tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post8868049525917697182..comments2024-03-28T09:43:20.058-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: 100 years ago today, the tank went to warPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-58726651585596323492016-09-16T13:00:19.472-05:002016-09-16T13:00:19.472-05:00The use of tanks in WWI so impressed the US war de...The use of tanks in WWI so impressed the US war department that they went to the leading firearms designer of the day, John M. Browning, and asked him to come up with some way to counter the threat.<br />He started with the standard .30-06 rifle cartridge, and scaled it up to .50 caliber. And thus the .50 BMG was born. He also designed an automatic crew serviced weapon to fire the new round. When adopted by the army it received the designation M2, the infamous Ma Deuce. Which along with its cartridge holds the record for longest continuous service of any firearm.<br />Will also note, that WWI tank armor was one inch or less so vulnerable to the new round.<br />By WWII tank armor had advanced to the point that a .50 BMG was no longer adequate, though still a proven killer on lighter armored or any unarmored vehicles.Uncle Larhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04008207593205949098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-4434998043813362582016-09-16T08:58:49.792-05:002016-09-16T08:58:49.792-05:00I now have this image in my mind of Chevy Chase in...I now have this image in my mind of Chevy Chase in his National Lampoon's Vacation role, accidentally driving the tank into the statue of Nelson and knocking it over.TheOtherSeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07141473483312725136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-57452688274737923652016-09-16T04:33:02.129-05:002016-09-16T04:33:02.129-05:00Nitpick - that tank in Trafalgar Square is a repli...Nitpick - that tank in Trafalgar Square is a replica built for the Warhorse movie.<br /><br />And it sounds like a centrifugating washing machine, it should be said. :DNobobyExpectshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08318004241906731722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-54722109204874850822016-09-15T20:56:28.839-05:002016-09-15T20:56:28.839-05:00Wow, I didn't realize that!Wow, I didn't realize that!Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.com