LukeFF Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Believed to be the only live-firing Pak40 in the U.S. Awesome! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizou Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Thanks for sharing.. awesome indeed! It would be hard not to be discovered after the first shot.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletpoint Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Would be nice to see these kick up lots of dust in the game as well.. at least in dry weather conditions. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hister Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Exactly. Firing blast is way too small if we compare this clip with what we have in-game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 In dusty conditions clearly. Perhaps the dust is much reduced in damp areas like Normandy etc. I wonder if the crews laid any covers on the ground like a sniper would to reduce dust? Very interesting the guy claims it was used in an indirect fire role with a 5 mile range vs the 1 mile direct fire role. If true, that would be interesting to see in CM2 for on board direct fire weapons as has been discussed. (Of course we'd need rather large maps.) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 It clear it is not a true grenade but just a blank. The PaK40 was partly semiautomatic, so the case was automatically ejected by the recoil movement then the bolt was left open, ready for loading a new PaK grenade. In the video a guy must manually operate the bolt opening mechanism, which have been kept closed during the whole cycle, in order to get the case partially out of the chamber. OTOH I think the gun shows enough recoil to partly operate the semiautomatic case extraction cycle. I wonder whether there is something closig the barrel hidden in the muzzlebrake which would allows the recoil. If so, it would partly explain the huge dust cloud. A friend of mine got a PaK40 in his collection, so I was able to move and operate it (with the help of other friends, that is). There is a hole in the barrel so there was no way to fire powerful blanks, so we didn't get first hand experience on live firing the gun. We just fired some "soft" blanks. Real cases were used, but there was no recoil at all. Note: It was expected to emplace the gun lower on the ground, but the terrain was too close to the sea, so we got lots of water after digging just 50 or 70 cm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tashtego Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Now I know why ant-tank guns are so easy to spot. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 It clear it is not a true grenade but just a blank. The PaK40 was partly semiautomatic, so the case was automatically ejected by the recoil movement then the bolt was left open, ready for loading a new PaK grenade. In the video a guy must manually operate the bolt opening mechanism, which have been kept closed during the whole cycle, in order to get the case partially out of the chamber. This is explained in the video. The auto eject is disabled because the owner didn't want the cart cases dinged as they went skittering across the rocks. Bear in mind that the propellent type and quantity is most likely NOT the same as am authentic WWII round. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hister Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Yeah, a blast liek that (minus the dust) would be too easy to spot. Such guns back then must had somewhat less fire blast. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pak40 Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Well, don't I look good 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambler Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 My new quest in life: to find a PaK 40, buy it, take it out to the range and fire it. Because it is awesome. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBlackHand Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 It seems as if all of the large caliber muzzle blasts are too small in-game. Read some descriptions of a Firefly's muzzle blast, for example. This is part of the reason why I was so frustrated in the Neerpelt Breakout that I recently played. The Paks were extremely hard to spot, even with a direct line of sight. I would hear the gunshots but see absolutely no indication of where they may have come from. Smoke from the muzzle blast of both AT guns and bazookas/schrecks/fausts would be nice. It would give you realistic idea of where the shooting is coming from. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFF Posted April 2, 2014 Author Share Posted April 2, 2014 Bear in mind that the propellent type and quantity is most likely NOT the same as am authentic WWII round. Yep, sounds about right. The shell they were using looked like a very large blank, so naturally all of that propellant is going to be vented out of the gun differently than a normal shell would. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Yep, sounds about right. The shell they were using looked like a very large blank, so naturally all of that propellant is going to be vented out of the gun differently than a normal shell would. AFAIK the only way to use a blank then getting some recoil is by closing the muzzle or narrowing the bore with a blank device. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 My new quest in life: to find a PaK 40, buy it, take it out to the range and fire it. Because it is awesome. ISTR that there was a member here, several years ago, who had his own Pak40 ... or maybe it was an 88 of some kind. Fully functional too - he machined his own projectiles :eek: :cool: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hister Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 ISTR that there was a member here, several years ago, who had his own Pak40 ... or maybe it was an 88 of some kind. Fully functional too - he machined his own projectiles :eek: :cool:I suppose his neighbors didn't dare to make any complain against his dog ****ting on wrong lawns for the sheer fear of their roofs being blown off the house... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankster65 Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Impressive. Wish the camera man had given us a picture of what it looked like looking through that optic sight. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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