Sunday, January 22, 2017

A digression about armor penetration

Over on the boards at Juhlin, I've been involved in a discussion of armor penetration, since I was encountering some odd effects when trying to emulate modern body armor. I figured I'd repost some of the information here.

Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Fighting armor with armor - Sturmpanzerwagen A7V

After the deployment of the Tank Mark I, Germany engaged in a crash development program of their own tread-laying armored vehicle. What they ended up building was a large, boxy vehicle with a crew of 18(!), armed with captured Cockerill-Nordenfelt 57mm cannon and MG08 machineguns.