Scrap Heap Panzers

[Ed Anger]

Anyway, I think "Scrap Heap Panzers" sounds like an awesome name for a band.

or a shitty Discovery Channel show.

[citizen k]

Anyway, I think "Scrap Heap Panzers" sounds like an awesome name for a band.

or a shitty Discovery Channel show.

http://military.discovery.com/convergence/tank-overhaul/episode/episode.html

 

[Scipio]

How were buried tanks supposed to intimidate the Turks?

Well they were to be supported by buried infantry.

Yes good one, I was working along the line of  'buried kurds having intimidating the Ottoman empire' but gave up. 

Don't forget the unburied Armenians still terrorizing the Turks.

[Tamas]

Well they were to be supported by buried infantry.

[Admiral Yi]

http://military.discovery.com/convergence/tank-overhaul/episode/episode.html

 

The Ferdinand was cool just because it was a Ferdinand.  But usually it's an hour of three guys with mustaches hammering on metal.

[Josquius]

The Iraqis did this during the Iran-Iraq war and both gulf wars.  It wasn't very useful.

In Iran-Iraq it was.
When the enemy has total air superiority and the ability to fire a missile through a bathroom window from halfway across the world any sort of static emplacement is a bit silly.

[saskganesh]

How were buried tanks supposed to intimidate the Turks?

My guess is the Bulgarians did what the Finns did with some of their Panzer IVs, buried the hulls with the turrets or guns exposed to use them as static defensive positions.

the Wehrmacht did that as well in '44 and '45. they had little fuel, were on the defensive, and had no air cover to protect mobile armored columns.

best use of the Tiger found to date.

The Iraqis did this during the Iran-Iraq war and both gulf wars.  It wasn't very useful.

the world has changed raz. its not a good tactic against a teched up 21stC army that can destroy everything it hits.