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12-11-2009 06:55 PM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by stealth finger
(Post 127474)
If I was in WW2 I think I would much prefer to be a pilot over a foot soldier or in a tank.
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Lets take a Tank for example: as a tank Expert and Historian, I know and have Records of Several M4 Sherman Crews who actually Bailed out in whats know in Tank Bissniss as ''The Exit to Hell''
The Emergency Exits on the M4 sherman ( I beleive all versions of it) are:
Driver: Drivers Hatch witch is the same size as your midle waist.
Co-Driver: Same kind of Hatch as Driver
Comander: that Lucky B*sterd got to open up the Hatch and Jump out and Roll of the Tank.
Gunner: Actually Had to Wait after the Commander had left, or if the Commander is Killed, Push the Commander out, so that the Gunner could leave the tank.
Now, Loader: All in all, it is the Loader who has the ''Best'' way of Leaving the Tank, on the Loaders possition in the M4 Sherman, the Loader actually stands on-top of his Excape Hatch. It is an emgency door inside the Shermans Floor.
I've spoken to meny Sherman' crew and they still coulden't beleive that someone who had to be the size of a lepracon could leave the tank trough a Hatch that small.
Did you knew why the Germans actually called the Sherman tank the ''Ronson'' or ''TommieCooker'' ? Because the Crew of a Sherman had only 10 to 12 SECONDS to Bail out the Tank! Later variants of Shermans gave the crew 16 SECONDS to bail out because of their Wet ammo Storage.
So it seems that the Sherman Litteratly earns it name for ''Ronson''
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