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Post by Marcus » 31 Jul 2002, 21:11

I'm happy to say that Christian Ankerstjerne (Ferdinand Porsche) has accepted my offer to come on board as host of the Equipment section.

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Post by Christian Ankerstjerne » 31 Jul 2002, 21:16

*steps on to the podium*

'Erm...' *caugh* 'thank you, thank you very much - I... I don't know what to say... I...'

*steps down from the podium, to overwhelmed with emotions*

;)

Seriously, though - thank you Marcus!

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Post by Xanthro » 01 Aug 2002, 04:06

Congrats, I think this is a great addition.

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Post by Erich » 01 Aug 2002, 05:05

Congrats too Christian ! :D

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Yea!!

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Post by David C. Clarke » 01 Aug 2002, 05:11

Congrats Christian!! Loved your speech!!! (clapping wildly) Best Regards,
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Post by Andy H » 03 Aug 2002, 16:45

Well done FP, please stick to the FP as I couldn't pronounce or type your surname unless I have lot's of alcohol to celebrate your honour :lol:

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Post by Christian Ankerstjerne » 03 Aug 2002, 17:03

Well, I aksed Marcus to change to my real name, to avoid some o fthe trouble we've seen about user names before.

Anyway, I think most people mispronouce Porsche anyway, especially in English-speaking countries (it's Por-sche, not Porsje) :P

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Post by Andy H » 03 Aug 2002, 17:08

Christian

You're forcing me to the drink, the wife isn't going to be happy :lol:

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Post by Christian Ankerstjerne » 03 Aug 2002, 18:21

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

It's the price you have to pay ;)

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Post by Zygmunt » 13 Aug 2002, 12:52

I trust the podium in question was the step in the frontal armour of a Tiger? I've seen pictures of someone (Von Manstein?) addressing troops from there - he even had a little staircase up to it.

Maybe it was designed for that purpose - seems like the only reason to put a great big dent in an otherwise great glacis plate...
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Post by Christian Ankerstjerne » 13 Aug 2002, 18:42

I'm not quite sure which 'dent' you're referring too - but I guess it's ether the MG mount, or the headlight mount...

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Dings and dents

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Post by Zygmunt » 14 Aug 2002, 13:33

Apologies for my inappropriate use of the word 'dent' and any confusion so caused.
I'm not refering to any aperture in the armour, but to the shape of the glacis plate in general; the way the Tiger's upper frontal armour was not one sloped slab like that of the Panther, but two, the lower of which is not to far from the horizontal to be stood upon.
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Post by Christian Ankerstjerne » 14 Aug 2002, 18:46

?!? - the frontal armour of the Tiger II IS one plate... - well, 2 plates, one that's the bottom and one that's the top, but aside from that...

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Post by Zygmunt » 15 Aug 2002, 13:07

Yes, the Tiger II and the Panther were that way, but the Tiger (like the IV) were not. I didn't say Tiger II.
Apologies, it seems my suggestion caused more hassle than it was worth.
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Post by Christian Ankerstjerne » 15 Aug 2002, 19:36

Oh, okay - now I get it - sorry for misreading your post! ;)

You are right about the armour of the Tiger, but then again - the Germans didn't think of sloped armour until 1937...

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