Cats always ask for a lot of attention from their owners.
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I was once an Abrams crewman. Those things break sitting still. A perfectly running tank on Friday will be completely nonfunctional by Monday. A tankers life is 99% tank maintenance.
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German Leopard 2 maintenance checklists are somewhat similar, I'm sure it's the same with other nations as well. They won't feature a schematic of the tank, it's just a list with the names of the components and checkboxes for each necessary action (checking, cleaning, lubricating etc.) next to them. Methodically, this makes it easier, as you just have to work down a list and check off each task, but obviously you'll have to know each of the components and their location to maintain an efficient workflow. With the nice diagram, it's a lot more accessible to newbies, and under wartime conditions, where you may have other things on your mind, I think this may win out against a plain list.
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Also: love how the diagram basically says: Everything. Everything needs constant Attention Carl. SCHNELL SCHNELL 😂
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That's a surprisingly modern looking diagram. I'm not making the old joke about colour not having been discovered yet in the 40s, but even the ones chosen are so close to what we would use today!
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We always did a daily first parade on our Chieftains and regular maintenance schedules whether in camp or out on exercise. Especially so in BATUS where the tanks took a pounding on the prairies, easy in warm weather not so much fun on the colder Med Man exercise. A good driver never needed to be told what needed doing and could spot issues with suspension, running gear, tracks, sprockets and brake pads well before they became an issue.
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"Actung! These are the areas you need to pay special attention to in order for the Panther to operate and not catch fire very often"! "But mein herr, you only pointed vaguely in the direction of the entire diagram" "Precicely"! Panther catches fire
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Ah, there's me thinking it was just this cold snap causing my Panther not to start! Cheers Tank Museum 😅
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"...tanks need a lot of care and maintenance if they are to keep working. " Believe me, I gave my Chieftain LOTS of care and maintenance, and it did not keep working.
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Well, while I've never worked on a tank, I do have enough experience with heavy machinery to know it takes a lot of looking after. So it's not a surprise that tanks do also.
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A Haynes manual for your tank. I'm looking forward to the deconstruct and rebuild chapters.
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So much lubrication, they must have carried a lot of different oils but were they readily available.
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Great, a lubrication and maintenance plan; in German there is a saying: "He who greases well, drives well!" (Wer gut schmiert, der gut fährt!)
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I think the unlike cars thing is better read as unlike Modern cars, because older cars needed a lot more care and attention. That being said, there are a lot of lubrication points in this diagram. Like, a lot. Is this how most other tanks are, or did some have centralized lubrication points? Also, do more modern tanks have centralized lubrication, or is it still distributed like this?
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Well, one chap kept one in his cellar, so it's not an unreasonable question.
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The Tank Museum
Unlike cars, tanks need a lot of care and maintenance if they are to keep working.
This diagram was used to help German Panther crews identify points on their tank that needed attention. There are three separate jobs detailed here. Prüfen means ‘Check,’ Reinigen ‘Clean’ and Schmieren ‘Lubricate.’
Other pages in the booklet name each location and tell the crew how often the required procedure should be carried out.
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