Talk:Verdeja

Clarity, always clarity
Some points:
 * "a capable suspension"? What was incapable about the T-26 or Pz 1? How was the Verdeja's better?
 * "originally commissioned as the Soviet 45 millimetre 19K"? I'm guessing it was a licenced copy. True?
 * "tank commander-gunner" This is a known design flaw in tanks; can you source this as a bad idea? (I can't offhand...)
 * "this worked at excessive revolutions" Excessive how? Too high? Too low? Insufficient torque multiplication? My sense is, it demanded the automotive V8 to rev too high to deliver any acceleration, because the V8 was too small-displacement & underpowered for the weight of the vehicle.
 * "depress and elevate from 8º to 70º"? I presume this is depress 8º/elevate 70º, but it's far from clear.
 * "rear of the chassis, which meant moving the drive sprocket" Not a causal link, as German & U.S. WW2 designs prove... I changed it.

TREKphiler  hit me ♠  05:04, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Some replies!
 * In the context of that sentence it's no implying that the suspension was better than that of previous light tanks, or else I would have said a "more capable" suspension. It's simply stating the requirements of the Verdeja, which is pretty clear
 * No, in this case it was scavenged off a Soviet T-26. I'm not sure if 45mm guns built in Spain were "licensed" copies, or if they were just copies.  I don't think it's too relevant.
 * No, I can't source this as a bad idea, because it may not have been a bad idea for the tank. The article is not stating what is a good idea or a bad idea, but the features of the Verdeja and what made it better than the Panzer I and T-26; not what made it bad overall.  I don't think this comment is very relevant.
 * Yes, excessive revolutions would mean too high (excessively high revolutions). It has nothing to do with the engine, as the sentence clearly states, but with the transmission (the transmission was meant for a more powerful engine).
 * I don't see how it's unclear. Obviously, you can't depress to 70º.
 * I don't understand... what did you change.
 * Thanks for the questions. Also, a lot of the changes you made were with things that were specifically the way they were to comply with MoS.  I'd like to ask that before you make such dramatic changes in the future you go over them in the talk page. Thanks! JonCatalán(Talk) 14:30, 26 September 2008 (UTC)