Aragorn2002 Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 (edited) 8 hours ago, Amedeo said: Very interesting! Though I wonder why they classified Emden and Leipzig as heavy cruisers... which they weren't, of course, being armed with 15cm guns. Good point. They were light cruisers. One of them, the Leipzig, was rammed by the Prinz Eugen in October 1944 due to heavy fog and only of limited use after that. Btw, there were two heavy cruisers in the Baltics in 1944/45, the Prinz Eugen and the Hipper (though not operational due to battle damage suffered in the Barents Sea), both of the Admiral Hipper-Class. Edited March 25, 2021 by Aragorn2002 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amedeo Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 6 hours ago, Aragorn2002 said: Good point. They were light cruisers. One of them, the Leipzig, was rammed by the Prinz Eugen in October 1944 due to heavy fog and only of limited use after that. Btw, there were two heavy cruisers in the Baltics in 1944/45, the Prinz Eugen and the Hipper (though not operational due to battle damage suffered in the Barents Sea), both of the Admiral Hipper-Class. Well, Prinz Eugen was the "lucky" ship, among German cruisers. As its WW1 (Austrian) namesake, she managed to survive her sister ships. On the other hand, Blücher sank at her first combat, just like her WW1 namesake. Maybe the Deutsche Marine should reconsider its criteria for deciding new ships' names! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Probus Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Amedeo said: Well, Prinz Eugen was the "lucky" ship, among German cruisers. As its WW1 (Austrian) namesake, she managed to survive her sister ships. Remarkably, Prinz Eugen finally was sunk out in the Pacific after undergoing atomic bomb tests. You can dive her if you are ‘lucky’ enough to do some work out at Qwadge. I almost went there in support of the Space Fence program. Edited March 25, 2021 by Probus 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn2002 Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Amedeo said: Well, Prinz Eugen was the "lucky" ship, among German cruisers. As its WW1 (Austrian) namesake, she managed to survive her sister ships. On the other hand, Blücher sank at her first combat, just like her WW1 namesake. Maybe the Deutsche Marine should reconsider its criteria for deciding new ships' names! I bet Hitler had a few things to say after he heard the news of the Blücher... On that name rested a curse in WW2 anyway. During the battle of Crete three brothers of the Blücher-family fell as Fallschirmjäger within a couple of hours. The fourth brother died in 1944 due to a hunting accident. In case anyone is interested in that sad story, I can recommend the following book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Heroes-Death-Blücher-Brothers-Fallschirmjäger/dp/0764346318/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=heroes+in+death&qid=1616679899&sr=8-1 Apart from that the Russians destroyed the grave and desecrated the corpse of the great Feldmarschall Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (check out my profile picture!), the hero of the German liberation wars and Waterloo, on his Silesian residence in 1945. Edited March 25, 2021 by Aragorn2002 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacillator Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 1 hour ago, Aragorn2002 said: check out my profile picture! And here was me thinking that was a self-portrait . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn2002 Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 13 minutes ago, Vacilllator said: And here was me thinking that was a self-portrait . Oh no, much more handsome in real life. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacillator Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 2 hours ago, Aragorn2002 said: Oh no, much more handsome in real life. I'm sure. As for my profile picture I fear the Jagdpanther is a more handsome beast than I am, but only to those (like myself) who are partial to a bit of Axis armour. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Probus Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 So when it comes to WWII armor, which design is the sexyest? We can debate all day about which was the best, but which one has the most eye appeal? I have to admit, I've always been partial to the German Panther. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anonymous_Jonze Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 (edited) I like how crudely made the British tanks look. I'm partial to the Cromwell in particular. Edited March 25, 2021 by Anonymous_Jonze 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vergeltungswaffe Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Always loved this beauty from the war in the desert: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umlaut Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Generally, I think the Sherman looks too bulky and clumsy. But for some reason I think the Firefly looks really badass 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacillator Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 (edited) I like all of the above (even the Firefly) but hey: Edited March 25, 2021 by Vacilllator Tried to change to one with a cross. If it had a cross, show it. Failed to show... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacillator Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 (edited) Just for balance, I've always liked these too (even if it's a bit of a late model). Edited March 25, 2021 by Vacilllator 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuckCuckem Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 If a dad-bod was a tank 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Probus Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 Is that a real tank? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t34577685 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 now the <total war rome> has been remastered,and will be released in 2021.04.29 I think the F&B will be released before this one at least 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobetco Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 (edited) 51 minutes ago, Probus said: Is that a real tank? yes, sadly and I'm kinda sick of seeing it. its the bob semple tank. the internets haha meme tankhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Semple_tank yes I am a grump edit: I too am excited to have some su100/jagdpanther shootouts Edited March 26, 2021 by Cobetco 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn2002 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 3 hours ago, t34577685 said: now the <total war rome> has been remastered,and will be released in 2021.04.29 I think the F&B will be released before this one at least Another Rome Total War? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t34577685 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 41 minutes ago, Aragorn2002 said: Another Rome Total War? total war Rome remastered, it announced yesterday for me ,perharps is today for you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bufo Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 (edited) My all time favorite: Sadly we won't get this icon with F&R. Edited March 26, 2021 by Bufo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn2002 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 1 hour ago, t34577685 said: total war Rome remastered, it announced yesterday for me ,perharps is today for you. I see. Hopefully the will do the same with medieval total war. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobetco Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 not to take this off topic too much, but there is a pretty good Medieval mod for Atilla actually. not a remake of medieval, or medieval 2, but certainty strong enough to be worth checking out if you already have Atilla. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markus544 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 I like this guy...Don't think saw any combat, but I still like it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Probus Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 Is that a Patton with a flamethrower of some sorts on top? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markus544 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 No those for the recoil system for larger 90mm gun, plus a counter weight on the rear of the turret for counter balancing the large heaver main gun. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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