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Re: Tracks on the turret
Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2014 11:30 pm
by ALPHA
DavidByrden wrote:ALPHA wrote:
here's how WSN does it on their Late Tiger...
here's a HL..with the mod...
ALPHA
Wow. They're all upside down.
Doesn't matter to me.............not my tank...got the photo from google search
The track holders were installed from April 1943 and never went away. There was a pin to hold the bottom of each link, and a folding flap at the top.
There were 5 links on the left side. At first they wanted 4 links on the right hand side, but they quickly dropped to 3 and then 2 because they simply couldn't open the engine hatch.
Here's a detailed explanation;
http://tiger1.info/EN/Turret-track-holders.html
David
Interesting stuff...thought they went with less on the right side because it blocked the loaders hatch....guess they didn't think much about the gun port on the left side..as they totally covered that
Thanks David
ALPHA
Re: Tracks on the turret
Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2014 11:47 pm
by DavidByrden
ALPHA wrote:
guess they didn't think much about the gun port on the left side..as they totally covered that
ALPHA
I'm not sure which port you are thinking of, but I can assure you it was never blocked by tracks.
David
Re: Tracks on the turret
Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2014 12:08 am
by ALPHA
DavidByrden wrote:ALPHA wrote:
guess they didn't think much about the gun port on the left side..as they totally covered that
ALPHA
I'm not sure which port you are thinking of, but I can assure you it was never blocked by tracks.
David
The Pistol port
now you see it
not sure why ...but now you don't
This port
ALPHA
Re: Tracks on the turret
Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2014 10:31 am
by DavidByrden
ALPHA wrote:
This port
ALPHA
That port existed only on turrets with the high cupola.
When the new turret design came in, a much smaller port was used; but soon it was completely deleted.
Neither the large nor the small port was blocked by the spare tracks.
David
Re: Tracks on the turret
Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2014 2:07 pm
by jtracks
Very informative read, thank you.
Joe
Re: Tracks on the turret
Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 12:33 am
by ALPHA
DavidByrden wrote:ALPHA wrote:
This port
ALPHA
That port existed only on turrets with the high cupola.
When the new turret design came in, a much smaller port was used; but soon it was completely deleted.
Neither the large nor the small port was blocked by the spare tracks.
David
As Jt said.............. Good stuff David
...Thanks
ALPHA