World of TanksDate 2013/4/22

Instructor……………………………………………Ru -Li LinNAME………………………………………………………….

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Chung -Hsuan TsaiGuan -Hong Ye

StudY Southern Taiwan University of Science and TechnologyDepartment of Mechanical Engineering

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Tank Destroyer Heavy Tanks

If Tiger I VS Sherman Medium Tanks First Tank

It was developed to be able to cross trenches, resist small-arms fire, travel over difficult terrain, carry supplies, and to capture fortified enemy positions.

The British Mark I was a tracked vehicle developed by the British Army during the First World War, and the world's first combat tank.

First Tank

Mark I

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Mainarmament 76.2 mm (

Power/weight 17.5 hp/tonne

Suspension Christie

Operationalrange 400 km

Speed 53 km/h

Medium TanksWhen it first appeared on the battlefield in 1941.It has often been described as the most effective, efficient and influential design of World War II

T-34/76

45 mm / 32°Sloped armor=

90 mm Vertical armor

T-34/85

Number built 35,120

Number built 48,9502

Sloped Armor

The M4 Sherman, formally Medium Tank, M4, was the primary tank used by the United States during World War II.

The designers stressed mechanical reliability, ease of production and maintenance, durability, standardization of parts and ammunition in a limited number of variants, and moderate size and weight.

M4 Sherman

M4A3E8

M4A3E2

Comparison of key production features of selected models

M4A4

TotalNumber built 49,234

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Self-propelled artillery (also called mobile artillery or locomotive artillery) vehicles are combat vehicles armed with artillery.

105 mm Self Propelled GunM4 Sherman

M7 Priest Number built 3,490

They are high mobility vehicles, usually based on caterpillar track carrying either a large howitzer or other field gun or alternatively a mortar or some form of rocket or missile launcher.

T34 Calliope

60 × 4.5 in (114 mm) rockets

Number built ?

5

If Tiger I VS Sherman

1600m

Tank DestroyerThe latter allowed accommodation of a more powerful gun than could be mounted in a turreted tank on the same chassis, and increased the vehicle's internal volume, allowing for increased ammunition stowage and crew comfort.

Eliminating the turret also allowed the vehicle to carry thicker armor than would otherwise be the case

M18 Hellcat

SU-85 Jagdtiger

Archer4

Heavy Tanks

Tiger Ausf. E

While the Tiger I was feared by many of its opponents, it was over-engineered, used expensive and labour intensive materials and production methods, and was time-consuming to produce. Only 1,347 were built between August 1942 and August 1944.

Tiger II Ausf. BNumber built 492

Number built 1,347

Armour 25–120 mm

Mainarmament

8.8 cm KwK 36 L/5692 rounds

Secondaryarmament

2× 7.92 mm Maschinengewehr 344,800 rounds

Power/weight 12.3 PS/tonne

Suspension torsion barOperationalrange 110–195 km

Speed 38 km/h 7

Maus

Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus (Mouse) was a German World War II super-heavy tank completed in late 1944. It is the heaviest fully enclosed armoured fighting vehicle ever built.

Number built 2

Weight 188 Tons128 mm Main armament

460 mm Sloped armor

3.63m

10.2m

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Churchill

The origins of the design lay in the expectation that war in Europe might be fought under similar conditions to that of the First World War and emphasized ability to cross difficult ground.

Number built 7,368

The Kliment Voroshilov (KV) tanks were a series of Soviet Red Army heavy tanks, named after the Soviet defense commissar and politician Kliment Voroshilov.

Number built 255

KV-2

Reference material

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T34_tank

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Heavy_Tanks_of_World_War_I

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SU-85

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M4_Sherman

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_I

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maus_tank

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churchill_tank

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dhSYDZy2Yc