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German engineering at its finest
Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2016 11:51 pm
by kham
Yeah, where can I get some of those mugs? And some of that beer?
Take me to the GasthausEver notice how the Leopard II looks a whole lot like a Tiger??

Re: German engineering at its finest
Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2016 6:09 pm
by Lomax
kham wrote:Yeah, where can I get some of those mugs? And some of that beer? :D
Take me to the GasthausEver notice how the Leopard II looks a whole lot like a Tiger?? :twisted:
I don't suppose this applies to everyone (I presume adverts and the like are region-specific) but before I got to the clip I had to watch an advert for a knitting magazine. And not one that I could skip after five seconds, either.
I rather imagine that if you were to draw a venn diagram of those interested in both knitting and German tanks, the intersection would be small. But I would NOT like to meet anyone who fitted in there.
Re: German engineering at its finest
Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2016 7:08 pm
by Mynock
Re: German engineering at its finest
Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2016 8:46 pm
by nachtjaeger
"Im Fulda bist ein KellnerPanzer, Eins, zwei, g'suffa!"
Gotta love it. Everybody thinks us Germans are so serious. We just have a different sense of humor.
https://youtu.be/68fjXwNKwVU
Re: German engineering at its finest
Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2016 8:56 pm
by nachtjaeger
kham wrote:Yeah, where can I get some of those mugs? And some of that beer?
Take me to the GasthausEver notice how the Leopard II looks a whole lot like a Tiger??

I think that's the Leopard 2 A4 version. Yeah, the gun mantlet does make it look like a Tiger I.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/Leopard_2A4_Austria_4.JPGThen they went and added the extra armor on the turret front of the 2A5- and created a shot trap.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/Leopard_2_A5_der_Bundeswehr.jpgIf I was an enemy gunner, I'd be targeting that spot with regular AP. With luck, you'll jam the turret ring, or maybe penetrate the deck armor and mess with the crew.
Re: German engineering at its finest
Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2016 9:05 pm
by kham
Mine Gott!
Das ist ein Elefant!
And it is, too

Jesus, how do they come up with this stuff, and accurate no less?
Re: German engineering at its finest
Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2016 9:12 pm
by kham
Its hard to say, Nacht, they are all clad in Chobham Armour, so the shot trap thing may be less of a factor. The 2A4 with the upgrade package is a lot more M-1 like
1416249304-leopard-2a4m-front-2.jpg
Re: German engineering at its finest
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2016 10:40 am
by Duncan Edwards
Clever but I'll stick with the traditional manner for getting beer around in Germany.
Re: German engineering at its finest
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2016 1:29 pm
by kham
And think of the shape those ladies in too
That's 1 litre a mug say, plus the mug, and they carrying sometimes a dozen of them...
yikes

Re: German engineering at its finest
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2016 9:24 pm
by dlodoski
kham wrote:And think of the shape those ladies in too
That's 1 litre a mug say, plus the mug, and they carrying sometimes a dozen of them...
yikes

Methinks that would make for a pretty mean uppercut.
