Manic Moran
07-05-2005, 02:45 AM
I put these up temporarily (They'll be down in a week) in response to a thread on another forum. They show the variety of technique and ability of human loaders.
http://www.clubi.ie/exalted/images/army/iraq/M1load.avi
M1, sabot round, taken from TV show.
http://www.clubi.ie/exalted/images/army/iraq/Mpatload.avi
TCGST, MPAT-AIR. (The loader simulates rotating the fuze (Fell off the dummy round) to AIR mode)
http://www.primeportal.net/movies/nlm/TCGST.AVI
Note that on both this and the previous film, the turbine is off, so the ammo door is running on aux power. (i.e. less pressure = slower)
http://www.clubi.ie/exalted/images/army/iraq/pas2.avi
External view of the same.
http://www.clubi.ie/exalted/images/army/iraq/irvload.MOV
Loader that still hasn't quite gotten the 'knack' of it yet. Breech was sticking as well.
http://www.clubi.ie/exalted/images/army/iraq/Pascualload.MOV
On the other hand, this guy has it down.
http://www.clubi.ie/exalted/images/army/iraq/leoload2.avi
Swedish Leopard 2. Not the best angle, but it'll do.
http://www.clubi.ie/exalted/images/army/iraq/challyload.avi
Challenger 1. (And so, by default, Chieftain and Chally 2). For this, I had to cheat, since the TV show I was transferring never actually showed the entire sequence in one go, so I needed to make a sort of composite.
Basically, it's load projectile, (Unseen: Grab 'loopstrap' of propellant and lift from armoured bin), ram propellant, insert primer cartridge, arm gun and then grab next projectile. The larger number of steps is partly counteracted by the smaller size of the individual components, making them easier to handle, and the fact that you can 'lap-load' the inert next round, instead of waiting for the previous round to be fired as per the American/German tanks.
NTM
http://www.clubi.ie/exalted/images/army/iraq/M1load.avi
M1, sabot round, taken from TV show.
http://www.clubi.ie/exalted/images/army/iraq/Mpatload.avi
TCGST, MPAT-AIR. (The loader simulates rotating the fuze (Fell off the dummy round) to AIR mode)
http://www.primeportal.net/movies/nlm/TCGST.AVI
Note that on both this and the previous film, the turbine is off, so the ammo door is running on aux power. (i.e. less pressure = slower)
http://www.clubi.ie/exalted/images/army/iraq/pas2.avi
External view of the same.
http://www.clubi.ie/exalted/images/army/iraq/irvload.MOV
Loader that still hasn't quite gotten the 'knack' of it yet. Breech was sticking as well.
http://www.clubi.ie/exalted/images/army/iraq/Pascualload.MOV
On the other hand, this guy has it down.
http://www.clubi.ie/exalted/images/army/iraq/leoload2.avi
Swedish Leopard 2. Not the best angle, but it'll do.
http://www.clubi.ie/exalted/images/army/iraq/challyload.avi
Challenger 1. (And so, by default, Chieftain and Chally 2). For this, I had to cheat, since the TV show I was transferring never actually showed the entire sequence in one go, so I needed to make a sort of composite.
Basically, it's load projectile, (Unseen: Grab 'loopstrap' of propellant and lift from armoured bin), ram propellant, insert primer cartridge, arm gun and then grab next projectile. The larger number of steps is partly counteracted by the smaller size of the individual components, making them easier to handle, and the fact that you can 'lap-load' the inert next round, instead of waiting for the previous round to be fired as per the American/German tanks.
NTM