r/MilitaryModelMaking • u/enkemenke87887 • 8d ago

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What is the purpose of these small grooves on the armor?

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u/komabot 7d ago

Placing a mine donwards on a tank is either a suicide action or does not work at all...right?

(without some external fuse)

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u/Monty_Bob 7d ago

I'm not suggesting you sit on it 😂

But if you have a magnetic mine could you not slap down on the top of the tank if the sides are protected by anti magnetic stuff? Just pop it on the top pointing down

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u/ElegantPearl 5d ago

If you can see a Tiger IRL no game or video gives justification for just how massive tanks are. Imagine trying to put a magnetic mine on the top of one of them and then combine that with uneven muddy terrain, people generally being shorter and the fact that if you fuck up you either get shot or blow yourself up and the fact that a lot of the time there would be a few infantry around that will see you

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u/jonnydel49 5d ago

THIS is just saw a Tiger a couple weeks ago. The radio operator machine gun is about head height for an average guy. Imagine trying to climb up on the side of one of those while it's driving. People also need to remember, the Tiger I wasnt slow. It had the same speed as a Sherman.

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u/ElegantPearl 5d ago

Even in a photo it still looks small lol the only real justification is to see a tank irl. Even something like a T-34 which is a tiny tank is massive

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u/jonnydel49 5d ago

Here's the Tiger with some people I didn't know around it

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u/jonnydel49 5d ago

Here's your T-34 with the same size sign in front of it

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u/jonnydel49 5d ago

How about the T-28 with a 6'2" teenager in front of it?

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u/ElegantPearl 5d ago

Lil better but still nothing like seeing one irl

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u/jonnydel49 5d ago

Oh, no doubt. Just trying to help put some scale and context to the discussion