC. mods that don't cost the earth, and thus the original hull / tracks / engine will retain a decent % of the overall value of the end vehicle.
I would think a new design with modular armour that can be upgraded makes more sense. T-55s have old wiring and old components... the bother of giving it an extensive upgrade just to use it as an APC.
For a country that has lots of them... they are either very poor or Russia or China... if they are poor then trucks will do the job. Russia is working on all new vehicles and China has a range of alternatives too.
I would think the best market for a T-55 based APC would be to make them for small armies like NZ or Israel, with all the bells and whistles so they wont be cheap but will do a good job of protecting troops.
The low cost and availability of parts making support cheaper than modern vehicles.
Worst tank that the Soviets produced
cracker on Wed Oct 22, 2014 8:45 am
"The T-80U is the worst tank the Soviets produced... fuel guzzling Rronson."
You can't say that, ever. You have a point, but regardless, it's still much better than US equivalent, the abrams turbine... And, T-80U was the best tank in every aspect produced before T-90A, and still remains the highest potential tank in russian army, besides T-90A. T-80U could be modernized to levels T-72B3 could never dream of, if they wanted. We know why they don't, so, this is not the point...
Worst russian tank would be... The IS-4 maybe. 30's and WW2 light tanks were crap, but at least they served a purpose, and were plentiful and cheap, one could even argue that T-70 was a good machine (this does not incorporate mainstream T-26 and BT-5/7 which were great tanks in their time, but rather T-38/40/60/70). KV-1 could not be considered a terrible tank, because it accomplished a lot and served bravely, despite the problems. And The KV-1S was a good tank, IS-1 and 2 are simply great, while IS-3 had good points, despite big problems. But IS-4, this thing was simply not needed. In prototypes, in small batch for tests, yes, but not in production. IS-5/8/9/10 and Finally T-10 was also a decent tank, the T-10M was arguably as good as early T-72 or chieftains. T-34, 44 and 54 are the best concepts and practical tanks, followed by T-55,62 and 64, then the 72 and 80, all come from the same school, and are all good tanks in their own way.
Well in fact T-35 would be a far worst tank than IS-4 indeed, but, it's not fair to judge this early design, but the T-28 however was a decent tank, and easily the equivalent of PzIV with short gun.
@ braindead OP: look for reports and interviews of russian tankers in chechen wars... Their respect and admiration for T-72 speaks loads about this tank (T-72B). Similar to what we see in syria, with the ANNA reportages, but, it was with proper modern tank, not 30 years old monkey models.
Re: Failed Tanks
TR1 on Wed Oct 22, 2014 8:59 am
The Marder had worse armor AND worse armament than any BMP.
If only the USSR copied teh West ;( .
But seriously: the amount of ignorance on the OP is stunning.
KomissarBojanchev
Location : Varna, Bulgaria
KomissarBojanchev on Wed Oct 22, 2014 2:34 pm
cracker wrote: "The T-80U is the worst tank the Soviets produced... fuel guzzling Rronson."
I agree but you're not right one the T-10. Although it had advanced technology it only had the same frontal armor as the T-55, far worse mobility and logistics, and its 122mmWW2 gun was completely outdated. It had abysmal ROF(even for similar armed western heavy tanks) and obsolete ammo types without further potential for improvement.
No T-35 was, although with severe ergonomics and logistics problems, was still superior to all western heavy tanks of the time(vickers independent, matilda mk.1, neubahrfahrzug, char B1) as well as having arguably the best frontal armor(70mm) of all 30s tanks. When assaulting proper tank terrain it would've been adequate.
BTW did you know the T-28 had wokring prototypes with a 85 and 90mm guns and would've had the best firepower in the world if they weren't cancelled in favor of T-34s?
IMO the worst russian tanks ever built were the KV-2 and T-27 tankettes. (t-38 at least served a purpose by being amphibious and airmobile)
This guy went 120% full retard when he connected T-72, iraq and only 15-20% performance downgrade.
cracker on Wed Oct 22, 2014 5:42 pm
You are plain wrong on the T-10.... Just fully. Believe me, I studied about this tank because I freakin love it, and all you said is BS.
The T-10, T-10A and T-10B were early variants, and used a derivate of the D-25T gun, with stabilizer and fume extractor, and made more accurate etc... This gun still used the conventional ammo fired by IS-2 in the war, but it could also fire new generation APDS ammo... All early T-10 were converted into T-10M later, and T-10M was the bulk of production anyway. The T-10M used a radically new gun, the 122mm M-62T2S, a two plane stabilized high power gun. 1439 T-10 were built, and most of them were either T-10M or converted into T-10M.
The T-10 with D-25TA gun could penetrate pretty much any tank of NATO anyway, centurion or M47 (and M48 later), heavy tanks was another story, but not impossible (M103 and conqueror)
D-25TA and M-62T2S could use the same projectiles, but they had a totally different propelant case. Of course both are 2 part ammo.
BR-471 ww2 era APHE_________~200mm at 100m 0° (D-25)
BR-471B ww2 era APBCHE___________~210mm at 100m 0° (D-25)
BR-472 1950s era APCBCHE____________ ~225mm at 1km 0° (M-62)
3BM-11 1966 APDS___________ ~320mm at 2km 0° (M-62)
And at least two HEAT rounds also introduced in the 1960s, around 400-450mm penetration.
T-10M used best of its time FCS possible, had gun rammer, pretty decent ROF of 3-4 rpm, extreme firepower, KPV as coaxial, the mobility was great, tactically it was even better than T-54A/T-55 in some ways. 52t was not huge. Suspension and tracks of T-10M were excellent, the suspension design was later used in Object 430 & 432, then T-64. In effect, the T-64 replaced the T-10M as the elite tank of army.
T-10M armour was much superior to the T-55, what you say is bogus. 120mm up front, with wicked angles, and the turret armour is much stronger than T-55. Side armour is the same, very angled, 80 or 90mm.
T-10M was the most durable and hardest hitting tank of soviet army, even T-64 was not as good at this, and we can see today in ukraine how poorly designed was the T-64, with terrific welding failures. Massive APDS 3BM11 was a nightmare for any tank of the cold war, in a sense it was even more powerful than early APFSDS of T-62 gun.
Read this, on tank net http://www.tank-net.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=33106&page=4
read this, my job, on WOT forums (post 185 and 197) http://forum.worldoftanks.eu/index.php?/topic/413595-chieftain-gun-armour-argument/page__st__180#topmost
Mike E
Location : Bay Area, CA
Mike E on Wed Oct 22, 2014 5:54 pm
You're not going to like it, but you should watch (these) this video(s),
cracker on Thu Oct 23, 2014 12:49 am
I know very well mike sparks' videos on so called failed tanks... It's just a lame joke. He made same bullshit on T-62 or T-64, and I corrected and destroyed all his points already on youtube comments, 2 or 3 years ago.
This guy is the clown of internet, in case you didn't know. Just type mike sparks in google. On tank-net he's known as the most ridiculous lunatic of "tank people".
He will do anything to support his deranged ideas, he emphasizes on totally irrelevant points, make up things, numbers, etc... just not worth it. His videos on failed US armor, series on stryker, bradley and abrams, are somehow informative and fun somtimes, he has some points... but even this is mainly BS for braindead sheep.
In fact this video on T-10 is all new! I was sure I saw it before... So, i'll look it and tell you what I think.
Ok... Some points totally wrong, in no particular order...
"IS tanks defined by their immense size"... LOLWUT? JS-2 was MUCH smaller than KV-85 or KV-1, and only 46t, while being IMMENSELY smaller than tiger, panther and tiger 2... It starts good...
"historians consider the centurion the first MBT"... Who? In what name? In that case, T-44 or T-54 are easily MBT too. MBT means nothing anyway, T-34 was the first MBT in 1940 if we follow the "rules"... So, totally unprofessional and unnecessary remark to begin with...
"stalin loved big tanks named after him" the whole thing is just subjective... Cheliabinsk bureau worked hard to achieve IS-2, and they continued work on the basis, the T-10 was accepted because it was good.
"thousands T-10 were completed"... Bogus again... Unless 1439 is "several thousands" for him. He simply looked the wikipedia BS "8000 T10"
he implies constantly that T-10 is a gigantic beast etc... Is he blind? 52t and very compact size, the T-10 is still much smaller and lighter than even the tiger 1, hell it's smaller than a sherman!
"T-10 mobility was bad , blablablabla, heaviest soviet AFV, 57 tons, blabla" 57 tons? Can't he speak like all humans in metric system? 52T. About bad mobility, more under...
Then he goes full retard by saying eastern europe and russian roads& bridges are shit, and can't support these mere 52t... Again a retarded person who thinks even infrastructure building is inherently better in "ze west" because... It's the west ! ... Hopeless mike sparks...
"the T-10 only had a range of 217 miles"... ONLY? LOL? please, dear braindead mike sparks, go check range of early NATO tanks centurion or M47... Or the cousins M103 / conqueror.. ehm ehm... 217 mi = 350 km. And this is WITHOUT external barrels, which I think max out to ~500km. Basically 8x more than early centurions. XD
"top speed of T-10M good but not great 31mph... blabla, T-10 only 23mph, bad blabla"... Here is what I said earlier, the emphasis on irrelevant points. T-10M was the real mass produced definitive variant, and all were rebuilt to this standard! So, T-10M is basically the only tank can be named T-10. He is retarded. 31mph is simply great for heavy tank, 50 kph. Hell, 23 mph is not bad at all either, 37 kph, it's enough for heavy tank.
"low velocity 122mm gun blablablablabla... low ROF, low ammount of ammo"... OMG.. I knew it... just look my previous post and links, I explained already the real firepower. He's a retard, simply. 800m/s for 25 KG !!!! AP projectile in early guns, or 980m/s for the new gun! and 1600m/s for APDS? It's slow? HAHAHA... And you don't need more than 30 rounds if one 122mm shell is enough for a target.
"T-54 was better, unitary cartridges, blblblablabalbala"... Yeah genius, but D-10T is hardly M-62T2S in firepower ! What a retard...
"german used better guns on heavy tak in ww2, 122mm was pointless"..... He goes amok, simply full braindead. Go read reports on D-25T gun on the website "archive awareness".
"only ammo was antiquated AP"... Yeah, moron, BR-472 APCBC introduced in mid 1950s was not antiquated, and extremely effective, he knows nothing, simply nothing. He thinks the only ammo was 1930's and 1945 design, namely BR-471 and 471B. HE is a CLOWN, don't ever believe anything he says about soviet technology! nothing!
"wasn't before 1967 that they got modern APDS and HEAT"... Yeah, true , but what about it? These ammo were perfect and served well the T-10 during more than 20 following years, and were even able to be used in earlier IS-2 and IS-3. These ammo could destroy ANY NATO tank before the leopard and abrams.
"but it was no point, 100mm ammo was already better and 125mm guns arrived"... What a clown. 100mm equivalent APDS for T-54/55 was much less powerful than the 122mm BM11... HEAT, not even worth talking about 100 vs 122mm !... Plus, soviets could have focused on the 122mm if they wanted and introduce even better HEAT with 650mm pen or APFSDS, but they focused on other calibers. 125mm was not in service before 1968 at best, with T-64A, and it was not that much formidable, just the SAME as 115mm ammo used in T-62 and T-64, of course from mid 1970s, the new ammo for 115, 100 and 125mm outclassed greatly the 122mm, but it's not the point.
"making the matter worse, there were 4 types of propelant charges for the gun"... OMG what a retard!! LOL He confused with artillery charges!!!! OF COURSE NOT.... There were only 2 types: one for HE round, one for AP round, that's it!
He complains about gun depression and low ammount of coax ammo... Not really relevant at all. He even messes up the T-10 coax caliber... 7.62? LOL no retard, it was a DSHKM 12.7, and later KPVT 14.5...
"side armour was not enough to defeat anti tank ammo"... Really? And what tank does.. pathetic. I said already that T-10M side armour was superior enough to T-54 to make it a heavy tank, and it could easily defeat WW2 era 76mm guns as on sherman, or 17 pdr, or soviet 85mm. He is a clown. And good luck penetrating the T-10 with early handheld rocket lauchers like M20 bazooka or M75 recoilless rifle, etc...
then he says it has too much armour for a heavy tank PRICELESS.
Then he goes braindead again and dares say less armour than T-54, which is totally WRONG, as I already explained.
He dares compare direct quoted armour thickness (and values are wrong )... He doesn't understand that T-10 has largely superior angles and profiles... T-10M frontal armour = roughly 300mm line of sight, T-54 closer to 200. Side = 120-180 for T-10, 80 and 150 for T-54. The clown never stops to be funny...
"T-10 was the largest, longest blablabla soviet afv", yeah, true, but even with this status it was much more compact than either centurion or M48, not even speaking M103. Mike sparks, just stop for god's sake...
then he gos about reliability and endurance, blablabla, no sources, no reliable info... Just BS. I think i'll stop here, it's really too much.
Yes it was not as easy to maintain and logistically harder than T-54, but, wake up idiot, it's a HEAVY TANK. Wow...
"recovering was pain"... LOL? Already during war KV-1 and T-34 based tractors towed tigers!!! no problem. Tiger is 57T! Soviet engeneering AFVS of 50s 60s and 70s had no problems at all.
he goes amok about separate ammo... About so called complex logistic (for 1400 tanks in the peak time of soviet union? LOL?) etc.... Again he shows his pathological emphasis on the MOST irrelevant factors to justify his ideas... Troll at work, or simply dement person?
He has a point on non compatible parts produced by different factories... but that would be the SOLE true defect of T-10, and it was not such a matter for 1400 tanks, of which certainly only 1200 at most were in service, probably even less.
Goes amok about ergonomy.... Typical. "tankers need to bathe regularly after all" YeaHHHH because tankers in ALL OTHER TANKS THAN T-10 bathe on a regular baisis, INSIDE JEEZ...
Goes retard AGAIN about production numbers... "2500", no, 1439. "pitiful amount by USSR standards"... Yes, but it's a DOCTRINAL choice!!!!! moron. USSR clearly chose T-54 as main tank, but still needed heavy breaktru regiments for a special purpose.... T-10 production was deemed SUFFICIENT at 1400, because they new the T-64 was coming, and there remained at least 3000 OPERATIONAL and modernised IS-2M and IS-3M....
"not popular in export"... T-10M WAS TOP DOG tank, never exported anywhere... He mix up with IS-3!!! he is such a clown...
Goes amok about advances in ATGM and uselessness of heavy tank killer tank... It's pointless and totally wrong, TANKS are the best tool to kill tanks, especially in the anticipated conventional WW3 that they were all prepared for. He forgets to mention the pathetic performance of early ATGM here, and claim them to be wunderwaffe.
Says it was not in front line service and replaced by T-62... HAHAHA, no, T-10M remained reserve emergency tank units up until there were enough T-64A in front line units... Basically T-10M remained active well up to 1975 at least, and reserve semi active up to 1980 at least.
And the end of the video is just pointless logorhea, not even worth quoting...
So here is your professor Mike Sparky sparks I could destroy all, ALL the videos he did on soviet AFV, but... So, please, follow my advice, never watch his vids seriously, he's a mental ill person, conspiracy paranoid troll, and simply a RETARD.
To conclude, the REAL T-10, fantastic army video, it shows mobility, passability, internal arrangement, and gun rammer mecanisms, T-10M is pictured only at the end of the video though... So, if the early T-10A or B was already this good, imagine the M.
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Mike E on Thu Oct 23, 2014 12:52 am
This guy isn't Mike, many think he is, but he appears to be much younger.
He pretty much is a joke, but at the same time he exploits flaws in US equipment...
You probably won't like the video, but he still makes some relevant points. You could always comment and tell him the flaws in his info, he doesn't mind answering those questions.
Werewolf on Thu Oct 23, 2014 12:53 am
cracker wrote: I know very well mike sparks' videos on so called failed tanks... It's just a lame joke. He made same bullshit on T-62 or T-64, and I corrected and destroyed all his points already on youtube comments, 2 or 3 years ago.
I've to aggree, Blacktail knows quite a little bit about US tanks, but he made alot of mistakes with "Failed Tanks" regarding russian tanks and he even stated this Anti Soviet Propaganda myths like "Autoloaders rib off arms" which was only invented to give an explenation why the US is not using them instead of proving anything that autoloaders are bad they made a myth.
And even to call T-62 or T-64 a failed tank is outragous, that is the best tank of its time and not a single western tank was capable of getting equal or surpassing the T-64 for more than two decades.
Werewolf wrote: I've to aggree, Blacktail knows quite a little bit about US tanks, but he made alot of mistakes with "Failed Tanks" regarding russian tanks and he even stated this Anti Soviet Propaganda myths like "Autoloaders rib off arms" which was only invented to give an explenation why the US is not using them instead of proving anything that autoloaders are bad they made a myth.
He gets his info from multiple different sources, so in general he isn't biased this way or that way. The only time I've seen him being *actually* biased, isn't on YT, but on an article about an Israeli tank (Sabra?) on Militarytoday where he posts articles sometimes... - I have as well, but only on the Volk.
Those claims aren't outrageous, they had serious designs flaws... Watch all of his failed tank videos, and you will find that he isn't really biased and actually provides good info (depends).
Werewolf on Thu Oct 23, 2014 1:58 am
Mike E wrote:
Some flaws do not make something automatically failed and the T-64 in his Failed Tanks series is only there because it had reliability issues at the start other than that it was the best tank unparalleled only equaled by russian tanks for two decades. The west had nothing that could even scratch this tank during the 60s.
Mike E on Thu Oct 23, 2014 2:20 am
Werewolf wrote:
Exactly... Reliability problems are the WORST problems, as shown by Nazi Germany... - Their tanks were great, but their unreliability was a huge let-down and weakened their land forces considerably. The M-60 and its variants were very similar...
cracker on Thu Oct 23, 2014 2:28 am
I massively edited my post.
wether he is MS or not, he's still a donkey.
cracker wrote: I massively edited my post.
Like I said, comment on the video, he will reply and then some. You have points, he has his. As for the tank itself? I think is was flawed, even without BD's videos.
lol... You know very well there is no discussion possible with ppl like him, or like the OP of this "rant"
Mike sparks has no points, because I already proved with simple and undetailed facts that he made up or distorded 95% of the things he said.
cracker wrote: lol... You know very well there is no discussion possible with ppl like him, or like the OP of this "rant"
Yes there is... Like I stated earlier, he consistently replies and doesn't get butt-hurt about it. Just don't sound "trolly" and he'll reply.
This guy isn't MS, I've been following him for six or seven years now. Heck, I've even found him on other sites...
Just because he doesn't like a Soviet vehicle doesn't mean he is an idiot or troll. Gotta look at both sides of the equation...
Look, i've watched all his vids on soviet "failed tanks"... They are all bloody jokes, simply. The one on T-10 was surely top of the cake though
cracker wrote: Look, i've watched all his vids on soviet "failed tanks"... They are all bloody jokes, simply. The one on T-10 was surely top of the cake though
Then freakin reply to him! Why be so confident in your opinion when you cannot even look at the other side?
I have interest in defending his "points" as they aren't mine and I don't agree with them all.
The T-64 had only in the first year reliability issues, which were sorted out just one year after it was introduced into army. It could only count as unreliable and failed tank if it had till this date or the date when it was replaced by T-80/72, but he still counts it as failed despite it is reliable and the best tank of its time and truelly this is in long time undisputed BEST tank, because today there margin is so low and varierity is so bright in different attributes and blur it out that today we can not clearly say which is the best but in case of T-64 it was truelly the best.
It is reliable and it is a total success of a tank not like Blacktaildefense claims to be failed tank, neither the T-62 is failure.
Well i replied to him about this crap of "Autoloader cutting arms off" that this is mere Anti Soviet Propaganda and he will not find anywhere source for this myth and he never replied despite asking him for his source for this autoloaders cutting arms.
TR1 on Thu Oct 23, 2014 4:03 am
T-64 had problems for WAY longer than 1 year. Try a decade +.
And now its blowing up worse than T-72s do on average, by far. Dem Morozov welds.
If you are really hating him so much, just read his sources... I'll list the most important ones here.
http://tanknutdave.com/the-russian-t-10-aka-is-10-heavy-tank/
http://ciar.org/ttk/mbt/armor/armor-magazine/armor-mag.2002.ja/4RedStar02.pdf
http://www.benning.army.mil/armor/eARMOR/content/issues/1998/JUL_AUG/ArmorJulyAugust1998web.pdf
http://www.tanks.net/early-cold-war-tanks/t-10-heavy-tank.html
http://books.google.com/books?id=N481TmqiSiUC&pg=PA148&lpg=PA148&dq=T-10+Heavy+Tank&source=bl&ots=OaQG0KdyVs&sig=sUNyxcCHWRPllHfZkUHmLj2PqmU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=lzzkU92ED9PgoATYuoG4DA&ved=0CFQQ6AEwBzge#v=onepage&q=T-10%20Heavy%20Tank&f=false
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/122_mm_gun_M1931/37_%28A-19%29
http://www.tarrif.net/cgi/production/all_penetration_adv.php
There you have it... Anyway, the T-10 was much, MUCH larger than the Sherman in every respect besides height, and that is because the Sherman was just a tall tank...
TR1 wrote: T-64 had problems for WAY longer than 1 year. Try a decade +.
The reliability issues with Autoloader and the engine was only the first year, other problems that maybe were connected with other parts is a different thing, but those problems have been cleared quite quickly and you can not say that this is a failed tank since it was the best.
Saying that they blowing up "now" is the same as today M48/60 or Leopard1 would blow up and even far easier than any T-64 would do.
Auto-loader was not an issue yes, but engine was a whole separate story.
Depots were full of engines needing repair well before time tables well into the late 70s and early 80s.
Regarding blowing up, I don't mean being destroyed in general. I mean how half of the destroyed tanks seem to fly apart literally at the welds.
It wasn't a failed tank, but it was a case of too advanced for its time.
TR1 wrote: It wasn't a failed tank, but it was a case of too advanced for its time.
Exactly... That being said, its "over-advanced" design was a good thing as well. The T-64's protections was miles better than the M-60, thanks to its composite armor and well thought-out design. It also had a much more powerful gun that was smooth-bore instead of being rifled like most tanks of its day. So, it was still a good tank despite its problems.
The T-10 on the other-hand...
cracker wrote: "IS tanks defined by their immense size"... LOLWUT? JS-2 was MUCH smaller than KV-85 or KV-1, and only 46t, while being IMMENSELY smaller than tiger, panther and tiger 2... It starts good...
Then he goes full retard by saying eastern europe and russian roads& bridges are shit, and can't support these mere 52t... Again a retarded person who thinks even infrastructure building is inherently better in "ze west" because... It's the west ! Very Happy... Hopeless mike sparks...
"the T-10 only had a range of 217 miles"... ONLY? LOL? please, dear braindead mike sparks, go check range of early NATO tanks Very Happy centurion or M47... Or the cousins M103 / conqueror.. ehm ehm... 217 mi = 350 km. And this is WITHOUT external barrels, which I think max out to ~500km. Basically 8x more than early centurions. XD
then he says it has too much armour for a heavy tank Laughing PRICELESS.
He dares compare direct quoted armour thickness (and values are wrong Rolling Eyes )... He doesn't understand that T-10 has largely superior angles and profiles... T-10M frontal armour = roughly 300mm line of sight, T-54 closer to 200. Side = 120-180 for T-10, 80 and 150 for T-54. The clown never stops to be funny...
Goes amok about ergonomy.... Typical. "tankers need to bathe regularly after all" Laughing Laughing Laughing YeaHHHH because tankers in ALL OTHER TANKS THAN T-10 bathe on a regular baisis, INSIDE Laughing Laughing Laughing JEEZ...
He clearly means that they were large by their day and age, not that they were the largest... 46 ton tanks were still behemoths in WW2, when the average "medium tank" would be somewhere around low-30 tons. Obviously the Tiger(s) was larger, but that thing was a monster of its day, and what difference does it make anyway?
Most do, and I agree even though the T-54 was closer to the modern definition on a MBT. - Look up "first MBT", the Centurion will show up every time. The T-34 was a medium-tank, like the larger Panzers and Shermans. Calling him "unprofessional" is "unprofessional" when what you say not only doesn't make sense, but is completely irrelevant as well. The Centurion was the first MBT, quickly followed by the more successful T-54.
Stalin, much like his German rival, clearly liked heavy armor... Of course it was named after him, and his influence is easily one of the reasons why. Khrushchev quickly trashed the T-10's namesake, as if that wasn't enough proof already...
Thousands of "IS tanks" were completed, I believe that was what he said or meant.
52 tons is pretty big (think about the era!) when you think about it, more so when the overall protection is only so-so. It dwarfed the Sherman in everything but height, as mentioned before... It was no light-weight tank, and I don't understand why you object this...
It was by no means a mobile-tank, and its heavy weight (compared to a T-54) is one of the reasons why. - A completely legitimate statement...
After the war, much of the remaining infrastructure was dismissal at best, and Tigers (which weren't *that* much larger) couldn't pass over many bridges etc in WW2. I don't know why you don't except this, care to elaborate? He isn't Mike Sparks, for the last time...
To give you an idea, the M-48 which was just as old had a range of 287 mi, while weighing only a little bit less... The Centurion had a range of 280 mi, where on Earth do you find that crap??? 217 mi wasn't bad, but like he said, it was less than the T-54 and that is what really counts when that tank is so crucial to your forces. - Many sources claimed the T-10 had a range of 250 km, which would be much worse...
23 mph is terrible, and 31 mph actually is a big improvement. I agree with him, 31 mph is good, 23 mph is not! - The T-54 hit 30 mph tops, so the 23 mph models would have literally been a drag. All while consuming a lot more fuel! The all-too similar M-48 was capable of high-twenties at the time, so it one-upped the earlier models. So, if I slap "heavy tank" on my 10 mph MBT, is it now adequate? Stop kidding yourself...
It isn't slow, but compared to the gun on the T-54 is was slower by ~200 m/s average, which is a pretty substantial difference to be honest...
For crying out loud... He suggested that the design of the D-10T and its rounds were superior, and they were.... What difference does it make, obviously a 122 mm gun will fire more powerful rounds than a much smaller one...
Where does he say that? - Actually cannot find that one... Anyway, if he actually suggested that, he probably added that it should of had a variant of the T-54 gun or something like that.
You know this how? Stop talking crap about crap you don't know and stick to it...
What about it to yourself? He stated that is came out too late and nothing more, while you ramble on about how effective it was here and there... Once again, stop assuming to know what he knows/thinks.
You denied his point, just to stat it later... For its size, the 122 mm wasn't a world beater like it should of been. He probably is suggesting that it is an old and outdated design, and he'd be correct... A larger caliber doesn't mean the gun will be more successful.
Sources? At least he links sources to back his claims up...
Gun depression and coaxial round quantity is important, suggesting otherwise is idiocy... Remember Syria's tank battles with Israel? (I believe this was with T-55's) Syria crushed them in numbers at first, but once they began hitting hills that had tanks below, they were killed because their low depression meant they has to go down peek over and down the hill to fire. Israeli tanks capitalized on this, and possibly won because of it. That enough facts for you?
Too bad the T-10 was introduced EIGHT FRIGGIN' years after WW2, huh? At least research before you start posting such wild claims. Much like with Western tanks of that era, they'd be screwed is a large round hit their sides... Not exactly a good thing in a heavy tank!
He never said such crap... Now that I think about it, he said the exact opposite - it was too large to have the armor be of any use (being a heavy-tank and all).
Wrong, again... BD said that the T-54/55 had more armor in certain areas due to its smaller footprint, and once again, he was correct!
Once again, sources? He listed the sites where he got his info on armor, and you didn't...
The T-10 was larger in overall length than the M-48.... Like I've been saying, you should research before you make wild claims. Either way the M-48 was large, and he knows that.. He already has a "Failed Tanks" on the M103 and mentions its size in it, are you happy?
No sources? You didn't see them or didn't look for them? - Obviously the latter.
It is HEAVY TANK, WHICH IS ONE REASON IT IS A "FAILED TANK"! I'm getting tired of dealing with all this idiocy, do you even try?
Nice try, but once again.... He said that there was no recovery vehicle built for it, which itself can make recovery a pain in the #$%!
He has a point on the ammo, and you never even denied it... Complicated logistics because it was a large outlier, how don't you get this obvious information?
"Sole defect"? Sure, maybe if you have a low IQ, or none at all...
He has a point there as well. It had a very small interior for a tank of its size.
Chances are his source for that added in a different IS tank as well... It was similar to its older models after all... The T-10 didn't have a purpose, it was a mission-less dinosaur that should of never been made. It was (would've been) relevant in 1945 and no longer.
What do you mean "TOP-DOG"? It was never exported, that's all he meant! I think that you are over-thinking this...
Wrong wrong wrong... He said that HEAVY-TANKS should of never been used after WW2, and guess what (?), he was correct, again! - BD is a supporter of tank destroyers, and aircraft do a much better job when combined with ATGM's...
That video didn't prove a thing, it was just some training footage and nothing more.
Please research before posting, do that or don't bother replying....
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you poorly paraphrase and parrot him, while I provided a fact in each of my sentence. Please, try harder.
T-10 is immobile? You smoked what? Look the freakin video I posted.


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Resize the text box to fit the text as shown in the image below. I extended the text box to the right because it provides extra room for longer lyrics to stay on the same line.
To create the two bars on the bottom, add another text box by selecting the "Text" button on the top bar. Repeat this step.
Resize the first additional text box to the size of the bottom orange bar. Resize the second additional text box to the size of the top bar. If you wish to remove the text for these additional text boxes to make it easier to work with, just double click and press the space bar. Keeps the "Double Click to Enter" from showing up.
You may notice that I've allowed the edge of these additional text boxes to go over the slide on the left side. That's just an easier/lazier way to do it rather than making sure the edge of these text boxes fits exactly the edge of the slide.
Select the first additional text box, and then go to Inspector and select "Fill" under Element.
For the Fill Style, select Color Fill.
For the Opacity, select 70.
Repeat for the second additional text box.
With Inspector still open, select the actual text box where the lyrics will go.
In Inspector, select "Outline" under Text and remove the outline.
Select "Shadow" under Text and remove the shadow.
Change the Font to HelveticaNeue. You may need to download this font and add it to your computer. If you can't do this, sticking with Tahoma is a good substitute.
Close Inspector, name this new Theme, and select OK. You're finished!
Again, with this design as with any design that I share with you, feel free to adjust spacing, opacity, shadows, color or anything that you think will make this more readable for your house of worship.
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The Ka`bah: Manifestation of Monotheism or Idolatry
21st Sep 2015
The Ka`bah is the sacred House of Allah and symbol of Muslim unity.
Some falsifiers claim that Muslims sanctify the Ka`bah by circumambulating it, which implies an aspect of idolatry in Islam. They maintain that the Black Stone was one of the idols around the Ka`bah but it remained after the Islamic conquest of Mecca. By so doing, Muslims are not better than the ignorant disbelievers who believed that the worship of idols and stones would bring them closer to God.
Moreover, they stated that Muhammad was inspired by the pagan customs of the infidels when he put the rituals of his religion and he made the Ka`bah, being a man-made building, the center of these rituals by directing to it in prayer and going to it in Hajj. They inquire, "If Islam is a monotheistic religion, why does it allow the sanctification of the Ka`bah and the Black Stone as well as other rites of Hajj?"
In fact, Muslims observe the rites of Hajj as a kind of worshipping Allah and submitting to His orders, and nothing of their worship is directed to the Black Stone or the Ka`bah by means of fear or hope because this is only for Allah, the Almighty.
The concept of worship in Islam includes the meanings of submission, humbleness and obedience with a belief that the worshipped has an unseen authority that has effect in the reality. The worshipper seeks to always get closer to the one he is worshipping in order to gain a benefit or fend off an evil. Also, he thinks that neglecting the worship incurs harm and punishment whether in this life or in the hereafter and thus he should submit to the worshipped by obeying his orders and avoiding his prohibitions.
Hence, we can easily understand from the meaning of worship that Muslims worship neither the Ka`bah nor the Black Stone because they do not submit or humble themselves to them but they respect and hold them in high esteem. Moreover, they do not receive religious orders from the Ka`bah or the Black Stone. Kissing and respect have nothing with worship, in this particular case, because Muslims while doing so have faith that nothing can harm or benefit but Allah Alone. They deny any self-authority of these things. In addition, they believe that the relationship between the creator and the created is direct and has no intermediates, and that worshippers are not in need to resort to anything to bring them close to Almighty Allah. They believe that doing so is a kind of major Shirk (ascribing partners to Allah in worship) that gets one out of religion.
It is useful here to state that the one who first performed Hajj was Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham, peace be upon him) whom Allah commanded to proclaim Hajj to people. Almighty Allah says,
And proclaim to the people the Hajj (Hajj); they will come to you on foot and on every lean camel; they will come from every distant pass. That they may witness benefits for themselves and mention the name of Allah on known days over what He has provided for them of [sacrificial] animals. So eat of them and feed the miserable and poor. (Al-Hajj 22:27-28)
So, Prophet Ibrahim was the one who first performed Hajj and he also was the one who destroyed the idols and made them into fragments and revived the religion of monotheism. Allah (Glory be to Him) says,
Then We revealed to you, [O Muhammad], to follow the religion of Abraham, inclining toward truth; and he was not of those who associate with Allah. (An-Nahl 16:123)
The people of the pre-Islamic era of ignorance added some pagan rites and inadmissible ceremonies to Hajj such as circumambulating the Ka`bah naked and staining the Ka`bah with the blood of the sacrificial animals believing that this would bring them close to Allah. Islam came and removed all these deviated customs and rites. Abu Bakr declared in the ninth year of Hijrah, "No polytheist would circumambulate the Ka`bah and no one would go around the house naked." (Al-Bukhari)
In fact, the matter of worship depends upon two main issues: perfect love and perfect submission. Love without submission or submission without love is not worship.
There is no doubt that all the rites of Hajj are directed to Allah not to the Ka`bah or the Black Stone. Moreover, it is known that anyone who worships something believes that it is better than him while we find that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said referring to the Ka`bah, "How glorified and sacred be you! However, the believer is more sacred than you." (Al-Tirmidhi)
Finally, we need to refer here to the fact that the Arabs had idols before Islam and they put a lot of idols around the Ka`bah but it was never reported that they worshipped the Ka`bah or the Black Stone but they only hold them in high esteem and considered them some of remains of Ibrahim. So, it is false to claim that Muhammad conveyed the worship of these stones to his new religion of Islam.
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Fiscal Impact: Likely fiscal benefit to local governments (in the form of lower costs and higher revenues), potentially in the tens of millions of dollars each year.
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No argument against Proposition 11 was submitted to the California Secretary of State.
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This measure makes changes to state laws that affect private-sector EMTs and paramedics. The measure would not apply to EMTs and paramedics who work for public agencies, such as fire departments.
Requires Private-Sector Emergency Ambulance Employees to Remain on Call During Work Breaks. Changes Other Conditions of Employment. Initiative Statute. Legislative Analyst's Office.
Ballot Measure Guide - Prop 11. Berkeley IGS.


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Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, Marquesa de Pompadour (Paris, 29 de dezembro de 1721 – Palácio de Versalhes, 15 de abril de 1764), mais conhecida como Madame de Pompadour, ou simplesmente apelidada como Reinette ("rainhazinha" em  francês), foi uma cortesã francesa e amante do Rei Luís XV da França considerada uma das figuras francesas mais emblemáticas do século XVIII.

Jeanne, na verdade, foi agraciada com o título de Duquesa de Pompadour, em 12 de outubro de 1752, mas nunca chegou a utilizar o título, apenas seus privilégios, como o de poder sentar na presença do rei e da família real e o de utilizar a Coroa Ducal em seu brasão e carruagens. Dotada de inteligência, encanto, beleza, e ao mesmo tempo uma mulher fria, em termos físicos e na alma, Madame de Pompadour via seu papel como o de uma secretária confidencial do rei.

Governava Versalhes, concedia audiências a embaixadores e tomava decisões sobre todas as questões ligadas à concessão de favores, de forma tão absoluta quanto qualquer monarca. Influenciando politicamente as decisões reais, ela se tornou uma empreendedora, incentivando a fundação da fábrica de porcelanas de Sèvres.

Biografia
Madame de Pompadour foi filha primogênita de Louise-Madeleine de La Motte, casada com François Poisson. François logo após o casamento passou a trabalhar no Hôtel des Invalides que servia de casa e hospital para os veteranos inválidos de guerra pobres, que era controlada pelos irmãos Pâris (Paris-Duverney, que era empreiteiro e tinha uma ativa participação como administrador do exército, e Paris-Montmartel, banqueiro do rei e da corte). Isto até 1719 quando foi transferido para o front na guerra da Quádrupla Aliança. Enquanto François estava no fronte Louise-Madeleine passou a compartilhar da companhia de vários homens, na maioria nobres.

Acredita-se que o verdadeiro pai de Jeanne-Antoinette, fosse Pâris de Montmartel que se tornou seu padrinho de batismo e que conhecia muito bem Madame Poisson, antes dela se casar.

François conheceu os irmão Pâris quando atuava como almoxarife do setor de suprimentos do regimento de Due de Villars, depois disso François foi requisitado por sua integridade e ação imediata na organização dos suprimentos necessários quando ocorreu a peste na Provença. Apesar de sua falta de educação formal e da falta de maneiras, François tinha um talento nato para resolver as situações mais delicadas — qualidades que logo o tornaram indispensável para seus empregadores.

Já Louise-Madeleine vinha dos mesmos círculos que os irmãos Pâris. Seu pai, era envolvido com suprimentos do exército, além de ser fornecedor de carne para o des Invalides. Era considerada de uma classe socialmente superior à do marido e, segundo rumores, os irmãos Pâris combinaram seu casamento com Poisson para fornecer a Claude Le Blanc, secretário de Estado da guerra, acesso mais fácil a ela. Para compensar Poisson, Le Blanc conseguiu que ele e o pai da noiva recebessem nomeações oficiais do regente Filipe II.

Oportunidades de ter lucros enormes sempre existiram para os responsáveis pelo suprimento do exército. François prosperou e a família mudou-se para uma casa grande e bem-equipada na rue Saint-Marc. Quando Jeanne-Antoinette tinha quatro anos, seu pai se tornou bode expiatório em um escândalo do mercado negro envolvendo milho fornecido pelos irmãos Pâris. Poisson foi acusado de pagar uma quantia enorme e declarou-se devedor do tesouro. Para se salvar da prisão e provavelmente da forca, fugiu para a Alemanha deixando para trás a mulher e seus dois filhos.

Charles Le Normant de Tournehem, um rico solteirão e mecenas, assumiu a guarda de Madame Poisson e sua família. O tio Tournehem tratava os filhos de Louise-Madeleine como se fossem seus.

Enquanto Louise-Madeleine descobria o que iria fazer em seguida, mandou Jeanne-Antoinette, então com cinco anos de idade, para estudar no convento das Irmãs Ursulinas em Poissy. Cinco anos depois, Louise-Madeleine trouxe sua filha para casa e começou a ministrar-lhe um currículo totalmente diferente do que as boas irmãs ofereciam. Nas palavras de Marcelle Tinayre, vizinha e amiga íntima dos Poissons, Madame Poisson deu à filha a "educação de uma cortesã superior".

Louise-Madeleine via na filha um reflexo de sua beleza e de sua vida. Acreditava que com os dotes naturais de sua filha, Jeanne-Antoinette poderia garantir uma vida melhor. Tendo experimentado a vida com o açougueiro de baixa classe e depois experimentando o estilo de vida de alguns nobres que a entretinham, Louise-Madeleine imaginava como sua pequena Reinette (rainhazinha), como ela chamava Jeanne-Antoinette, poderia se tornar, se trabalhasse duro e se colocasse nos lugares certos, a amante do rei.

Jeanne-Antoinette aprendeu o cravo, a dança e a oratória. Ela e sua mãe conversaram abertamente sobre como colocá-la no lugar apropriado para chamar a atenção do rei, para escalar "o Olimpo de Versalhes".

Casamento

Jeanne-Antoinette passou a frequentar circuito de reuniões refinadas nos grandes salões parisienses. Ao longo do caminho, ela foi flagrada por um banqueiro, Charles-Guillaume Le Normant d'Étiolles sobrinho de Charles Le Normant de Tournehem.

Existem fatos que indicam que Monsieur de Tournehem viesse considerando essa união já há um certo tempo. Tendo ele mesmo cuidado do futuro financeiro do sobrinho, tornando-o sócio minoritário em várias pequenas empresas coletoras de impostos, e em 15 de dezembro de 1740 Tournehem deserdou todos os outros parentes, fazendo deste único sobrinho seu herdeiro absoluto.

Em março de 1741, com a idade de vinte anos, se casou com Monsieur Lenonnant. Após o casamento, a jovem Jeanne-Antoinette ficou conhecida como Madame d'Etioles. Lenonnant tinha uma casa de campo em Étiolles, uma casa em Paris, um salário impressionante e, o mais importante, tinha um círculo social que se relacionava realeza, um mundo onde as senhoras utilizavam os coches para admirarem os cavalheiros e os nobres caçavam raposas na floresta de Sénart. Foi em uma dessas caçadas, em 1744, três anos depois do casamento, que Jeanne-Antoinette finalmente chamou a atenção de Luís XV.

Luís XV

Considerado o homem mais belo do reino, provavelmente conheceu a ainda Madame d'Etioles em 1742, em um baile onde ele a notou — como não notar aquela que era considerada uma das mulheres mais belas de Paris? Inicialmente, aos 11 anos de idade, Luís XV ficou noivo de uma infanta espanhola, mas a infanta acabou sendo mandada de volta para seu país. Logo depois ele ficou noivo da princesa polonesa Maria Leszczynska que vivera em exílio na Alemanha. Quando Maria Leszczynska se casou com Luis, estava ela com 22 anos e o rei com 15.

Luís XV foi fiel à sua esposa por 10 anos tendo, nesses 10 anos, 10 filhos com a rainha, mas nem todos sobreviveram à primeira infância. Mas mesmo assim
Jeanne-Antoinette não foi a primeira. Luís XV teve outras amantes, como por exemplo Louise-Julie, a condessa de Mailly. Não tardou muito, e Luís demonstrou interesse por uma irmã da condessa de Mailly, Pauline, que veio a falecer ao dar à luz um filho do rei. Devastado pela morte de sua segunda amante, Luís deixou a corte por um mês. Mas, pouco tempo depois, para incredulidade geral e consternação de toda a sociedade, Luís XV interessou-se por mais uma irmã, a caçula das três, Marie-Anne, marquesa de La Tournelle, detentora de grande força e ímpeto, foi sagrada duquesa de Châteauroux.

Depois de uma série de problemas envolvendo membros do corpo político de Luís XV, a Duquesa de Châteauroux morreu de pneumonia aos 27 anos. Toda a sociedade começou a comentar sobre as suspeitas de envenenamento. As suspeitas mais pungentes recaíam sobre o Conde de Maurepas, ministro da Marinha, que tinha sido um de seus mais ferrenhos inimigos, sempre conspirando contra ela. Com a morte da duquesa, todos sabiam: estava livre a vaga de maîtresse déclarée (amante declarada). Todos sabiam que o Monarca não ficaria muito tempo sem uma amante. Havia chegado a hora e a vez de Madame d'Etioles.

É praticamente impossível dizer exatamente como, quando e onde Madame d'Etiolles e Luís XV se conheceram, mais difícil ainda seria definir a data de quando eles se tornaram amantes; muitas possibilidades são consideradas por muitos autores de biografias da lendária amante de Luís XV. No decorrer do tempo em que Luís XV ficou sem uma amante, surgiram os primeiros boatos sobre seu romance com Jeanne-Antoinette. A aristocracia se negava a acreditar que o rei fosse capaz de conspurcar os régios domínios da corte com uma simples burguesa. O abismo intransponível que havia entre burguesia e aristocracia era sempre ressaltado, e que nunca uma burguesa seria o mesmo que uma marquesa ou duquesa.

Marquesa
Era inaceitável que Luís XV tomasse como amante uma mulher que, embora rica, bela e culta, viesse da burguesia. Mas a decisão de Luís XV já estava tomada. Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, a outrora Madame d'Etiolles, seria apresentada à corte, mas para isso, era necessário antes de mais nada, que ela obtivesse um título de nobreza. As investigações para a obtenção do título recaíram sobre o Marquesado de Pompadour, uma propriedade no Limousino, cuja posse não era exata. Como os ajustes para a obtenção de seu título correram bem, Jeanne-Antoinette, agora Marquesa de Pompadour, passaria o verão em sua antiga propriedade, Etiolles, aprendendo os estranhos e confusos hábitos da corte de Versalhes, adquirindo o refinamento para alcançar tudo aquilo que almejava e que lhe fora dado a acreditar desde tenra idade.

Voltaire foi um dos que ao longo deste aprendizado em Etiolles se tornaram seus amigos para a vida inteira, mesmo ele tendo deixado a corte da França e rumado para a Prússia, para a corte de Frederico II da Prússia. Mas ainda havia muito o que aprender neste período em que ela teve que aprender os títulos e nomes da famílias mais importantes do reino, ela teve o auxílio do Abade de Bernis, de Voltaire e de alguns outros interessados em se beneficiar da posição de Marquesa de Pompadour e amante declarada do rei. Contra ou a favor da burguesa, agora enobrecida, Jeanne-Antoinette, foi apresentada à corte do dia 14 de dezembro, no salão Oeil-de-Boeuf. Trajando o obrigatório robe de cour negro, coberta de jóias, empoada e usando rouge, estava, a partir daquele momento, assumindo seu lugar no mundo de intrigas de Versalhes.

Morte
Madame de Pompadour sofreu dois abortos em 1746 e 1749, e ela disse ter arranjado amantes menores para o prazer do rei para substituir a si mesma. Apesar de terem deixado de ser amantes depois de 1750, eles continuaram amigos, e Luís XV foi dedicado a ela até sua morte em 1764 por tuberculose, na idade de quarenta e dois anos. Mesmo seus inimigos admiravam sua coragem durante as dolorosas semanas finais. Voltaire escreveu: "Estou muito triste com a morte de Madame de Pompadour — estava em dívida com ela e eu lamento-a além da gratidão. Parece absurdo que, enquanto um velho burocrata, dificilmente capaz de caminhar, deve ainda estar vivo, uma mulher bonita, no meio de uma esplêndida carreira, deveria morrer na idade de quarenta e dois". Muitos de seus inimigos ficaram, no entanto, aliviados. Olhando para a chuva durante a partida do caixão de sua amante de Versalhes, o Rei teria dito: "La marquise n'aura pas de beau temps pour son voyage" ("A marquesa não terá tempo bom para sua viagem"). Ela foi enterrada no Convento das Capuchinhas em Paris.

Na ficção
 Ela é interpretada pelas atrizes britânicas Jessica Atkins (como uma criança) e Sophia Myles (como uma adulta) em "The Girl in the Fireplace", um episódio da telessérie de ficção científica Doctor Who.

 Uma canção de Carlos Galhardo tem o título ''Madame Pompadour''
 Moreira da Silva menciona Madame de Pompadour em sua música Acertei no milhar.

Nascidos em 1721
Mortos em 1764
Naturais de Paris
Mortes por tuberculose na França
Amantes da realeza francesa
Franceses do século XVIII
Mortes por tuberculose no século XVIII

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