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  1. Originally posted by Olle Petersson:

    My comment about the brakes was aimed at the heat problem.

    If a tank can lock the wheels, then there won't be much heat buildup in the brakes (but an enourmous mechanical strain on all parts involved).

    If they don't lock the wheels, then (as good as) all kinetic energy will be transformed to heat in the brakes...

    Cheers

    Olle

    Personal experience note here. I drove Bradley’s while I was in the Cavalry. Now I know that’s not a tank by modern standards but it is a 36 ton AFV and I can tell you that stomping on the brake at 50kph simply puts it into a slide. Depending on road crown it’s pretty much straight. On dirt you could power slide them around a corner very much like putting a car into a four wheel drift.

    As far as the crew goes if they are prepared for the maneuver there is nothing much that happens. Now if your TC is hanging out with his hands on a pair of binoculars instead of the hatch ring a bruised pair of ribs for him and excessive KP for the driver was usually the result. The rest of the crew gets tossed about a bit but the pad on the gun sight usually keeps the gunner from getting a black eye and the loader damn well better have his crewman’s helmet on securely instead of sleeping with it half unstrapped in the back. You would be amazed at how often those damn TOW missiles would jump out of the rack even under relatively mild open ground maneuvering.

    All in all driving an AFV is really pretty similar to most vehicles. Stopping distance was amazingly short even in less that ideal ground conditions. (except ice those babys slide FOREVER) As far as momentum goes I can’t speak to getting hit (thank the creator) but I did lose a track at about 20 – 25 kph at Hoenfelz (Sp?) and we rolled straight ahead to a stop. I can’t recall what kind of distance. (it’s always the drivers fault when that happens and the TC was ardently declaiming my questionable family lineage at that point) It was the right track (pin broke completely uncoupling a section) and there was a very mild movement, no more that 10 degrees of line, to the LEFT side as I could suddenly feel “something” was wrong and I applied the brake pretty hard.

    Now I don’t know what type of drive system was on WWII tanks. IE clutched turning or brake turning (is that the proper terminology?) Anyway I never observed any significant swerve when the occasional broken track occurred on other vehicles including M1A1's. As a matter of fact when we changed track paddy’s (Rubber inserts designed to minimize hard top road damage) we would uncouple one track and drive the vehicle straight off the track do the work and back it up again onto the completed track. If you tried to drive forward after removing one track the vehicle would gradually move to the side missing the track but not as sharply as you might think.

    This is all anecdotal and I do not claim to know what the behavior of a WWII vehicle would be after a catastrophic hit or a suspension/track loss, but I don’t think it was as dramatic as you may expect.

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    [This message has been edited by DekeFentle (edited 03-08-2001).]

  2. Originally posted by Croda:

    This sounds like a challenge for....Crodaburg!

    And before you nay-sayers jump all over my ass with your spiked heels, recall that the last 2 people given Crodaburg to play (ButtCheek6 and JarJarHead) never returned. My guess is it's a good way to get rid of unwanted trash.

    Whoever the hell Crodaburger is I accept. We'll see who returns upon their shield. Speculating that he's your alter ego Croda, the question begs to be asked. How can such a seething syphilitic crater upon the hidden most orifice of humanity such as yourself have enough ego to have an alter? Either way, send terms or setup. If you're too lazy for that tell me what address to send to and I'll put it together.

    When the Whuppin' boy speaks, gather round and hearken well. Pain is humanities most eloquent mentor.

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  3. Originally posted by Stuka:

    Me? fight DerKinkyFerkle? Not bloody likely, hitting retards is downright gamey!

    Again nothing but salivating drivel from a diminutive, dingleberry picking pontiff of PENG. Try again and put some heart into it. Must be all that Budwiser you wanna be Aussies have been swilling.

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    [This message has been edited by DekeFentle (edited 03-08-2001).]

  4. Originally posted by Mace:

    Oh looky, DekeFentle's brought in a mate to back him up....nothing we aussies like than a bar room brawl....Stuka, you do the fighting, I'll nurse the drinks!

    Mace

    Mace:

    Do you ever tire of being wrong? your assertion that Naja is my mate is undoubtedly a lame attempt to insult him. Although Naja is obviously an astute, perspicacious broweser of this urine stained troop of posting primidona’s, I have never before today seen his name.

    You Aussies don’t seem to be capable of taking a challenge from the Whuppin’ boy mush less an altercation of a corporealy violent nature in a tavern. I would be willing to wager you and Stuka drink Budwiser. tongue.gif

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  5. Originally posted by Shandorf:

    How about "Whuppin' boy"? ...

    Mmmmm... Ok "Whuppin' boy" it is. Now I can see no further excuse from you Agua Perdió for turning down my challenge. Take heart you are no longer the bottom of the pile. However in order to keep me there you had best show your betters that you can keep your spot over me. The gauntlet is down do you have a pair?

    When Whuppin' boy speaks everybody listens.

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  6. Mace, Squire?!

    Aren't you a squire? Everyone treats you like one. Where are the scrolls? Who keeps track of those damn things anyway? I have the list somewhere... Right here it is, yep Mace your're a kinigget, so you're saying I need to play someone with less rank than you? Who would that be? Somebody named "pond scum" whom I have yet to meet? I owe you an apoligy (not that you'll ever get it) I truely thought you were the lowest of the low in this pit of sewage swilling simpletons. Who pray tell rates under you?

    Lorak

    As you seem to be mentioned from time to time as the keeper of records. Perhaps you could point me in the direction of the chief neophyte in this collection of vapid amoeba. I would like to request a title. If court jester is not taken I will accept that as I have always admired the hat.

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    Just can't get the hang of these bold dohickys.

    [This message has been edited by DekeFentle (edited 03-07-2001).]

  7. Mace you craven despot of falsehood. Call me anything that festering conglomeration of fecal matter you use for synaptic transmissions can come up with. It does not change the fact you are running in fear from the challenge I have offered.

    I would expect a kiwi to rise to said challenge. Maybe you have a problem with getting anything to rise? Step to the plate (or the wicket) and have go.

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  8. Originally posted by Germanboy:

    As far as wannabe taunts go, you seem to fighting with Mensch for posting incomprehensible gibberish. Now if you stopped drooling and explain to me what you are on about, maybe we can make some way towards explaining the following to you:

    My gibberish is sui generis. It is far superior to Mensch in both it’s inexplicable meandering and its oblique references. Any presumption that you could possibly explain anything to me is preposterous. Send me a set-up and I will do the explaining.

    - My English is better than that of 99% of native speakers although I am German

    From which South seas island did you derive your sample?

    - I live in London

    My bag, substitute London for Berlin in my last reference.

    - No, I don't want to be a citizen of some nobility schmucks who were kicked out of Germany 250 years ago for being simply unstomacheable.

    There's that claim to Germanic decent again. Please subside from boring us with your false diatribe. The use of un as a prefix to denote the opposite of a colloquialism or proper word, although generally acceptable is rather poor English. Referencing your stated desire to reach the 99th percentile I assume you want all the help you can get. I add that although it is not a proper word, stomacheable might be a little less nauseating to the eye spelled “stomachable”.

    - Your taunts don't bother me.

    Then I pray your response was not too sudoriferous on your mental faculties. Let me check… Nope just blathering platitudes.

    - Not only do I look better, I am also more intelligent than you are possess a larger vocabulary.

    Relativity is obviously the issue here, when querying the inhabitants of your shared cardboard domicile they might indeed believe your appearance is more appealing. Then again maybe they’re just looking at that bottle of ripple you have in your coat pocket. They are sure to declaim your superior intelligence in hopes of gaining access to the afore mentioned beverage. As far as vocabulary, I did not need the dictionary that you are holding in your hand to understand what you penned.

    - My ego beats yours anyday

    Most submoronic cretins do develop coping mechanisms.

    - I stopped to play with the Schmuddelkinder when you wer e not even a twinkle in your dad's eye, why would I want to play with you now.

    Son I would be willing to wager that I could of put a twinkle in your mothers eye before she even met your father. Perhaps I did, Wo wohnte Ihre Mutter in Deutschland?

    Setzen Sie oben oder schließen Sie oben Feigling. I expect your terms within the fortnight.

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    [This message has been edited by DekeFentle (edited 03-07-2001).]

  9. What a sorry gaggle of of putrid puss sucking butt pirates. You can't even figure out how to start a new thread with any kind of unity. About time Madmatt stepped in and got you organized.

    Repost>>>

    Seanachai: No reply? I guess that places you in the yammering, trivial kinniget bucket with Mace. *sigh* Are you so deeply ensconced in the vermin infested dwellings of your precious murderapolis that you can see nothing beyond the high-rises? Send me a set-up and we’ll battle over the right to be labeled a true Minnesotan. Fear of the unknown has no place in the frozen North. Pull up your boot straps son, I will extract my victory with speed and elan so as to minimize your suffering.

    Germanboy: You are apparently trying to fool everyone into believing you truly reside in the Rhienland. Although you may share a cardboard box with the other erstwhile emigrants outside the Berlin zoo it should be noted that it takes more than that to achieve citizenship. Do you even own the game? Did the librarian allow you to load it on one of their PC’s? Given that you do indeed have access to play and are not just a surfing pretender allow me to join the long, long, long line of opponents who crush your feeble attempts to maneuver on the silicon battlefield. Stop staring into the bottom of that empty fest mug and answer the challenge you fauler Hund von dem Ost.

    Kitty: You’ve been had. That photo Mace sent is of Sonny Bono at the Oscars in 74.

    Berlichtingen: Set-up will arrive tonight.

  10. Seanachai: No reply? I guess that places you in the yammering, trivial kinniget bucket with Mace. *sigh* Are you so deeply ensconced in the vermin infested dwellings of your precious murderapolis that you can see nothing beyond the high-rises? Send me a set-up and we’ll battle over the right to be labeled a true Minnesotan. Fear of the unknown has no place in the frozen North. Pull up your boot straps son, I will extract my victory with speed and elan so as to minimize your suffering.

    Germanboy: You are apparently trying to fool everyone into believing you truly reside in the Rhienland. Although you may share a cardboard box with the other erstwhile emigrants outside the Berlin zoo it should be noted that it takes more than that to achieve citizenship. Do you even own the game? Did the librarian allow you to load it on one of their PC’s? Given that you do indeed have access to play and are not just a surfing pretender allow me to join the long, long, long line of opponents who crush your feeble attempts to maneuver on the silicon battlefield. Stop staring into the bottom of that empty fest mug and answer the challenge you fauler Hund von dem Ost.

    Kitty: You’ve been had. That photo Mace sent is of Sonny Bono at the Oscars in 74.

    Berlichtingen: Set-up will arrive tonight.

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  11. Originally posted by Seanachai:

    As for Chrisl, although he's admittedly a limp lotus eater now, he did dwell here in the North for several years. While it wasn't enough to make a man of him and prevent him from moving to Kalifornia, it did teach him how to fight in the snow, and he's familiar with the concepts of a Real State. A year or two more, and he might have been salvaged. Sigh. Still, maybe we shouldn't judge too harshly. Maybe he's only in Kalifornia because he's in prison, and has no choice. Keep a good thought, I always say.

    Perhaps that prison thing is true. I thought I detected a Lompoc accent in his post.

    Out of state?! Shut your mouth! Aside from your breath that foul assertion should be saved for Norwegian farmers. I am a denizen of the great city of Shoreview the true axis upon which the Twin cities turn.

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  12. Originally posted by Mace:

    As a disciple of your posts, I took it upon myself to admire your post and to make it much more factual and pleasing to the typical cess-pooler's eyes.

    As for a game? I'm sorry, but I'm just plain scared to risk the embarrassment of potential defeat.

    I would suggest battling with a squire first as they have beaten most of the cesspool Kinnigits and are thus a bit better competition!

    Now please, allow me to grovel and be subservient!

    Mace

    Well put Oh mighty Kinnigits! I release you from the onus of the defeat you would of suffered and claim the victory that is rightfully mine. Would you care to make it two out of three?

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  13. Originally posted by Berlichtingen:

    Now, this appears to me to be a rather lame taunt directed to the Pool at large. Now, as has been mentioned countless times before, if you direct your wit (hmmm, I think I left a 't' of that) at the group at large, your chances of actually getting a game going are about as high as Moriarty's chances of winning. Off course, you do seem to be from the same area as Seanachai, so I suppose some allowances must be made... then again probably not.

    Mmmm Perhaps I did miss something aside from another "t". Etiquette in a forum that is somewhat unfamiliar is always difficult for my small brain. (It’s the cold up here) Anyway, I thank you Berlichtingen and break wind in your general direction.

    Mace: As you have taken on the mantel of the master with regards to my postings perhaps I could return the favor and demonstrate to that pile of bovine dung you use for a brain exactly how this game is supposed to be played. I promise to post my victory over you with suitably disparaging remarks about the plethora of ineptitude’s you will undoubtedly demonstrate. If the sky turns green, the sun fails to rise and you do beat me I will of course decry your use of uber tanks and the other gamey tactics that you would have to employ to gain the afore mentioned result.

    Seanachai: As you are still pondering the difference between skyways and overpasses I will assist you with a clue. “One has cars and trucks on it.” Having passed on that lesson I am sure you can see the value in accepting a challenge in order that I might further enlighten you. I am sure with your propensity for apologies everyone will look forward to your whine of defeat.

    Chris1: You’re from CA. Enough said.

    Berlichtingen: I see the air has cleared, perhaps some day your complexion will follow suit. Based on the constructive delineation of my post I expect good things from you. Then again expect in one hand defecate in the other… Ah well, I suppose I could find the small amount of time it would take to sufficiently embarrass you too.

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    [This message has been edited by DekeFentle (edited 03-05-2001).]

  14. Originally posted by Manx_CM:

    ps - In the short term i may go back to www.combatmissions.co.uk , although due to lack of diskspace on that site, i would have to serve just a selection of the total mods available.

    B]

    Would offering this service some free hard disks get you more space? I might be able to help out if they would consider that. DekeFentle@mn.mediaone.net

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  15. Originally posted by chrisl:

    If you're a native minnesotan you shouldn't be sitting at a computer this time of year. You should be out racing a snowmobile around on thin ice, or given the time of night, sitting in an ice-fishing hut on the lake getting CO poisoning from your heater/stove. Go back where you belong and turn into a Dekesicle. (No bauhaus, you shouldn't touch things like that)

    I'll have you know I just pulled up a 6 lb walley, rather nice fish. My Icehouse includes a satilite connection. What kind of data throughput do you get on your surfboard CA boy or *tremble at the thought* valley girl?

  16. Originally posted by Seanachai:

    I apologize to the Thread for this, a Landsman of Shandorf (worthless toad) and mine. I'm sure he's originally from Gary IN or Chicago, or something. I assure you that actual Minnesotans taunt better than this. Hell, even Shandorf taunts better than this. Please avert your eyes until this fool is shown to be a pretender, or he recovers himself and remembers that this is the Peng Challenge Thread, and not the half-way house he spends his evenings in.

    I just checked my foot locker (I'm staying at a very nice halfway house) and lo and behold I find that my certificate of birth does indeed prove I am an original frozen Minnesotan born and bred here. Perhaps you are the true pretender of which you prattle on about? Everyone knows it's "Minnesota Nice" taunting plays no part in that heritage.

    I assume you indeed are a transplant and unable to tell a skyway from an overpass. I will type slowly and attempt to use monosyllables to assist your understanding.

    Can you play this game?

    Do you want to loose a game?

    There now that shouldn't have been too difficult to decipher. Then again immigrants do tend to have difficulties with even the simplest questions.

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