The Soviet/Russian Military Quiz

[homeyg]

The 20-Ton Tank(never actually built):
-Was supposed to weigh 20 tons

Mendeleev's Superheavy Tank(never actually built):
-engine power was to be supplied by a submarine engine, developing 250 hp

Lebedenko's Battle Machine:
-Strange reverse tricycle configuration
-the two front wheels stood 29 feet tall

Battle Caterpillar Machine:
-the front was canted upwards
-turtle shaped hull

 

[Gelion]

Good! Got all 4!
Lebedenko Battle Machine is also known as the "Tsar's tank":
"The bizarre "Tzar-tank" was built in 1915. It was probably the largest tank ever made in the world. Two huge wheels on each side were supported by two minor ones in the rear. This photo and the drawing (see below) shows a difference in shape and position of the crew's cabin. Two prototypes were made but the heavy costs made the financing cease in 1916 and the project was abandoned. The photo above shows a wreck without wheels in the rear and the last of the two was dismateled for scrap in 1923."

Your turn .

 

[nonconformist]

Mendeleev's Superheavy Tank(never actually built):
-engine power was to be supplied by a submarine engine, developing 250 hp

Is that as in in Dmitri Medeleev, the inventor of the periodic table?

 

[Gelion]

No, just the same family name. I was surprised too. The inventor died in 1907. Maybe his son?

 

[homeyg]

Name this plane:

 

[pawpaw]

foxhound mig 31

 

[homeyg]

Correct. I couldn't find a picture of a MiG-31 at an angle that looked more like a MiG-25, so I just decided to go easy on you guys and show a straight up photo.

 

[pawpaw]

i figured mig 29 or 31, the extended engine did it.

what was the name that the series of inter war soviet tanks were lumped under?

 

[nonconformist]

B? As in BA and BT?

 

[Gelion]

Well there were "T"s - i.e. "tanks", some fast "BT" tanks and a few "exceptions" like "KV" or "A". So far as I know...

 

[pawpaw]

and all these tanks were based on what

 

[Gelion]

KS, "russian renault"?

 

[PresidentMarcos]

They were based on a tank prototype built by J Walter Christie and initially offered to the US government. The chassis was quite effective and was used by the Soviets on a very large scale later on. Christie was really good with the tank design thing

 

[pawpaw]

They were based on a tank prototype built by J Walter Christie and initially offered to the US government. The chassis was quite effective and was used by the Soviets on a very large scale later on. Christie was really good with the tank design thing

yes............

 

[Gelion]

No....
It was a good tank indeed but not all Soviet tanks were based on that.
Honestly your question was not very clear. But thats IMO.

 

[PresidentMarcos]

Hmm...Well, most of the rather effective Soviet tanks, such as the T-34 and it's succesors, borrowed a lot from it. Before Christie sold the chassis to the Soviets, Soviet tanks had high firepower and good armor, but they lacked that certain mobility. Afterwards, the BT (Fast Tank) series originated, which begat the T-34 series, which begat the T-44, which begat the T-55 series, which begat the T-62, and so on, and so forth, right up to the T-90.

Now, the question is:

How exactly did Artem Invanovich Mikoyan convince the British to give the Soviets a number of Nene and Derwent-type engines?

 

[joycem10]

Now, the question is:

How exactly did Artem Invanovich Mikoyan convince the British to give the Soviets a number of Nene and Derwent-type engines?

Didnt the British executives/designers/whomever agree to provide the engines as the result of a bet on a game of pool (billiards).

 

[PresidentMarcos]

Yes. They did. Have a cookie! Your call, Joyce.

 

[joycem10]

The basis for most Western defense forces is built around a "tri-service" policy, meaning that the defence force for the country is defined in terms of three discrete units - Army, Air Force and Navy. In the US these three seperate services are co-ordinated by the Joint Chief of Staffs to form a unified fighting force. The Soviet armed forces (and I believe the Russian today) are unique in that it is actually compromised of five separate arms of service.

Name them.

 

[Gelion]

Spoiler :

"The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (aka the Russian Army) is made up of the Ground Forces, the Air Force, and the Navy.

There also exist special subunits — the Strategic Missile Forces, the Military Space Forces, and the Airborne troops, which are classified as independent combat units not subordinate to any of the three branches. Currently the Russian Army is 1.13 million people strong."
from http://www.mosnews.com/mn-files/army.shtml

Although I never knew about it. Thats why I quote rather than reply in my own words. And thats why its a spoiler also.