I would submit that some people realized that height matters... as you say, the Hetzer was made, and my own favorite WW2 tank, the StuG. But the hubris that accompanied the design of the Maus tells me that the people who designed it (and those who authorized it) had no idea how important a low profile is.
Look at the profile of the great big tank (I forget the designation) out front of the Patton Museum... Even though it's huge, they went turretless for the profile (and probably also because it'd have been a GIANT turret to holdd that early 105mm long barrelled gun). Looks like a scarab (the kind from Journey albums for our middle-aged members :) with a really long gun out the nose. And FOUR tracks!! woo hoo! -- Clark in Georgia, Commissar of the Red Banner Southern Fleet "We will pass through the American patrols, past their sonar nets, and lay off their largest city, and listen to their rock and roll... while we conduct missile drills." --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
