July 24th, 2011 at 1:47AM

  The Landkreuzer P. 1500 Monster, possibly would have been the most astonishing tank if it ever made it into production.

  Now obviously the level of practicality is beyond low but hell this would be a real moral killer. Weighing in at 1,500 long tons and with a crew with over 100, nothing would have been able to compare to this giant. This would have used a 800 mm K (E) gun which would have fired that very large round you see in the picture. Along with that gun it would have also had 2x 15cm sFH 18/1 L/30 and multiple 15 mm MG151/15. The only thing to be able to power this beast would have been four MAN M9v 40/46 U-boat diesels with 2,200 hp.

   Well the reasoning behind why this did not even make it into the prototype stage is well beyond understandable. But if it did I think this would have been my favorite tank of all time.

10 notes #large#mega#tank#design#german#nazi#wwII#P. 1500#monster#U-boat#artillery#howitzer#prototype#Landkreuzer
July 1st, 2011 at 1:59PM
Did you know that the Italians were not really prepared when war came in 1915, and started off with a serious shortage of rifles, machine guns and artillery, and soon they were searching the countrys old arsenals for any available guns. The revised wartime battalion had three rifle companies, each having two MG’s (most of them the m1914 6.5mm Fiat-Ravelli), and also an integral MG company with eight guns. The standard battalion also had a platoon of four mortars and in addition to this one platoon of pioneers. The principal rifle used by the Italian Army was the bolt-action 6.5mm Mannlicher­Carcano m1891 with a six-round magazine. (Many Territorial units still used the ancient 10.4mm Vetterli M1871 single shot guns.) The Mannlicher-Carcano m1891 Cavalleria had a special short barrel and a folding bayonet. (This weapon much later became infamous: it was one of these that Lee Harvey Oswald used when he shot and killed president Kennedy in Dallas in 1963.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5FPHZmmN9I btw I love the brewster body shield they used as you can see in the video.

Did you know that the Italians were not really prepared when war came in 1915, and started off with a serious shortage of rifles, machine guns and artillery, and soon they were searching the countrys old arsenals for any available guns. The revised wartime battalion had three rifle companies, each having two MG’s (most of them the m1914 6.5mm Fiat-Ravelli), and also an integral MG company with eight guns. The standard battalion also had a platoon of four mortars and in addition to this one platoon of pioneers. The principal rifle used by the Italian Army was the bolt-action 6.5mm Mannlicher­Carcano m1891 with a six-round magazine. (Many Territorial units still used the ancient 10.4mm Vetterli M1871 single shot guns.) The Mannlicher-Carcano m1891 Cavalleria had a special short barrel and a folding bayonet. (This weapon much later became infamous: it was one of these that Lee Harvey Oswald used when he shot and killed president Kennedy in Dallas in 1963.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5FPHZmmN9I btw I love the brewster body shield they used as you can see in the video.

11 notes #10.4mm Vetterli M1871#6.5mm Mannlicher­Carcano m1891#Italians#Kennedy#Lee Harvey Oswald#WWII#artillery#battalion#body armor#firearm#m1914 6.5mm Fiat-Ravelli#machine guns#mortor#pioneers#rifle#shortage#war#weapon#weaponry#brewster body shield
June 26th, 2011 at 12:29AM
Now I don’t know much about this, but I know enough. This here is a silenced howitzer. No I guess I can see how this can be useful but is it practical due to the size of this? I don’t believe so.

Now I don’t know much about this, but I know enough. This here is a silenced howitzer. No I guess I can see how this can be useful but is it practical due to the size of this? I don’t believe so.

38 notes #howitzer#artillery#silenced#silencer#prototype#military