Why did German tanks have ridges?
These ridges were meant to increase the distance between the metal surface and the mine without further increasing the thickness of the coating. An explosive device would come in contact only with the top of these ridges.
Why did German tanks have sideskirts?
Many World War II-era German tanks used armored skirts (Schürzen) to make their thinner side armor more resistant to anti-tank rifles. Contrary to popular belief the German Schürzen were designed against kinetic (AP, APBC, APCBC) projectiles.
Did German tanks have stabilizers?
Germans were developing a stabilizer but couldn’t field it until end of war. There was no horizontal stablizer in use as far as I know.
What ww2 tanks have stabilizers?
The primary armament of most US tanks was stabilized in elevation starting with the M3A1 Light Tank and the M3 Medium tank in November 1941. Except for the 105mm equipped M4 Sherman tanks all U.S. built tanks had a stabilization system for gun elevation usable at low speeds.
What German tanks have stabilizers War Thunder?
Two-plane
| Rank | USA | Germany |
|---|---|---|
| VII | HSTV-L M1A1 Abrams M1A1 HC M1A2 Abrams M60 AMBT M1128 Merkava Mk.3D | Leopard 2 PL Leopard 2A5 Leopard 2A6 TAM 2C |
How fast did the M4 tank traverse the turret?
By contrast, the M4’s gunner could traverse the turret at 24 degrees per second independent of the engine speed, and the gunner had his own roof-mounted unity sight. And the main gun had a vertical stabilizer. Why didn’t the Germans improve their tank’s turret traverse speeds in WWII?
How did tanks in WW2 turn?
All tanks in WWII had manual elevation, though the M4 medium tank had a Westinghouse hydraulic stabilizer (single plane). Main engine (or generator, in the M4) charges the tank’s batteries, which power the electric motor that turns the turret.
Why did German tanks have such a slow traverse speed?
Some of the answers seem to imply that it was a matter of technology choice that led in the main for German Tanks to have a slow traverse speed. If they had used electrical instead of hydraulic or in some cases manual traverse – all would have been fixed.
Why did the Panther not fire from the halt in WWII?
Now, of course tanks in WWII fired from the halt typically; however, given the Panther tank’s lack of a gunner’s unity sight, the inability to keep the gun on a target as the tank moved was extremely detrimental to the gunner’s target acquisition and fire control.