Tuesday 10 May 2016

How to drive a tank by Bryn

First of al let's take the M4A3E2-Sheman for example, it has a 76mm cannon which takes 7-8 seconds to reload (usually) and is 2.7 meters tall and weighs 30.3 tonnes and is 5.8 meters long.

Driver:
The driver's job is to drive the tank and maneuver the tank or to flee from enemy tanks.
How the driver drives is there are 2 sticks which if he pulls both down the tank moves backwards if he pulls forward he goes forward. If he pulls one up and one down he'll go sideways and vice-versa.

Loader:
The loader's job is to load the tank. He first selects a round to fire at enemy vehicles there are many choices including APHE (armor piecing high explosive) APBC (armor piercing ballistic capped shell) APDS (armor piercing discarding sabot round) HEAT (high explosive anti tank shell) and many others.

Gunner:
The gunners job is to fire the gun at enemy vehicles. He also must determine the range from the tank to the enemy so his shot is accurate. He fires by pulling a lever (after the loader has loaded a shell) and hopefully hits the target.

Commander:
The commander commands his crew what to do and helps the crew with tasks sometimes. The commander keeps the tank in order and makes sure no arguments occur. His armament includes a machine gun and in some cases a rocket launcher (T26-1)

Assistant driver:
The assistant driver's job is to replace the driver if he is knocked out or killed sometimes he helps the driver drive if he is wounded but if the driver is OK then the Assistant driver will just fire a machine gun at enemy tanks or soldiers.

So, that's how to drive a tank for those of you who want to. You're probably gonna say "Uh, I like, already know how to do this" and I'll say you probably did but it's unlikely.

That was only one particular tank, so some of them have less or more crew like the T-28, it has 2 guns so it needs 2 loaders and gunners and has 7 crew, or the Flak-panzer 1 which has 2 crew, it doesn't really matter, but more crew means more chance of survival because if someone dies then someone can replace him.

That is the end hope you enjoyed it,
Here are some pics if U need them. (first-M4 Sherman, second-Flak-panzer 1, third-T-28)



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