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To: Bulgaricus1

But they were the first to use slanted hulls (causing shells fired at them to be deflected}, thus, an original idea. The slanted hull eventually became the standard in all future tanks


15 posted on 08/16/2011 9:40:12 PM PDT by doc1019 (You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.)
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“But they were the first to use slanted hulls”

Nope. American tanks did that first too.


17 posted on 08/16/2011 10:30:46 PM PDT by Born to Conserve
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To: doc1019
But they were the first to use slanted hulls (causing shells fired at them to be deflected}, thus, an original idea. The slanted hull eventually became the standard in all future tanks

C.S.S. Merrimac, 1862


19 posted on 08/16/2011 10:40:44 PM PDT by Talisker (History will show the Illuminati won the ultimate Darwin Award.)
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To: doc1019

Yes, sloped armor.


21 posted on 08/16/2011 11:26:56 PM PDT by Red Steel
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“The slanted hull eventually became the standard in all future tanks.”

Until we got to the recently killed Future Combat Systems (FCS) vehicles. They had slab sides to fit all the complicated electronics and still fit on a cargo plane. I asked about the slant and the virtual absence of armor for the front line vehicles. I was told: “We’ll have complete control over the battlefield and nothing that could damage them would get close.” That view of the battlefield probably comes from WWI. FCS was a case where politics and money overrode logic, reason and any battlefield practicality.


26 posted on 08/17/2011 4:55:23 AM PDT by Gen.Blather
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