Comments by "COL BEAUSABRE" (@colbeausabre8842) on "Tank Expert reacts to German Spy Reports" video.

  1. You mean like firing at the Matilda and seeing their 37mm AP bounce off? You wanna talk rubbish. look at the German MkI (7-13mm armor) and MkI II (5-15mm armor) - which made up most of the German tank park in May 1940. (554 and 920 out of a total of 2582). The standard British antitank/tank gun, the, 2 pouunder, could penetrate 37mm at 1000 yard. ("The chosen weapon was a design of the state-owned arsenal Atelier de Construction de Puteaux workshop (abbreviated to APX) located in Puteaux, Paris, and was named the canon de 47 mm semi-automatique mle 1937. A similar model designated the canon de 47 mm semi-automatique mle 1939 was also produced. Both were efficient weapons, especially given the thin armour of contemporary German tanks. The gun could pierce 60 mm (2.4 in) at 550 meters (600 yd) or 80 mm (3.1 in) at 180 meters (200 yd).[1] Unfortunately for France, the 47mm SA mle 1937 and 47mm SA mle 1939 were still rare weapons at the time of the Battle of France.) The German won because of superior doctrine and organization, not better weapons
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  2. Nit was clearly written by a military attache at the time the Blomberg visited - probably accompanied him
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  3.  @MarkVrem  He's the military attache. A serving member of the military
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  4.  @MilitaryHistoryVisualized  I disagree. Sounds like a typing mistake, or somebody didn't know what "SmK" stood for. "7.92 mm S.m.K. - Spitzgeschoß mit Kern ("spitzer with core") hardened steel cored projectile for use against targets behind thick covers, tanks, or airplanes. Red circular cap groove, yellow bullet, bullet weight 11.85 g (182.9 gr), muzzle velocity 785 m/s (2,575 ft/s), operating pressure 300 MPa (43,511 psi). This ammunition was also produced in a S.m.K.-v high-velocity or "v" ammunition variant that added 100 m/s (328 ft/s) muzzle velocity to the normal S.m.K. variant.[40] There was also a version S.m.K.H. - Spitzgeschoß mit Hartkern ("spitzer with hardcore") which had a tungsten carbide core instead of a steel core. Sintered iron and mild steel cores also came into use in this ammunition. German Spitzgeschoss mit Kern armor-piercing bullets were very good, being very stable and accurate at long ranges"
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  5. Totally agree and have posted it earlier
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  6. Sounds like a typing mistake, or somebody didn't know what "SmK" stood for. "7.92 mm S.m.K. - Spitzgeschoß mit Kern ("spitzer with core") hardened steel cored projectile for use against targets behind thick covers, tanks, or airplanes. Red circular cap groove, yellow bullet, bullet weight 11.85 g (182.9 gr), muzzle velocity 785 m/s (2,575 ft/s), operating pressure 300 MPa (43,511 psi). This ammunition was also produced in a S.m.K.-v high-velocity or "v" ammunition variant that added 100 m/s (328 ft/s) muzzle velocity to the normal S.m.K. variant.[40] There was also a version S.m.K.H. - Spitzgeschoß mit Hartkern ("spitzer with hardcore") which had a tungsten carbide core instead of a steel core. Sintered iron and mild steel cores also came into use in this ammunition. German Spitzgeschoss mit Kern armor-piercing bullets were very good, being very stable and accurate at long ranges"
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  7. No one expects the German Inquisition
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  8. No
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  9. But the report clearly states that the Christie suspension vehicle was different from the one discussed in the min body of the vreport. Go back and watch agin
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  10. No, Halon wasn't developed as a fire suprescent until the 1950's. The best anyone had was Carbon Dioxide which is toxic. Closing the hatches would kill you in a closed environment. My opinion is that you close the hatches when attacked by an incendiary device like a flame thrower
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  11. This help? Figures for MkVI light tank Engine Meadows 6-cylinder petrol 88 hp Power/weight 16.9 hp/ton (Mark VIB and VIC) Here's the figure for the US M4 Power/weight 10.46–13.49 hp/short ton (8.60–11.09 kW/t) depending upon variant So it looks like the MkVI ws quite peppy
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  12. Possible, but unlikely
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  13. The Mk VI got 4 + miles/gallon Range/fuel 130 mi (210 km)/30 gal (140 l)
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