In this video digest you’ll learn about the history of the Lockheed aircraft, the development of Soviet MBTs and the origins of the Challenger. We’ll even try to destroy top MBTs with HE shells to prove that it’s possible!
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HEs vs MBTs
In high-rank combat, the main ammunition type is the finned discarding sabot shell. But can other types be useful too, like high explosives for instance? Obviously, they would do fine against anti-air and IFVs, but how about top MBTs?
Low Tier Challenger
What do you know about the Challenger tank? It’s a British MBT with good turret armor, a rifled-bore 120-mm cannon, and modest mobility. Seems about right… But that’s not the earliest Challenger you can find in our game! Please welcome a British Rank III cruiser tank, the A30.
Thunder Show: BEST OPTION
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In Search of Perfection: Lockheed Aircraft
The Lockheed brothers, early aviation engineers, developed an interest in flight shortly before the First World War. Allan Lockheed believed that airplanes would soon become the fastest and safest mode of transportation in the world. But within a few decades, the world was already bracing for another global conflict — World War II. Automakers shifted gears to making tanks and armored vehicles, while aviation pioneers began competing to build the most capable military aircraft, the new driving force of 20th-century warfare. Among those caught up in this rapid arms race was Lockheed, though by that time the company was no longer run by its founders. The challenging times compelled the company to enter the defense industry.
First Sample on the Way to MBTs
Many tank designers have spent a long time trying to combine the best traits of heavy and medium tanks in a single machine. During the Second World War, this idea became extra valuable in the Soviet Union. Vehicles based on the heavy KV showed dubious results, so the Kharkiv design bureau made the decision to try and rework the medium T-34 one more time.