WW 2 QUIZ

[Deleted]

Yes, I do.
So here we go: I want you to tell me the name of 5 German, 2 Italian, 2 Japanese, 1 Hungarian, 4 French, 6 American, 2 British and 8 Russian tanks projects or prototypes developed/designed during the World War II.


It's not a difficult question but a long one. The user who will give the huggest amount of names or all of them, will get
the question.

[tedi88]

Long one indeed. ;D So here we go:

German:
1. Panther II tank
2. Panther ausf. F
3. Panzer VIII Maus
4. E-10
5. E-25
6. E-50
7. E-75
8. E-100
9 .Landkreuzer P. 1000 Ratte
10. Panzer VII
11. Panzer IX
12. Panzer X
13. Heuschrecke 10 (not really a tank, more like a SPG, interesting concept btw)
14. Neubaufahrzeug (wasn't developed during WW2, but before)

Italian:
1. Fiat M16/43 a.k.a. Carro Armato M Celere Sahariano
2. Vespa-Caproni Armored Car
3. Carro Armato P 40 (several were produced by the Germans after the Armistice, not used by the Italian army)
4. Semovente da 149/40 (not a tank, but it looks funny as hell)

Japanese:
1. O-I
2. Type 5 Chi-Ri
3. Type 4 Chi-To (this one actually reached production phase)

Hungarian:
1. 44M Tas heavy tank

French:
1. FCM F1
2. ARL 40
3. Char G1
4. S 40 & SAu 40
5. ARL 44
However it's questionable how many of these were developed during the war itself. With the exception of ARL 44 since it was developed after the war.

American:
1. M6 heavy tank
2. T14 Heavy Tank
3. T29 Heavy Tank
4. T30 Heavy Tank
5. T20 Medium Tank
6. T28 Super Heavy Tank (although this particular piece is some time mentioned as SPG)

British:
1. TOG 1
2. TOG 2
3. Tank, Infantry, Valiant (A38)
4. Tank, Infantry, Black Prince (A43)

Soviet/Russian:
1. SMK (pre war, but if memory serves me correctly it was used during winter war so i think that it can qualify)
2. T-43 (replacement for T-34 never used, cause it had worse overall performance(too much armor, too weak gun))
3. T-44 (100) ( T-44 was you could say when you look at the layout and advanced design for its time. Some 950 were produced during the war and immediately after. Version 100 was a prototype with a 100mm gun)
4. T-44 (122) (same as above, except with 122mm)
5. KV-3 (Object 223)
6. KV-4 (Object 224) (this is the interesting piece, over twenty designs for it were made. Lightest version was 85 ton tank, heaviest 110 ton. They were armed with 107mm gun made by ZiS. Canceled in favor of IS series.
7. KV-5 (Object 225)
8. KV-6 (Object 226) (this was a flame tank)
9. KV-10 (Object 230) a.k.a. KV1K (also an interesting piece was armed with 132mm rockets on the back of the turret. One prototype was produced during '42, but it was never used.
10. KV-12 (Object 232) (experimental chemical tank, Was equipped with 4 external toxin tanks on the back of chassis)
11. KV-13 (Object 233) (prototype of a medium tank. Designation for an advanced redesign of the KV series, which was resulted in the production of the IS series)
12. IS Model 2 (KV-13, with turret and armanent from KV-9. One prototype was construcred and proved in 1943. Tank had lost competition to IS Model 1 and was not taken in service)
13. KV-14 (Object 236) (Prototype designation for a 152 mm self-propelled gun, accepted for service as the SU-152)
14. KV-152
15. KV-100
16. KV-122
17. Т-150 (Object 150) (Experimental tank based on KV-1. Armor - 90mm. New 700 hp engine. Turret design and armanent remained from KV-1. One prototype was constructed in 1941)
18. KV-220 (Object 220)
19. KV-222 (Object 222)
20. BT-8
21. BT-IS
22. S-2 "Cherepaha"

There were of course various German prototypes of PZ III, IV series but i didn't include them. As side note i would like to mention that this is by far the longest post i wrote.

[Deleted]

Mother of God...

It's your turn tedi88, you're right.

[tedi88]

Yeah my hands hurt a little, but you asked for it.

Now i'm interested in history of this fine piece of weapon, when it was developed, who developed it and who used it?

[Deleted]

Is that a PPsH-41 maybe?

[tedi88]

No, its not PPSh-41.

[tedi88]

SJ you nailed it.

Caliber:7.62x25 mm
Length, overall: 913 / 682 mm
Weight: 3,52 kg
Barrel length: 270 mm
Magazine capacity: 35 rounds
Rate of fire: ~ 500 rounds per minute

Quote:"There were some rarely known weapons that saw action in the hands of Soviet soldiers and ordinary citizens against the Nazi invaders in 1941. For example, the designer Korovin, who worked at the Tula arms factory, rapidly developed and put into limited production a relatively simple SMG with a folding stock. This gun was never officially tested or approved – all specimens went from the workbenches of the factory straight into combat, carried by volunteers of the Tula arms factory regiment, fighting the Nazi invaders at the outskirts of the Tula city. Korovin managed to produce several hundreds of these weapons, chambered for the standard 7.62mm pistol ammunition. Once the front had stabilized and volunteer regiments were properly incorporated into the Red Army structure, these non-standard weapons were recalled from service and replaced by the standard issue rifles and PPSh-41. Only few of the Korovin SMGs survive to this day.

Korovin submachine gun is a simple blowback operated weapon, firing from open bolt in full automatic mode only. Most of its parts, except for barrel and bolt, were made from stamped steel and spot-welded together. Feed was from 35-round double stack, double feed curved box magazines, not compatible with PPSh-41 magazines. Korovin submachine gun was fitted with simple flip-up sights, marked for 100 and 200 meters, and an underfolding stock."

You can proceed.

[tedi88]

And you said I asked the obscure question? ;D Well at least Korovin SMG was used, unlike Henschel P.75 single seat fighter which never got further than a model in a wind tunnel

[tedi88]

Well Do 335 is lovely too. So next question is:



Now these are Waffen SS soldiers, but i'm interested in the location of this photo, what incident happened at that location and to add a little obscure facts what "prominient" SS-Obersturmbannführer was present there a little after the incident?

Should not be too difficult.

[LouisXIV]

I'm guessing that this would be the location of Reinhard Heydrich's assassination. That would make this a road intersection in the Prague suburb of Libeň where the Dresden-Prague road merged with a road to the Troja Bridge, producing a hairpin turn.

Since Himmler was the only one to visit Heydrich in his hospital bed, I would imagine he also went to see the "scene of the crime."

[tedi88]

No it's not. The intersection where Heydrich was assassinated looked a lot different, it was more open than this one, also it was very sharp so the car had to slow down to turn into Prague 8-Liben road.

[LouisXIV]

And I thought I had it pegged! On a guess.

[tedi88]

It was a very good guess. ;D

[corpbob]

Useless WWII Trivia:

The throttle levers of the P51 Mustang had rubber balls on the end, when pushed all the way forward the pilot was flying "balls to the wall!" See, the old expression has nothing to do with male appendages.

Clarence "Kelly" Johnson designed the first jet for the US Military in 1941 but they weren't interested. If the Military had actually gone with his Lockheed L-133 with the twin engines Johnson designed, the first US Jet Fighter would have exceeded the sound barrier. Johnson's P-38 Lightning came close to the sound barrier in a dive so he was already working on the control problems that early jets had exceeding the sound barrier.

[Joseph_Porta]

Is that by any chance the Bendlerblock in Berlin (where Claus von Stauffenberg was executed)? If that's the case then the SS-Obersturmbannführer in question would be Otto Skorzeny.