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Discussion in 'Metro: Last Light General Discussion' started by TotalAaron, Mar 10, 2013.

  1. TheDarknessEnvelops

    TheDarknessEnvelops Lion Triumphant

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    on powerful tanks, I don't think the challenger 2 should be forgotten. Has never been destroyed in combat
     
  2. Aaron

    Aaron *Currently orbiting Pluto*
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    True, but it's frontal armor has been penetrated before, blowing off some of the drivers toes. The missile was the same RPG-29 that destroyed the T-72 in my previous video.
     
  3. TotalAaron

    TotalAaron The Oracle of Awesome

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    Its never been in a modern combat scenario
     
  4. Aaron

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    The RPG-29 is modern combat, and it's feared by the British and American forces. After all it did penetrate the challenger 2's armor, injuring 7 British soldiers. also the American army Has rated the threat of the RPG-29 to be so high that it refuses to let the Iraqi army purchase any of them in fear that insurgents will get their hands on them.
     
  5. TotalAaron

    TotalAaron The Oracle of Awesome

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    The RPG29 is very effective but the javilin still wins though
     
  6. Aaron

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    I don't know why you'd bring up the javelin but I suppose a guided missile is better than a rocket propelled grenade.
     
  7. TotalAaron

    TotalAaron The Oracle of Awesome

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    I meant from a AT capacity only the idea is that a rocket propelled grenade is not as good a tank killer as a computerised guided missile launcher
     
  8. Aaron

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    It isn't, that's why I never said it was.
     
  9. TotalAaron

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    My mistake good sir i shall start a new thread called Tank attack :) :lol:
     
  10. VanillaToshi

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    Fucking hell Aaron it's only a tank!
    Just like you didn't want me to say, what good is a tank that can't get to where it's needed? That's like deploying a soldier a couple of miles from the enemy lines and telling him to march there with no legs. Yeah, he might kill lots of "terrorists" as anyone that's not British/American seems to get called nowadays but he aint gonna do shit til he gets there.

    Don't get me wrong, I like the Tiger but it really wasn't worth wasting your time writing that, I still don't see what the fuss is about. Then again I don't really like any vehicles.
     
  11. Aaron

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    no, thats like deploying 100 soldiers to the front and having them walk, some might breakdown for a few hours while the rest get their and do their job. then the rest get their.
     
  12. Darkbringer

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    Thing is one Tiger tank was as expensive to the germans to make as 35 t-34s were to the soviets. So, the soviets produced around 45 times more t-34s than the Germans made Tigers. I know, the Germans made other tanks too, but the Tiger was way too expensive to build and maintain to be cost-efficient, even if it killed 10 Soviet tanks.
     
  13. TheStalker

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    Tsk tsk
    A siege cost a mere 300 minerals as well. And can destroy entire armies!
     
  14. Aaron

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    well, a T-34 was a medium tank so obviously it could be produced faster than a Tiger, but compare the heavy tiger with heavy Russians and you see a clear winner. In fact. the Russian heavy tanks were so ineffective that Stalin nearly shut down their heavy tank production, until the amount of German Panthers and Tigers at the battle of Kursk made him think otherwise.
     
  15. TheDarknessEnvelops

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    let's just agree, the German army was superior in most ways except for manpower, at the start of the war, yes they had to steal French weaponry but towards the end, they were making jets and they even started making the Landkreuzer P. 1000 Ratte which if you research it would have been useless but quite a sight to see
     
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    That thing is a beast! They should make one now anyway lol
     
  17. Aaron

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    They should, although I'm not sure how Hitler thought it would do anything. The allies would see it and say, "Huh, that's new... Bring in the bombers!" BOOM! Done...
     
  18. TotalAaron

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    Still would of made the ruskies shit themselves ;)
     
  19. TheDarknessEnvelops

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    Would have made everyone shit themselves, it was a battleship on tank tracks but it still would have been useless
     
  20. GoodLordApollo

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    Some weapons aren't for fighting, some are for demoralising the enemy. I mean if you saw a battleship on tank tracks you might think that they have a great deal of strength, resources and that thing can kill everything.