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Subject: Torps, Tanks & Blackbirds...
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Date: 29 Oct 90 03:13:18 GMT
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From: p14.f7.n391.z8.fidonet.org!Dan.Daetwyler (Dan Daetwyler)

 LO> stabilizers in the M1* tanks, fire_on_
 LO> the_move, etc.  Shermans (M4*) had gyro
 LO> stabilized guns in WWII.  From the
 LO> comment, the WWII version must not have worked very well.

 LO> ====
Have ridden too many miles in those cast iron coffins, I can easily attest to the fact that that stabilizer wasn't satisfactory.  It helped damp the gun movement, but it was a far cry from holding it steady.  This required the adoption of a "stop to shoot" technique which wasn't the brightest thing to do in a fire fight.  Since the tanks life in a tank battle is typically about two rounds, the odds were heavily in favor of the defensive force.  It was