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Published: 2008-07-31 17:01:33 +0000 UTC; Views: 238; Favourites: 5; Downloads: 1
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Just a design for a tank I came up with, deciding if i should add more or not at the moment.Related content
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Wow! That Kind of that tank looks like in 19XX The War Against Destiny!
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Neat design but I'd have to agree with M1A2Tanker on the impractability of having that many guns in a turret. This reminds me of a cross between an M1 Abrams, a German Maus tank design from WW2, and Destroid mecha from Macross/ Robotech.
But still a cool design none the less.
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While it is a neat design, it is impractical and wouldn't work.
The biggest issue is the gunner. You have his sights (that box on the top and to the far right of the turret) directly behind a gun tube. You would not be able to use it. So the gunner would have to be moved somewhere, and the tank would have to be wider to accommodate the larger turret. Would need a larger turret anyways if you didn't move the gunner, to allow for the gun tube recoil.
I can recognize part of the design of the turret though, and the hull. The turret comes from cruisers and battleships doesn't it? And the hull looks like that of a T-28 tank destroyer prototype from the 50's. I also recognize the doghouse for the gunners position and the tank commanders cupola with .50 caliber machine gun; that's from an M1 series tank. Again it's a good design, and pulls from a wide variety of places, but needs some more stretching of the body to account for realistic space needs.
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Actually, i didn't think much from getting the designs from other places, however, the models I used were of the m1 and the german king tiger. Yeah I know its impractical especially if it were used today, I just felt like playing around with a design.
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It's only impractical in the fact it's a bit too compact, and I'm just speaking as a former tanker myself.
You might find a couple of designs the Germans had in WWII to be of interest actually. They had the Ratte, and then the Landkruzer. You'd probably like the Ratte the most. Biiig tank, with two main guns. Would have packed a punch if they ever made it.
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The ratte, wasnt that the p.1101 project, if i am correct, mabye remove a 1 and/or add a zero. But yeah, I have heard of the numerous tank projects. If im correct, wasnt the ratte the one that had a battleship turret designed on it then had a smaller turret in the rear? But again, the tank that I drew was just designed for fun.
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I don't recall it having a turret in the rear off the top of my head. I'd have to look at the thing again. But yea, it's a rather interesting lookin machine. I certainly don't have an issue with designing for fun. I'm encouraging it.
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