Posted on 10/01/2017 9:32:28 PM PDT by ForYourChildren
A history buff in Texas shelled out some $600,000 for a fully functional World War II tank -- but now that it's parked outside his multimillion-dollar home, it's ruffling feathers in his neighborhood.
Attorney Tony Buzbee of River Oaks said he bought the tank overseas last year.
“Took a year to get here, but now it’s on River Oaks Boulevard,” Buzbee told KHOU Houston. “This particular tank landed at Normandy. It liberated Paris, and ultimately went all the way to Berlin. There’s a lot of history here.”
However, the homeowners association sent him a letter saying the tank “impedes traffic” and causes a “safety issue” and “serious concerns for neighbors,” according to the report.
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The longer 75 cannon was better but only the British modified ‘Firefly’ could trade shots with a panzer with any chance of success, unless it was a German Mark IV.
Steven Zaloga has written a number of books that touch on this. However, I suggest you start here to begin reading about the problems with Cooper’s book - pay special attention to the comments and links: https://tankandafvnews.com/2015/01/29/debunking-deathtraps-part-1/
One big problem? Much of it wasn’t actually written by Belton Cooper.
Go read the link I provided you. To use just one point that’s germane here, Cooper claims the Panther was invulnerable to Sherman fire except at suicide range. The unarguable facts were that the Sherman could and did kill the Panther with ease at *normal battlefield ranges* with side shots. The side armor on a Panther was 45mm at the most and the 75 would cheerfully pen that.
When I was a kid, there was an outfit in Houston that was refurbishing Shermans for the Korean war. Their test track was just across the railroad tracks from the right field wall of the old Houston Buffaloes stadium.
When the baseball games got slow, we kids used to watch the tanks racing over and through obstacles and off jump-ramps, etc...
IIRC, the article didn’t ID it beyond, “Tank”. Trust me, the folks on FR are infinitely more knowledgeable on armored vehicle ID than any bunch of so-called “journalists”. They’re the ones who call M113s and Bradleys, “Tanks” ...
In he movie ‘Fury’ ‘War Daddy’ and crew are desperately trying to get an ass shot on a Tiger.
Now there’s a movie where you have suspend belief and just go ‘Rah rah, go guys !
Thanks, looks interesting, I read a little on the Kindle, but print too small, to dam tired to read now, so I downloaded it.
Bulldog snorng on my shoulder.
See you at the next tank thread and I’ll present my report, yawwwwn.
Hey, you never know what might show up in the neighborhood.
lol
You’re right. and any long gun an “assault weapon”.
You could actually stand in the tank turret and sit on the metal frame pilot seat in the jet cockpit.
Many hours of boy battle fantasies were spent on those two playground vehicles in the 1950s!
The fuel system leaks everywhere!
The Russians did make good use of the Christy suspension system.
To be fair if I lived in a mansion on River Oaks Blvd, and someone parked a tank on the blvd. I would be vexed..
I cannot get the hillbilly next door to move his van parked on his lawn for 10 plus years.
Woof. Woof.
It's a small hatch, and the M4A4 it would have the A57 Multipac motor, basically 5 6-cyl dodge motors on a common mount at the back.
Most of these were export models.
The M4 and M4A1 used the R985 Radial engines.
The M4A2 used a pair of 6-cyl Detroit Diesels
The M4A3 used the Ford GAA V8 Engines
The M4A4 used the A57 Multibank engine, 5 6-cyl Dodge engines on a common mount.
This one also has the small hatches and the 75mm gun, looks like a M4A4 to me.
The tank’s broke and they’re tryin to fix it.
I just ride in them, man.
It looks like a Sherman.
Ping bang
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