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WWII Game

Post by armypainter »

Here is a game I saw at another WWII forum…

Some one ask a question (about WWII) and the one who gets it right will ask another question.

I will start with a easy one…

What is the full name of the Panzer?
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Re: WWII Game

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armypainter articulated:
Here is a game I saw at another WWII forum…
[squinting real hard]
Were we supposed to see a picture?
[/squinting real hard]

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Post by armypainter »

[squinting real hard]
Were we supposed to see a picture?
[/squinting real hard]
I ask a question and the one who gets its right ask another.

There is no pic MK1......
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Ah, my mistake. Misread, perhaps. So "the game" is not a wargame, but a wordgame for the forum. Excellent.

>What is the full name of the Panzer?

Taking the chance that the question relates to the full name for the class of vehicles known as Panzers ... I believe that would be Panzerkampfwagen (armor fighting vehicle).

(My apologies if the question was for the full name of a particular panzer, like the SdKfz. 181 Panzerkampfwagen VI ausf. E "Tiger" or some such. Many panzers had "full names", and no one in particular was specified...)
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Post by armypainter »

Now you ask a question....
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Post by Mk 1 »

OK.

The diesel engine which powered the Soviet T-34, KV-1, and a host of Soviet tanks since, was developed from a design which the Soviets obtained from France.

What was the original application envisioned for that engine?

(Hint: It was not originally designed for tanks)
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Post by BattlerBritain »

I'll hazard a guess based on my knowledge that the engine in a Sherman was actually 5 engines from an American bus bolted together.

So a bus engine?

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I say tractor engines.
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Post by Mk 1 »

Not a bus engine. Not a tractor engine.

Keep trying.

BTW - the original Sherman engine was a radial engine developed to power aircraft. That was what powered the M4 (and the M4A1 IIRC). The Chrysler multi-bank engine, with 5 engines clustered around a common drive shaft, powered only the M4A4 sub-model. This Sherman was never accepted as US Army Standard nor Alterntate Standard, and they were all lend-leased off, mostly to the British.

Oy, that was a long bit of off-topic'ism. Except that looking at the Sherman's engine (NOT the multi-bank) may indeed help you set your sights in the right direction when you try to guess what the T-34's engine was originally designed for.

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Post by WHM »

I remeber once reading that the T34's engine was based on an American one, can't recall if it was either a Ford or Chevrolet.

In fact the engine was (modified of course) used in later models during the Cold War. Again if memory dosen't fail, an alternative was tried but didn't work out so the Reds went back to the old reworked American original.

Can't say this is gospel, but perhaps someone out there has better information.

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Post by Ritter »

...a fire engine?

ding-ding-ding - the Reds are coming!

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Post by Zippy »

a french airship motor i think

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Post by Mk 1 »

A "Zippy" reply:
a french airship motor i think
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Yep. Airship. As in dirigible. Otherwise known as Zepplin.

It was acquired from the French, who had originally designed it as an airship engine.

OK, Zippy, your turn!
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Post by Zippy »

Question
Where do they get steel that can have no radition conamination ?

good luck

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Post by rangerguy »

i heard somewhere that steel from ships sunk before 1944 have no nuclear contamination
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