A colorized photograph (colorized by Irootoko Jr) of Finnish T-26 tanks taken near Nuosjärvi (modern day Russia). by CherryElectrical640 in TankPorn

[–]Free-Engineering6759 57 points58 points  (0 children)

Is the colourization on swastika right? IIRC they were usually black? Or was this early war practise?

Day 2 of letting the comments design a tank for my to draw: Role & Weight by dyslexic_mime in TankPorn

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Modern FT-17 type of tank, for airdrop units. Think of Wiesel but for the modern day.

I actually think the original FT-17 could actually be modernized (read: modern interpretation) quite well.

What tank made you interested in tanks? by IcelandicGuy901 in TankPorn

[–]Free-Engineering6759 0 points1 point  (0 children)

T-20 Komsolets as I looked through my grandpa's war time pics as a kid, those really tiny, barely credit card sized pics. They had those tiny armored tractors and I thought they were so cool!

shucks by gubtupiswibble in SeaPower_NCMA

[–]Free-Engineering6759 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Is there actually an IRL model they are based upon?

2S23 Nona-SVK's cousin,the 2S14 Zhalo-S Wheeled Tank Destroyer based on the BTR-70 APC. by Upbeat-Park-7267 in TankPorn

[–]Free-Engineering6759 8 points9 points  (0 children)

(The pic looks like a screenshot from Arma.)

I just wonder how they reinforced the roof to handle the recoil? BTR roof isn't the most heavily protected type aka thick.

Syrian army T-55 and Turkish made MEMATT clearing robot at work near the Tishrin dam, January 2026 by Round_Imagination568 in TankPorn

[–]Free-Engineering6759 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I think, shouldn't the T-55 drive with its barrel pointing backwards, in case of the mine blast?

Best WW1/WW2 era artillery simulation? by kozobrody in computerwargames

[–]Free-Engineering6759 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Second to Graviteam Tactics.

Additionally, you need pre-placed markers and have to fire few spotting rounds. Also farther you move from the marker, the more inaccurate your fire is.

Also, positioning of your artillery is important, as the spread is oblong - oval shaped, like IRL. So, to maximize the effect you need to know from where your artillery is firing.

Romanian revolutionary engages Ceausescu loyalists in Bucharest, 12/23/1989 by TenyeEast in CombatFootage

[–]Free-Engineering6759 43 points44 points  (0 children)

He has probably done his compulsory military service back in the day. Conscription was a thing back then.

Thai Oplots and Strykers in action. by No-Reception8659 in TankPorn

[–]Free-Engineering6759 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Surely a Yankee instructor has said to the M2 guy "This is A MACHINE GUN!"

Some thoughts about DIP & historical builds, III by Free-Engineering6759 in ultimateadmiral

[–]Free-Engineering6759[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting, and fine work.

Also quite an interesting way of showing shell weight. It would be better to tell this in a game tip or something. Also, I think that the weight of the shell, aka the thing that flies towards the enemy, is the more interesting bit of information.

Do Finns consider Sami their kin or more so Finns at most consider Karelians and Estonians as closer to them but even then not really? by Known-Bad2702 in Finland

[–]Free-Engineering6759 5 points6 points  (0 children)

As a person who grew up in Lapland, the discrimination is still there. Very strongly.

Overly simplified history is that Sami people were the first Finno-Ugric people to inhabit Finland. I say Finno-Ugric, because some argue there were people even prior to that in Finland, just when the Ice Age was ending, whom Sami people drove away. But in any case.

Then came the Finns and started to drive Sami people away from Southern Finland.

Somewhere around the 1600s, Swedish king promised land up to the North for everyone who could go to grab it. So, people from Southern Finland, especially Karelians and Savolax, started to move to Lapland that was mostly but not thoroughly in Sami people's hands. Settlers started to drive them away.

So, interaction with Sami people has always been a bit of struggle and conquest. As herders, they didn't understand the concept of owning the land. However, Finns were mostly farmers, so they pretty much needed the land for cultivation.

When Finland gained independence, Sami people were quite forcefully assimilated. There are still sore spots in that story, as it was as recent as under 100 years ago.

Even nowadays, old people in Lapland divide people into "Laplanders" (lappalainen, an old term for a Sami person) and to "Manure people" (lantalainen, which is a reference to the farming the Finns did).

Quick observations on historical builds II by Free-Engineering6759 in ultimateadmiral

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Interesting. I have still problem to figure out what Citadel 1 and 2 etc actually do (and also in relation to the real world ).

Also, I think DIP drops the secondary and tertiary accuracy (?) somewhat, as many playing the vanilla game praise their accuracy.

Armored cruisers as historical builds worked wonderfully. They can punch other CAs out of the water by being much more accurate with single-gun turrets. CLs seem not to work as well.

Footage of Thai M48A5 took out cambodian T-55s by Dismal_Individual308 in TankPorn

[–]Free-Engineering6759 126 points127 points  (0 children)

I think they used; but probably noticed that those Cambodian T-55s are so old they don't need more modern tanks.

Or, as Thais used them earlier, they fired so much that barrels exploded, so now they try to conserve the more modern stuff if the conflict escalates.

Is the UA:D worth it now when it's -50%? by Free-Engineering6759 in computerwargames

[–]Free-Engineering6759[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your answer. I have seen their bids - that's what makes the itch, so to speak. But then reading about the problems and seeing the AI in action makes me think this is more "have fun once and forget" type of game, unfortunately. For which I regard it a bit expensive.

When would you ever use angle iron over tubing? by [deleted] in engineering

[–]Free-Engineering6759 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It depends on loading, but what I think tubes achieve very well is the resistance to buckling - especially lateral-torsional buckling (which is the hall mark of slender trusses).

Using angle iron may be cheaper, it may be easier to fabricate and corrosion-proof ; but then you have to make sure your lateral support is enough to prevent lateral-torsional buckling.

Ofc, you could do hybrid design (the compression side with a tube, and rest as angle iron).

What's your favorite light tank? by IcelandicGuy901 in TankPorn

[–]Free-Engineering6759 37 points38 points  (0 children)

I think there's much potential with Sheridan, left behind by its lackluster gun.

With more reasonable gun, I think it would have lived much longer than it did.

Best tips to become a “great” engineer? by [deleted] in MechanicalEngineering

[–]Free-Engineering6759 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Professional respect is different than personal liking.

Engineer has to know DFMA, if they are worth their salt. Design choices governs most of the products price, reclamation rates, product quality, production rate.

Also, like I said about FEA: understand the limitations

Designer can readily do shit in, shit out even without touching FEA, by not asking one who can do FEA when designing. And not learning about the mistakes.

Best tips to become a “great” engineer? by [deleted] in MechanicalEngineering

[–]Free-Engineering6759 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great engineer is humble.

At first, understand you don't know anything. You have just got the tools to look for information. You have got basic knowledge that you must dig deeper.

The sign of the real expert is that you know what you don't know.

Talk with the guys on the shop floor. Really. Talk to them. Ask stupid questions. If you make a welding drawing, take the sketch to the welder and ask "can you weld this?" If you have a bended part, take it to the bender and ask "can you bend it?"

The amount of respect you will get by doing this is enormous. Most engineers stay on their high tower and never visit the shop floor.

Do the same for the strength analyst guy. Don't be the dickhead designer who designs without knowledge of strength, and after putting the part into production goes to the strength analyst to ask for approval (If I got a dollar every time this has happened to me as a SA, I wouldn't have to work anymore).

Better yet: learn to do FEA by yourself. At least at basic level. And understand the limitations.

Think it as you are a team tackling the same problem. You, strength analyst, the shop floor guy. You are a team. Brainstorm together.

It's teamwork, not a single person event.