tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post225637385031102627..comments2024-03-28T14:35:30.147-04:00Comments on Tank Archives: Light Tank M3A1: Basket into BattlePeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09622237223229485503noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-86974447104506456212018-02-02T12:21:52.471-05:002018-02-02T12:21:52.471-05:00Thanks for the correction. As for the cupola, Sovi...Thanks for the correction. As for the cupola, Soviet tradition was that the gunner was the commander in tanks with only two turret crewmen. Presumably Pasholok based his critique on that convention.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09622237223229485503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-18226298820347729292018-02-02T02:50:43.584-05:002018-02-02T02:50:43.584-05:00I think you mean "driveshaft", not "...I think you mean "driveshaft", not "crankshaft". A crankshaft is the part inside the engine that the pistons spin around; a driveshaft or propshaft connects the crankshaft to the transmission. I also don't understand what this is about the "commander's cupola being on the gunner's side". I thought the gunner was on the right, the loader/commander was on the left.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16677685565875390566noreply@blogger.com