Tanks!
Dontgonearthere
14-12-2005, 02:12
The lovely 'military power' thread gave me an idea, I seem to recall doing this before with some success. Apparently some of the RPers come over here occasionaly and look things over, if only to laugh at everybody ;)
Anyway, this thread is for the discussion of tanks, as in armoured fighting vehicles, not hollow objects used to contain liquid.
Anyway, for overall silliest tank design of the century, I present for your consumption, the Tsar Tank!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar_Tank
I love that picture ;)
Neu Leonstein
14-12-2005, 02:17
New KMW Leopard2 A6 EX (delivery expected 2006).
http://www.army-technology.com/projects/leopard/leopard14.html
http://www.kmweg.com/gb/frame.php?page=15
http://fprado.com/armorsite/leo2.htm
And a neat armoured artillery system is the PzH 2000
http://www.kmweg.com/gb/frame.php?page=19
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
14-12-2005, 02:22
The Ultimate pwnage tank is, without a doubt, the "Maus" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panzer_VIII_Maus) from those silly little Nazis.
German Nightmare
14-12-2005, 03:11
Damn you two! I read the title "Tanks" and think "Great, gonna post the newest Leopard 2 A6 EX and the PzH2000 for newer stuff and the biggest and most developed old one from WWII, namely the Maus - and when I get here, it's already all done in the first two posts... That's just crazy!
Neu Leonstein
14-12-2005, 03:13
Anyway, for overall silliest tank design of the century, I present for your consumption, the Tsar Tank!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar_Tank
That's pretty neat. Star Wars-like.
http://www.missing-lynx.com/gallery/other/tsar_szaloga3.jpg
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
14-12-2005, 03:14
Damn you two! I read the title "Tanks" and think "Great, gonna post the newest Leopard 2 A6 EX and the PzH2000 for newer stuff and the biggest and most developed old one from WWII, namely the Maus - and when I get here, it's already all done in the first two posts... That's just crazy!
What can I say, I like my tanks like I like my houses. Big, incapable of crossing bridges, and with a 128mm cannon on the front.
Bodies Without Organs
14-12-2005, 03:15
Tanks!
'sokay.
Sock Puppetry
14-12-2005, 03:22
How about the freaky 3-turreted Soviet T-28 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-28), or the even freakier five-turreted T-35 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-35)?
Big, scary, slow, yet unable to defend themselves, despite their multiplicity of turrets, and gifted with tissue-thin armor. Can you imagine a tank more likely to attract huge amounts of hostile attention from every anti-tank gun crew, tank, and tank killer within a country mile?
:D
Neu Leonstein
14-12-2005, 03:32
Antonov A-40 is an interesting design too...
http://www.hitechweb.szm.sk/delo.files/image020.jpg
Bodies Without Organs
14-12-2005, 03:34
Antonov A-40 is an interesting design too...
http://www.hitechweb.szm.sk/delo.files/image020.jpg
Interesting, but when you come down to it it is no stranger than the DD tanks.