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Old January 11th, 2012, 01:56 PM

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Default Re: Polish OOB 5.5

OK, feel free to point out how to make your work easier.

As for weight - I didn't even think to check it, but I saw two T-34/85s weighing 22 and 32, so... Of course, I can ignore it in the future.

BTW: I'm not suggesting to change it, but the easiest way to overcome problem of max weight 55 would be to assign 55 to all tanks above 54 tons.

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Originally Posted by DRG View Post
Michal
PT-76

In the first case you are suggesting unit #19 "Should be used until 1975 ....then replaced with new variant with DShK and improved vision.

OK one ends 12/75 the next with the DShK and improved vision starts 1/1976... that seems simple enough but then you say #706, the Navy PT-76, shouldn't be a Navy PT-76 and should be green not grey ( OK. fair enough so far but I'm hoping Blazej will show up to defend his OOB ) but then you say it should be a PT-76B and it should start 1972 with the improved vision and the DShK and that contradicts what you wrote in the line above saying the improved version with the improved vision and the DShK should start after 1975.
Sorry, I haven't made it clear enough. The source says, that the tanks were modified in 1972-1975 years, so I took 1972 as the first date of the modified tank, and 1975 as the last date of unmodified one.

As for icon - I've checked it again. Indeed, J. Magnuski wrote, that seaborne landing vehicles are painted in "grey-steel". On the other hand, color drawings in books, like Magnuski's "Czołg pływający PT-76" TBiU series, always depict green tanks, with landing division's badges. The problem is, that color photos show tanks in some drab shade, rather green than grey, but hard to be named with certainty due to film quality or lighting conditions. Everybody can see a color, which he'd like to see... So we might keep it, until we're 100% sure.

As for Blazej "defending his OOB" - if he has a sources for doubtful issues, that's perfect

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Michal
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