SS Festung Panzer
Name: SS Festung PanzerDesignation: Heavy Tank
Crew: 7
Armor:
Main Chassis: 2 inches titanium alloy, 10 inches durasteel, 4 inches ablative
Turret: 1 inch titanium alloy, 4 inches durasteel, 1 inch ablative
Speed: 120 km/hr without weapons charged, 100 max with weapons charged, 80 km/hr efficient, 60 km/hr while weapons charging
Height: 5 meters
Length: 20 meters
Width: 8 meters
Weapons:
Turret: 135 mm cannon x1
20 mm cannon x1
Twin blaster cannon x2 coaxle
Air Defense Turret: Quad laser cannon x1
Main Chassis Front: 30mm chain gun x1
Twin blaster cannon x1 coaxle with chain gun
Main Chassis Rear: Twin blaster cannon x1
Description: The largest and most powerful tank developed by the SS, the Festung Panzer is designed to supplement units of Blitz Panzers, becoming the spearhead for tank sections. It's three twin blaster cannons can target infantry or light vehicles, while its 30mm chain gun, 20mm cannon, and 135mm cannon can obliterate enemy armor. Its quad laser cannon is good for air defense and, occasionally, additional rear support. The rear is the weakest area, with only a twin blaster cannon covering it.
It's armor is incredible. The main chassis has at least 14 inches of armor, both durasteel and ablative, as well as a 2-inch titanium alloy skin. In order to achieve minimum speed, the armor in the turret had to be shaved to 5 inches, but that is still enough to take multiple hits from lighter weapons and even a few from larger ones.
While the speed of the Festung Panzer may seem fast for its size and mass, much of the main chassis is consumed by the engines. The Festung Panzer uses a varient of a hydro-electric engine that yields a massive power output, the result of nanotech research and experiments with the Blitz Panzer and the Skorpion. Once again, the exhaust is emitted from the gap between the turret and the chassis, leaving the integrity of the hull intact.
The Festung Panzer is the first of the SS tanks to come with varying styles of camoflage. It is covered with a thin layer of fiberplast that changes color with the push of a button. It comes in varients of desert, urban, wooded, snow, plains, jungle, rocky, and night, each with a specific pattern to enable the tank to blend in with its surroundings. It is expected that more varients will come out in software update packages.
Sensors and communications on the Festung Panzer are also state of the art. The Festung incorporates visual, sonar, and radar scanning, all available at the navigator's station. It also comes with the latest in Imperial jamming and anti-jamming software as well as the line-of-sight stealth comm used in the Phantom Mk II.
As the Festung Panzer is such an advanced tank, security is quite tight. A new system of authorization has been devised, incorporating vocal patterns, retinal scans, palm and fingerprint readers, and DNA sampling of the tank commander and drivers before operation. Anti-intruder methods include dangerous electric shocks that are guaranteed to render a person unconscious or a droid inoperable.
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Comments
#97 10:44am 29/09/07
Ok everyone, lets all just shut the fuck up. If you want to continue the discussion regarding whatever bullshit you're all crapping on about, please do so in the relevant forum. Its called the Rebel Cafe, maybe you've heard of it.
This forum deals with people wanting R&D approval, which is a good thing considering its name, "Research and Development".
As such, any more posts relating to history made in this thread, or any other thread in this forum will be deleted. Any posts made relating to R&Ds however will be left.
Good.
Now fuck that duck.
#96 10:38am 29/09/07
[QUOTE=Beff Pike]I was so very tempted to respond; "Two world wars?"... but realized that would be inflammatory.
Whoops.[/QUOTE]
But, and no flaming intended, that is exactly the reason that Germany remains under occupation. That, and (supposed) fears of renewed Russian aggression. And before you bring up the fact that Japan and Italy aren't held under the occupation yolk, let me remind that both of those nations fought under the flag of the Allies during WW1.
#95 7:42am 29/09/07
[QUOTE]Tell me - why is it acceptable for the Americans to have risen up and triumphed, throwing off the Crown's yoke, but for Germans to consider indepedence is wong???[/QUOTE]
I was so very tempted to respond; "Two world wars?"... but realized that would be inflammatory.
Whoops.
#94 4:11am 29/09/07
No, here is fine.
It is simple - there are American bases on German soil, a German Army and Navy and Air Force cowed to the whim of the American command. A General Staff that has had dust on it since May of 1945. Greatness stifled and ruined, the entire country thoroughly Americanized to the point where it did not only was no trheat but pussified to the point where it could not pose a threat. As proud as I am to have my ancestors and family as German I am almost a shame to be German now.
Think - how would you feel if there were Russian bases in the middle of the desert, or Cuban Tanks on maneuver in northern Florida, or Chinese missile batteries forming a net through New York to Virgnia. How would you feel? To know your leaders could not make a decision without knowing it pleased the French and if it did not they wouldn't let you? That my friend is occupation.
Occupation is knowing your country is the bastard child of two merged, conquered lands that still remain prostate at the feet of conquerors. That is the very stuff that forments rebellion, that is the very thing that steels the hearts of patriots and those who demand change for the better, who demand a resurrection of the greatness that has been robbed from them by the defeats of old. Occupation is being forced to ignore the call to glory and greatness that echo in the wind, knowing that to snatch at them is no longer honourable, knowing that the people that once would have lauded you now scorn you for fear of their demi-masters heel.
That is occupation.
You cannot truly understand, no American can. Nor can the British. The British for whim I have profound respect, have some idea of what that is like - their islands in the Channel have lived under occupation and for some until the tide of war turned they cast their heads down believing deliverance to be a pipe dream. The Americans have not faced invasion since 1812 - Pancho Villa does not count. They cannot know what it is to see your flag flying and know that saluting it is really solidfying the hold your conquerors have on you. To live in shame and fear and oppression is no life at all - they can understand why, though. They lived under British dominion and rose up against it.
Tell me - why is it acceptable for the Americans to have risen up and triumphed, throwing off the Crown's yoke, but for Germans to consider indepedence is wong???
#93 3:32am 29/09/07
This isn't meant to inflame the situation at all, more curiosity. Telan, could you explain how America has been occupying Germany? A PM will be sufficient, I think if its posted here it might just make this thread blow up.
#92 12:51am 29/09/07
duplicate - -sorry
#91 12:12am 29/09/07
I have to, and I cannot wait for the flow of obscenities that will follow this comment, sympathize with the Iraqis in this issue. Let me explain. Before I do, let me remind you I am a combat veteran.
My country, Germany, has been under American Occupation for the past 62 years, occupation which has cost us dearly and hopefully soon will be cast off. So I can understand what it is to walk down the street and see a Jeep or HUMMWV and armed soldiers moving about, reminding you that you are subject to their whims, that your so called freedom stretched only insofar as it did not contradict their occupation.
How would I feel if my family member carried a weapon for defense and one of the occupying army members shot him - I would be horrified and if nothing else made me rise in insurrection, that would. I have fought for America, my adopted country, because I swore an oath to do so. But I cannot agree at all with what I was ordered to do. I can understand why they would fight. The United States attacked to destroy Saddan Hussein - that was done, the time to leave is at hand. I would like to happen as soon as the bases at Ramstein and Nordfallen and others close - -or I would like to see the German flag flying over Fort Bragg or Fort Hood
#90 10:54pm 28/09/07
[quote]For example, if a rule was made that any Iraqi seen carrying a weapon of any sort can be shot on sight.[/quote]
I would amend this to "any Iraqi not wearing a police officer or military uniform seen carrying a high powered or deadly weapon such as an AK-47 or a bomb strapped to his/her chest".
#89 9:35pm 28/09/07
Sorry Beff, but I have to.
[QUOTE=Darth Skygge]
That is true under the restrictions in place now. If US soldiers were allowed to perform their task without many of the current restrictions, things would be different. For example, if a rule was made that any Iraqi seen carrying a weapon of any sort can be shot on sight.[/QUOTE]Yes, because Iraqi's clearly shouldn't be given the same rights as Americans. What was it, the 2nd admendment to the US Constitution to ensure that you have the right to bear arms. And I'm going to guess that you support this right (I seem to recall you mentioning it sometime). But oh no, the Iraqi's shouldn't be allowed that same right, correct Wes? No, instead they should be shot (aka immediate death penalty). Which kind of also violates the rights of a public trial by one's preers and such laid out in the 6th amendment.
Oh, and the whole killing of all fundamentalist Muslims, that's all good cause they don't deserve to have the 1st amendment apply to them either. You really seem pro American.
#88 5:48am 28/09/07
The T34 slaughtered the Panzer IIs and IIIs and even the short-barreled IVs during the early months of the war, this is correct. WE were woefully unprepared to engage Russia, but that was Hitler's mistake not the Wehrmacht's. We were planning upgrades and the like, it was he who pushed our timetable to premature execution.
However, that said, even in those early months of the war, we look at the engagements with those T34s and short barrelled 75mm on the Panzer IV; the only way the German Panzers were able to survive was superior tactics. They communicated and learned and maneuvered in behind them and then boom. German tanks were utilizing radios in every tank while the Russians had maybe one per company, and some T34s went into battle with the hatches botled shut by the NKVD to prevent the crew from escaping. How is that right?
But I digress. The T34 was a superior tank yes before we could match it, but it was improperly handled.
And on the record of lifespan, the last Panzer IV Ausf G to see active service was captured from the Syrian Army in the 1970s by - ironically - Israel and then used by them for a few years. That very tank is now on display in some Israeli museum if memory serves.
#87 5:27am 28/09/07
The T-34 was introduced before the war even started, and went into full scale production in 1944. Here is a short combat history report on the tank:
[quote]The T-34 is often used as a symbol for Soviet resistance and German arrogance. As such, its actual performance and impact on the war is often overrated. Nevertheless, the appearance of the T34 definitely was an unpleasant surprise for the German commanders, as it could combat all 1942 German tanks effectively. It was faster, had better armament (50mm was the predominant calibre of German tanks guns) and better armour protection, due to the technical innovation of sloped armour.
However, direct tank to tank combat was a rather rare occurrence; the vast majority of losses suffered were from logistical and mechanical troubles (50% of Soviet tanks at the start of the German invasion), artillery and air strikes and (self-propelled) anti-tank guns. At the outset of the war, only about 10% of all Soviet tanks were T-34 variants, this number increased to 50-60% percent till mid-1943. By the time the T-34 had replaced older models and became available in greater numbers, new German tanks (including the improved German design based on the T-34, the Panzer-V 'Panther') outperformed it.
Still, the T-34 was an adequate and effective tank and played a big part in the defeat of the German invaders. [/quote]
The article clearly states that the T-34 was able to combat all German tanks it came up against in 1942. The Panther was a later, larger, and more effective design. Let's look up a Soviet tank that came out at about the same time as the Panther eh?
[quote]One of the IS-2's most notable engagements took place during the fighting in August 1944 to establish a bridgehead across the river Vistula around the town of Sandomierz. This was the first time the IS-2 had come up against the fearsome Tiger II. During the engagement on August 13, the 71st Independent Heavy Tank Regiment's eleven IS-2s blocked an attack by fourteen Tiger IIs of the 105th Heavy Panzer Regiment. An engagement at about 700 metres (770 yd) coupled with skilled tactical handling saw four Tiger IIs destroyed for the loss of three IS-2s and seven damaged. This was a very creditable performance, although the post-battle analysis again revealed that the IS-2's armour was vulnerable up to 1,000 metres (1,100 yd) due to faulty casting. [citation needed] Moreover, after such engagements, General-inspector of PanzerWaffe Guderian signed an order forbidding Tigers or Panthers to engage soviet heavy IS-2 tanks in a tank duel, because they were "doomed".[/quote]
As for a Russian Pre-dreadnought battleship engaging and fending off Goeben, here is a quick excerpt from that action:
[quote]In the first, on 7 January 1916, Goeben fought with the battleship Imperatritsa Ekaterina Velikaya for 11 minutes, with Goeben using her superior speed to escape.[/quote]
Oh, and BTW, the Stuka sucks. It may be accurate, but damn is it highly vulnerable to enemy fighters. I liked the Junkers 488s much better as enemy tank killers. Shame that the Germans didn't give that program more attention.
#86 4:28am 28/09/07
[QUOTE]German panzers, tank for tank, were far better than the Russans[/QUOTE]
Why T34 is best.
1. Production
2. life span (still in use in Cuba and some south American nations)
3. Drive system. They ran good on all types of terrain. less complicated wheel assembly. didn't clog.
4. easy to repair.
Don't get me wrong in a one on one fight a Panther g will beat them every time. So will a Tiger and King Tiger if it doesn't run out of gas first.
so I guess if you rate them in a one on one fight on open ground with no snow or rough terrain, yes German tanks would win. But as a class the T 34 surpasses them in the above listed areas. Hell a king tiger could take on a M60 or a T72 and win if it didn't run out of gas or break down.
My personal opinion is the best tank of WWII want a tank at all. It was a tank killer. The Jadgpanther had the speed and reliability of the panther, the armor of a tiger, and the gun of a king tiger. again the numbers keep it from every achieving any notoriety.
#85 1:53am 28/09/07
Eh? I'm Canadian - I'm waiting for the days of a $1.10 Canadian buck... :D
#84 1:42am 28/09/07
Fuck me.
I disappear for a day and look at what happens?
Go Drayson, cling to that 0.000001 cent advantage!
#83 1:35am 28/09/07
Not yet. The Canadian dollar continues to close around $0.99XXX. For all intents and purposes we're at par, but in the official world of exchange-land, the Canadian dollar is still worth marginally less than the American.
For now.
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