Tanks and armor quiz (medium level)

It’s definitely not Italian, but you’re getting mighty close with your talk about the LT vz. 34…

Since it’s been a couple of Months since anyone posted, I’m going to move things along with this.

An easy one for me, but, because my last enigma still stands and it’s probably time for me to let others answer as well, I won’t answer publicly.
Instead, I sent tankgeezer a message with the answer, and it’s up to him to confirm or deny I got it right.

Indeed you did Wings, you are all far too good at this game… :slight_smile: And just because it’s proper,Wings’ offering is still in play. (I’m really interested to find out the name of your will-O-wisp, Wings)

The hull is an M6 but the rear of the turret looks more like a huge version of the one on the M26/M46

Keep at it, :slight_smile:

Would be too easy if I looked on the net now, trying to place the bits from memory

Look it up, it’s perfectly fair to use the Interwebs. Where has everyone been lately? It’s like this thread drifted into,

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Alright, Wingsofwrath has had his offering on the block for months now, so to spur some activity, I will offer a premium to the member who successfully answers his question. One not too new copy of ā€œTarget Americaā€ an action adventure novel by Scott McEwen. While not War and Peace, it is worthy to help you occupy your time at the laundromat, or waiting room. I will send the book free of charge to the winner. No elbowing each other now, :slight_smile:

Hmm okies M6A2E1

One built mounting a T5E1 turret with a 105mm gun on an enlarged turret ring (80" instead of 69", height of 11’ 5" and length with gun forward of 37’ it was considered too large to be off use by the time it could be fielded weighing in at close to 70 tonnes.

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And seems like most tanks now if you look them up you get dozens of links to WoT pages.

Ok looking at this it seems similar to an image i found of the Skoda MU-2, one produced and turret could not rotate 360 degrees.

I say similar as the box next to the turret is mounted on the other side so maybe one image or the other is reversed.

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//youtu.be/wKWfmBRb_zI

You pinned the Tail on that one Leccy, well done. I’m going to need a new book of weird armor…

Congratulations are in order!
Well done, Mr. Leccy, you get two for two!

That is indeed an image of the Skoda MU-2.
It is also mirrored, as you well observed, because all my posted enigmas were getting picked off immediately and I decided to make things a bit more difficult. Turns out I may have been a little too devious this time around…
Oh, well. XD

Since you managed to find both enigmas, there can be no confusion about whose turn it is.
Mr. Leccy, the board is yours.

Lol got to find one now, got a few ideas just need the right image :slight_smile:

Leccy the Triumphant. would you PM your mailing address to me so that I may mail you this most suspenseful, and prestigious Tome ? Doesn’t matter where you are, unless you are an alien posting from a distant Galaxy. :wink: :slight_smile:

Ok lets see how this one goes

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I would like the third tank back to be identified - the first two and the fourth are easier to identify.

Well, well, well.
Now this is an interesting one, but rather logical if you stop to think about it, and I think I can now tell you not only what, but when, where and who…

The three tanks we’re not supposed to identify are unmistakably Vickers Light Tank Mk IIB India Pattern, and by the markings, I’d say the scene takes palace in the Khyber pass around May of 1931 when the 2nd Light Tank Company was deployed around those parts with those particular tanks.

The mystery tank looks very, very similar to the ones we already identified, but has a different turret, so we can assume it is a related vehicle. We also know they changed the suspension for the next incarnation of the Vickers Light Tank (the Mark III light tank suspension had a Horstmann coil spring going at an angle rather than horizontal) but the mystery vehicle has exactly the same suspension as the Mk IIs, so it can’t be one of those.

Add to that the cylindrical turret and the only possibility is that tank is one of the 4 Vickers Mk IA which had earlier been sent to India for ā€œtesting purposesā€.
Now, I couldn’t find an actual photo of that little beastie in order to verify my claims, but we also know the MK IA had the same Horstmann suspension with horizontal coil springs as the Mk II, unlike the ā€œregularā€ Mk Is which relied on leaf springs, and the sloped casemate on top of the turret is consistent with the ā€œIndia patternā€ modifications applied to the Mk IIs.

Damn lol you sussed it - I was hoping to confuse a little with all having the same suspension and relatively little known about the Light Mk IA.

I found the image in a Pathe news footage, it is indeed a Vickers Light Mk IA IP - the Mk I and four of the Mk IA used the same cylindrical turret (the 5th Mk IA had a twin gun turret - one above the other), the India Pattern versions had commanders cupolas each of them had a different style to test out. The Mk II used the same hull as the Mk IA but had a new turret.

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/modern-methods

Had a slight computer issue when I tried to post and ended up double posting

Thank you for the link to the Pathe news footage, I had never seen it before.

Interestingly, the video also bridges the gap between the the image you posted and the one in my answer, because it shows both the tanks passing by the group of locals and one of the tanks climbing out of the small ravine which appears in my photo, so we also have the exact date the footage was shot - May 7th, 1931.

Also, I didn’t know the Indian Pattern Cupola was also called a ā€œMitre Cupolaā€.

From what I could tell, your image comes from a magazine called ā€œThe Kings Armyā€ which was printed in 1937 for the coronation of George VI. The actual scan probably comes from here.

Also, I am quite busy at the moment and don’t have time to post a new enigma, so, by all means, feel free to keep posting in my stead - after all, it’s the hunt I enjoy…