[frupert the nude apricot]

ok. im doing a little 5 minute presentation, 4 page report, and 10 slide powerpoint project for my history class.

so far in my ppt. ive done sections on

Tank types and classes (heavy, light, tank destroyer, self propelled gun, ETC.
How to kill a tank
Life for the crew
How infantry fought against tanks
Kursk


is there any other large thing im issing? im just doing generalities, this is a high school history class, they arent looking for a WW2 version of "the guns of august"

[xx-Stryker-xx]

one idea: Tank commanders! average life of tank commanders, where they were stationed on the tank (ie, the top of the turret looking out), etc. should make a good paragraph

[Delta]

how about how Tanks effected the war? How they used them in stratagies, like the Blitzkrieg that the Germans did.

[frupert the nude apricot]

IM LOOKING at eastern front. and i just did a slide on tank crew positions and responsibilities.

ive even got a few videos, thank you red orchestra ostfront got vids of the faust, ptrd, and tank insides.

[TheRedRibbon]

I'm sure that they'll love it when you tell them about the Anti Tank DOG

http://en.wikipedia....i/Anti-tank_dog

[[Pave]Vypur]

you can also have the losses of tanks from each country. also do an estimated kill count or something from each nation.

[frupert the nude apricot]

i already have the dog in the "Oddities" section, along with the maus, and the russian "submarinetank"

[RedAero]

That SubmarineTank was also German, otherwise known as the "Tauchpanzer". Don't forget to mention flametanks. Oh and tanks like the P-1000 Ratte and P-1500 Monster, that were the biggest tanks ever concieved, however, were never honestly considered.

This post has been edited by Aeroboy: 27 April 2006 - 08:48 PM

[airgringo]

10 slide powerpoint presentation? God, I miss highschool.

[Lord of all Hedgehogs]

Delta, on Apr 27 2006, 08:54 PM, said:

how about how Tanks effected the war? How they used them in stratagies, like the Blitzkrieg that the Germans did.

exactly my thoughts
right now you're focusing on fragmentary stuff alone, you should also place your subject in a broader perspective

interesting subject tho, i read alot about WWII when i was younger

[frupert the nude apricot]

10 is the minimum, im going way over.

ive added in APC's, IFV's, Ridiculously long compound words (dont ask what all those letters in panzers names stand for, omygawd!) tank anatomy, etc.

im up to 15. i have to keep the presentatio under 10 min. though

im a huge history nerd, however my class are mostly idiots. so i may ahve to explain all of armoured combat to them. arg. im doing bits about sloped armour and such now. wish we were doing iraq war, chobham armour gets me hard lol

This post has been edited by frupert the nude apricot: 27 April 2006 - 10:20 PM

[TheRingmaster]

Delta, on Apr 27 2006, 02:54 PM, said:

how about how Tanks effected the war? How they used them in stratagies, like the Blitzkrieg that the Germans did.

good suggestion for frupert

[+BS+ american_lesion]

frupert the nude apricot, on Apr 27 2006, 05:58 PM, said:

chobham armour gets me hard lol

bit of info most people dont need to know....



as for a suggestion, have you done anything about communication between the tanks and the line commanders?

[Delta]

TheRingmaster, on Apr 28 2006, 07:32 AM, said:

good suggestion for frupert

yea, lol i did the same thing in highschool, on WWII and i did stuff like that, so you should think about it, you'll impress your teacher then! hehe i know i did, i knew more about WWII then he did

[+BS+ american_lesion]

my JROTC presentation was almost the same thing, except aircraft and distinguishing features. started off w. a five second overhead display showing a profile of an messershmidt and a mustang. shut it off and asked the differences. not many of them caught them.

but doing something to that effect would make a great opening. frontal or side and a few seconds and ask them to differenciate between

[senor freebie]

What about mentioning the Pamzerkampfwagen 34 or in English, captured T-34. The Germans managed to capture over 1,000 and they deployed them into combat with structures on top to identify them as Nazi tanks.

The reason for this was often tanks would identify targets based on their silhouette, well before they could see any markings. Giant wooden Swastika's were often put on top of the Commanders Cupola to save their T-34 pilots the hastle of friendly fire.

[frupert the nude apricot]

i went over the differences in german and russian design philosophy, and practical use.

also the SDKFZ (WTF) the german apc, has the longest name ive ever seen. its like 30 letters. i had to put a warning as my first slide "contains riggodandiculously long german compound words"