Members Ssnake Posted December 24, 2015 Members Share Posted December 24, 2015 Regarding he gunner simulator: they couldn't come up with a better idea than using string to move the target? In a way, I'm glad they did. When we visited our first major army customer to see what the situation of their training was (so we could judge whether adding Steel Beasts to their training tools would promise success) the gunnery training consisted of small caliber in-bore devices and old track pads drawn on a string in a sandbox as their "moving gunnery simulator". It was easy to compete with Steel Beasts even in its then "SB1" state (plus, the then new rendering engine, years before the first release of the Personal Edition). Had their gunnery training been much better, maybe we wouldn't have had it so easy. For them, there was very little to lose and a lot to win, so they dared to try out something entirely new - using a game for training. We still had to de-game things like substituting the regular strings.txt with a more professionally worded pstrings.txt (so, that's why it has this cryptic name), and later to add more and more functionality. But getting the real control handles to work on a PC was the breakthrough, and having that training situation was instrumental for our market entry. So, don't knock it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ssnake Posted December 24, 2015 Members Share Posted December 24, 2015 Not when you consider the driver sim setup.A highlight of "pre CGI age" simulator technology in the 1970s.Computers simply couldn't deliver the terrain rendering back then. So, using some endoscopic camera setup with tilt and roll angle sensors coupled to a moving platform in a static sand table was the best you could do. Plus, you could have a "Tarantula" scare prank by putting a big spider on the road.:luxhello: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 I was complementing the driver sim in regards to what Sean Pat said. That was no simple solution. I was impressed with the novel solutions they came up with and the degree they went to reproduce a functioning tank for each of the crew stations. This equipment is not like some technology from the same era that are immensely LOL'able nowadays, like 8 tracks... except the one thing that used technology no more advanced than a cat toy. That was the only thing I was knocking because it deserved to be. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Colossus Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 _J-uKNb6TaI 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgehog Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Hitler having a "Normal" conversation.(I.E. not one of his "Crazed Speeches")ClR9tcpKZec 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invader ZIM Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 A highlight of "pre CGI age" simulator technology in the 1970s.Computers simply couldn't deliver the terrain rendering back then. So, using some endoscopic camera setup with tilt and roll angle sensors coupled to a moving platform in a static sand table was the best you could do. Plus, you could have a "Tarantula" scare prank by putting a big spider on the road. :luxhello: LOL, I would have loved to see that played out on such a vintage simulator. You could bring the kids toys in and set them up for similar fun. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TankHunter Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 M-60 in Turkey having a hard timehttp://www.liveleak.com/view?i=79e_1451677407 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eisenschwein Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 My wish for 2016:Don´t let command Idiots Tanks ! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusty Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 A nice bit of old school British Armour :bigsmile: FFkFTtWQfXo 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mogwa Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 various Russian arty in slo moB4ne21KdxCg 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daskal Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Digging the mud in slow-motion:3pFrJ4wFUNE 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major duck Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Uka Armour SQN Attack 10th Jan 2016Movie of our Attack65 Grenny55 Hedgehog (Arty & Supply)15 Crusty1st Plt Herbs, Mac508pl25 Swordsmandk2nd PltDr.Hat35 Major Duck3rd PltXboxtrollen, Fifty45 Kingtiger1st Plt /4th Inf CoyTjay , 12AlfaMMT HedgehogBriefing2S_s2xAAtZU 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TankHunter Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 I gotta drop in some time for one of those. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tjay Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 You would be most welcome Tom. And I promise not to tell anyone. :clin: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgehog Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 I gotta drop in some time for one of those. You would be most welcome Tom. And I promise not to tell anyone. :clin: Put him on supplies he likes it in the rear. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibsonm Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Put him on supplies he likes it in the rear. Um you may want to rethink that comment given your interest in Artillery and their "reputation". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daskal Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Armata with english subtitles:gxVLL_25gog 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipuli Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipuli Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Uka Armour SQN Attack 10th Jan 2016Movie of our AttackBriefing2S_s2xAAtZU Thumbs up =) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingtiger Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 As I have said before, the Swedish army combat camera need to learn from their Finnish partners, your videos is always far better :luxhello: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daskal Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 YTg93TxDDbQ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grenny Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Shooting range training , PzBtl911(v) with the Leopard2A5 Topic: TC-gunner interaction 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ssnake Posted January 15, 2016 Members Share Posted January 15, 2016 Target group 3, 2nd target: If dynamic lead is pressed while the target is stationary, you'll miss. Dyn. Vorhalt must not be used in that case, even if your own vehicle is moving... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusty Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 ys8ONzd3RWY 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusty Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Greek army using M48 for training, video was uploaded to Youtube in 2013 so some time prior to that.HXeHEUTWqkw 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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