Re: Porsche vs Henschel King Tiger
Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2017 11:40 pm
Good afternoon,
I will answer in the form of a photograph. ;o)
regards,
Painless
I will answer in the form of a photograph. ;o)
regards,
Painless
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Son of a gun-ner wrote:How was it a design flaw? Before the latest electronic gizmos and 4wd, porche were trouncing the opposition, especially unpredictable mid engine cars on the track in production races, that's why so many were sold for racing, and why they ended up with so many different race classes, when I used to follow British touring car and production racing around the country, the 'design flawed' porche cornered astoundingly well (obviously wasn't in touring car races, support races and their own races on other weekends). One only has to look back at the stats of their old two wheel drive cars to see it. And now with 4wd, they're even better.Tiggr wrote:If you can keep the tail end on the road.........jarndice wrote: And yet still the most practical Supercar you can buy.
Shaun.
Obviously later models with 4 wheel drive and controlled traction and added weight over the front wheels have overcome this serious design flaw.
Mick.
Son of a gun-ner wrote:I'll give you a couple of copied and pasted quotes from the tank museums literature.jackalope wrote:No the Porshe turrets were left over from the failed Tiger I prototype by Porsche. They found the turret could handle the L71 gun so it was mated to the Tiger II lower hull. Thats also where the Ferdinand/Elephant lower hull came from, they were left overs from the failed Tiger I prototype. Germany was in such need for ANY armor they used whatever they could.
Porsche cars are very very nice, not perfect but nice.
"the Porsche design; VK45.02(P) was BASED on the earlier rejected design for the Tiger I with enhanced armament"
And.
This turret, frequently, and incorrectly named, the ‘Henschel’ turret, was much easier to build as it eliminated many of the complicated curved forgings and extensive machining which the original turret had demanded. The slightly sloped front plate of this new turret also eliminated the shot trap which had existed on the old design and had the benefit of providing greater internal turret room space allowing 86 rounds of ammunition to the Porsche designed turret’s 80.
Mick.