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RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 7:35 pm
by Historiker
ORIGINAL: Grollub
ORIGINAL: Historiker
Nice!
My ex-brother-in-law was officer in the (swedish) King's guard.
Really! Do you remember his name?
Ehrhard or Ehrhardt (guess this). First name forgotten.
RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 7:41 pm
by Grollub
ORIGINAL: bobogoboom
ORIGINAL: Grollub
ORIGINAL: bobogoboom
always thought yall had the coolest looking take with the old s tanks. and the coolest looking fighter.
The "S"-tank yes ... I agree that it was cool looking, but we didn't call it "
the hydrualic bathtub" without reason [;)]
Which fighter are you thinking of?
why was this?
Since the concept basically was a WW2 (turretless) TD you had to aim the whole tank to fire. To facilitate this, the manufacturer (Bofors) had come up with a hydrualic system that accomplished this very smoothly. The drawback was that the entire tank was filled with hydrualic tubes, couplings, pumps and I don't know *how* many litres of hydrualic oil. These had a tendency to break or loosen from their fastenings, spraying the crew compartment with oil and making the tank unmovable or unusable until fixed. It was an excellent tank when everything technical was ok, but it's failure rate wasn't anything you would want to speak loud of. Hence he nickname
"The hydrualic bathtub"
RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 7:43 pm
by Grollub
ORIGINAL: Historiker
ORIGINAL: Grollub
ORIGINAL: Historiker
Nice!
My ex-brother-in-law was officer in the (swedish) King's guard.
Really! Do you remember his name?
Ehrhard or Ehrhardt (guess this). First name forgotten.
Hmm ... with that (for Sweden) unusual name I would have remembered if I had met him, but no :-/
RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 7:52 pm
by Historiker
He is of German descent. His grandparents (father) moved to Sweden in the early 20th century and his father also married a German. His uncle volunteered to the Waffen-SS in early 45 and died in a soviet prison camp...
RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 8:19 pm
by Apollo11
Hi all,
ORIGINAL: bobogoboom
ORIGINAL: Apollo11
Can't buy WitP-AE... [:(]
We're Sorry.
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no other card to try?[&:]
Nope... just Diners (I don't like creedit cards)...
ORIGINAL: Terminus
Send Erik a mail. You're not the first to have your card rejected in error.
I did... hope for the best...
Leo "Apollo11"
RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 8:35 pm
by thegreatwent
New Thread [&o]
RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 8:39 pm
by Apollo11
Hi all,
Success!!! [:)]
I am downloading now... 800 KB/s... it will be here in 9 minutes... [:D]
Leo "Apollo11"
RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 8:48 pm
by BrucePowers
Mine averaged about 690 KB/sec[8D]
RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 8:49 pm
by BrucePowers
Later I have to finish a threadwar turn. I am late already
RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 8:53 pm
by bobogoboom
ORIGINAL: Apollo11
Hi all,
Success!!! [:)]
I am downloading now... 800 KB/s... it will be here in 9 minutes... [:D]
Leo "Apollo11"
SWEET!!!
RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 8:54 pm
by bobogoboom
ORIGINAL: BrucePowers
Later I have to finish a threadwar turn. I am late already
your the only one playing on your side right now thought?
RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 9:17 pm
by Apollo11
Hi all,
Zssssssss time... [>:][>:][>:]
Leo "Apollo11"
RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 9:58 pm
by AcePylut
down like a clown mr charlie brown
RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 10:30 pm
by Tophat1815
Ahh,the Thread is back again.[;)]
RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 10:56 pm
by stuman
ORIGINAL: Grollub
Actually no. But I've served in Kosovo. Also, the last two years of my service in the Swedish Armed Forces, I worked at our Joint Forces HQ/J5 branch/Balkans desk. I have just quit that job though and started as a teacher at our national defence college instead.
Interesting. Do you have a specific area of interest that you specialize in ?
RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 10:59 pm
by stuman
ORIGINAL: Grollub
ORIGINAL: bobogoboom
ORIGINAL: Grollub
The "S"-tank yes ... I agree that it was cool looking, but we didn't call it "the hydrualic bathtub" without reason [;)]
Which fighter are you thinking of?
why was this?
Since the concept basically was a WW2 (turretless) TD you had to aim the whole tank to fire. To facilitate this, the manufacturer (Bofors) had come up with a hydrualic system that accomplished this very smoothly. The drawback was that the entire tank was filled with hydrualic tubes, couplings, pumps and I don't know *how* many litres of hydrualic oil. These had a tendency to break or loosen from their fastenings, spraying the crew compartment with oil and making the tank unmovable or unusable until fixed. It was an excellent tank when everything technical was ok, but it's failure rate wasn't anything you would want to speak loud of. Hence he nickname
"The hydrualic bathtub"
I saw that tank in action on one of the armored warfare specials on cable. Interesting vehicle.
RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 11:39 pm
by Mynok
7 minutes to AE. Getting a solid 900KB/sec
RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 12:58 am
by alaviner
I guess I will get in on Page four of the AE Thread
RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 2:14 am
by thegreatwent
12-9-41 and I lost Enterprise and Halsey. POW got away, I want to play more but have a busy day tomorrow.
G'night all [>:]
RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 2:23 am
by Terminus
Morning Tithe... People hung over this morning?[:D]