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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?

armypainter articulated:
Here is a game I saw at another WWII forum…

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Were we supposed to see a picture?
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Were we supposed to see a picture?
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I ask a question and the one who gets its right ask another.

There is no pic MK1......

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...)

Now you ask a question....

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)

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?

I say tractor engines.

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.

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.

...a fire engine?

ding-ding-ding - the Reds are coming!

Troy

a french airship motor i think

mike

A "Zippy" reply:
a french airship motor i think

DING! DING! DING!

We have a WINNER!

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

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