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  1. I know there's been plenty of discussion on the vulnerability of open-topped vehicles in this forum, but I'm not sure if anyone's raised this particular aspect... Let's say you have a Nashorn in a good hull down position. The gun is depressed and the crew compartment is basically parallel to the reverse slope of the hill. This not only creates a situation where there's very little of the forward portion of the compartment exposed, but any penetration will punch through the facing armor and fly off into empty space over the crew compartment. Basically, unless a crew member's head happens to be in the way (or the weapon is damaged), a Nashorn, Marder or "Suka" could take hits like this all day (alright, the crew might panic a bit, but...) What about a tank? Same situation with regard to the gun and crew compartment orientations...but a penetration of the gun mantlet has the shell ricocheting off the roof of the turret and tearing up the inside of the vehicle. This said, are hull down O.T. vehicles too vulnerable (relative to tanks) in CMBB? Maybe we should see more hits resulting in "gun damaged" than K.O.s?
  2. Thanks for the responses everyone. I took a number of pictures during the trip and will try to post some of them as soon as they're developed. Sorry to say, but the Brummbar doesn't even stand out in my mind as the worst in the bunch. Hope that new structure goes up sometime soon. Fort Knox sounds good, and I hope I'll have some time to visit. Actually, I'm moving to Texas in a few months. Any suggestions?
  3. Visited the Aberdeen Proving Grounds this weekend and I was a bit shocked. The armor collection is in VERY sad shape. Some of the smaller items on the vehicles are literally rusting into small piles of dust, parts missing, signs are faded or destroyed...a pretty sad site. I'd visited Kubinka (Russia's Aberdeen) north of Moscow about three years ago and the collection there was fantastic. Most of the vehicles are stored inside and my guide indicated that much of the German collection (which included a complete collection of the more common armor types plus a an actual Maus and a Karl mortar)was still in running condition. Can't say that I saw anything "running" but the exteriors were in excellent condition - impressive. Considering the relative state of the current US and Russian militaries, this is a bit unexpected. What gives? Does anyone have any info about the financial situation at Aberdeen? Are there any efforts to raise money (aside from the donation box at the museum)? This is really sad to see all of this wasting away.
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