Wierd and outlandish tanks from WWII

Panzer1509 said:
go live with your stupid fantasy tanks, no one has mentioned a better tank here.

Best tanks:

German: Panther heavy tank

American: sherman/pershing

British: firefly

Russian: T-34 medium

and i dont care bout your opinion on this :)
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the best tank made during ww2 was obviously the centurion
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the first proper main battle tank, and really set the trend in tank development in the future (look at the Abrams, Challenger and leapard) arrived too late to see combat though, even though 6 were in germany at the close.

i agree with the panther, was easily the best overall german tank.
pershing was decent too, almost as good as the panther, sherman though.... not even close.
the t34/85 was very cost effective, but the is2 was probably "better"
the firefly was only good because of the gun (17 pounder), the comet was a better tank.
 
Bad Brain said:
the best tank made during ww2 was obviously the centurion
centurion-mk-i-01.jpg
the first proper main battle tank, and really set the trend in tank development in the future (look at the Abrams, Challenger and leapard) arrived too late to see combat though, even though 6 were in germany at the close.

i agree with the panther, was easily the best overall german tank.
pershing was decent too, almost as good as the panther, sherman though.... not even close.
the t34/85 was very cost effective, but the is2 was probably "better"
the firefly was only good because of the gun (17 pounder), the comet was a better tank.
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The Centurion was the primary British main battle tank of the post-World War II period.

Title of this thread says: Wierd and outlandish tanks from WWII

lol :laugh:...

i jk, i love you brain :glare:
 
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Found this puppy on google. It was a Vickers utility tractor sold to Belgium and "aquired" by the Germans.
 
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I can't find an image of it but here's a little info about what would have been the British Ice Aircraft Carrier.

Winston wanted to have a way to get air support to merchant and supply ships in the North Atlantic inorder to counter the Uboats that the Germans had in place all around the area. The U Boats were devastating to the British and American supply ships so he needed to act fast. One man, name doesn't ring a bell, came up with the idea of an aircraft carrier made of ice. With 40ft thick ice walls, the ship was pretty much unsinkable. And than to keep the ice from melting, they would have refrigeration in the ship against the walls. Winston order 100 of these ships to be made, but the workers told him that it would take them atleast 2 years to build only one. The war was coming to an end so he cancelled the whole project.

But it would have been awesome to see a giant ice berg with planes flying off of it.

And yes I know it's not a tank, but I thought it was weird and cool to go along with this WWII theme.
 
nice tank stormy xD
is7 tank ;)
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T30
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M3 Lee/Grant:
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Specs:
*Weight 30 short tons (27 t)
*Length 18 ft 6 in (5.64 m)
*Width 8 ft 11 in (2.72 m)
*Height 10 ft 3 in (3.12 m) - Lee
*Crew 7 (Lee) or 6 (Grant)

*Armor 51 mm


*Primary armament 1 ? 75 mm Gun M2/M3 in hull
46 rounds
1 ? 37mm Gun M5/M6 in turret
178 rounds

*Secondary armament 2-3–4 ? .30-06 Browning M1919A4 machine guns
9,200 rounds

Wikipedia link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M3_Lee


AND TO PROVE TO BLUE THAT THE ELEFANT TANK IS REAL AFTER A YEAR OF NOT LISTENING TO ME!

ELEFANT (Panzerj?ger Tiger (P) )
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*Only 91 ever built!

*Weight 65 tonnes (140,000 lb)
*Length 8.14 m (26.7 ft) with gun
*Width 3.38 m (11.1 ft)
*Height 2.97 m (9.7 ft)
*Crew 6 (driver, radio-operator, commander, gunner, two loaders)

*Armor 200 mm (7.87 in)
*Primary armament 8.8 cm PaK 43/2 L/71, also known as StuK 43/1
*Secondary armament 7.92 mm MG 34 machine gun (after modification)

*Wikipedia Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elefant
 
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Panzer1509 said:
The Centurion was the primary British main battle tank of the post-World War II period.

Title of this thread says: Wierd and outlandish tanks from WWII

lol :laugh:...

i jk, i love you brain :glare:
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"Manufacture of the Centurion began in January 1945" so i would say that this tank is "from" ww2, just because it was an amazing post war tank it doesnt mean it cant be put in this bracket, along with things like the is7, or even is3.
just you wait for the brits in WoT, tier 10 centurion ftw.

also, for those that dont know what the comet is. this did see combat against the germans.
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think cromwell with better armour and gun.
 
Baen said:
I can't find an image of it but here's a little info about what would have been the British Ice Aircraft Carrier.

Winston wanted to have a way to get air support to merchant and supply ships in the North Atlantic inorder to counter the Uboats that the Germans had in place all around the area. The U Boats were devastating to the British and American supply ships so he needed to act fast. One man, name doesn't ring a bell, came up with the idea of an aircraft carrier made of ice. With 40ft thick ice walls, the ship was pretty much unsinkable. And than to keep the ice from melting, they would have refrigeration in the ship against the walls. Winston order 100 of these ships to be made, but the workers told him that it would take them atleast 2 years to build only one. The war was coming to an end so he cancelled the whole project.

But it would have been awesome to see a giant ice berg with planes flying off of it.

And yes I know it's not a tank, but I thought it was weird and cool to go along with this WWII theme.
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Lol if we expand to ships and planes I could probably dig up a few more strange things...like the series of Japanese aircraft carrier submarines.
 
I've never seen a jeep carry a flame thrower, nor a half track
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German had the half track with a flamethrower..COH and Flamethrowers are cool but are very dangerous because snipers aimed for them a lot.
 
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Churchill Mark IV "Crocodile"

this was a flamethrower TANK

K-Wagen "Kolossal-Wagen" Super Heavy
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Designed for planned service in 1919, it could be broken into four parts for rail transport and was to be operated by the crew of 22 men.

KV-VI Behemoth
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Stalin said this thing didn't need to turn because it will drive straight to Berlin...

KV-VI Specifications

Crew: 15 men and one Commissar Length: 51 feet, 4 inches
Height: 15 feet, 3 inches Width: 10 feet, 10 inches
Height/tower raised: 37 feet, 8 inches Weight: 138 tons
Engine: 3 X V-2 at 600 horsepower each Max Speed: 13 mph
Max Range: 98 miles road; 43 miles cross country
Armor: 160mm maximum; 7mm minimum
Armament: 2 X 152mm; 2 X 76.2mm; 1 X 45mm; 2 X 12.7mm DShK; 2 X 7.62mm Maxim; 14 X 7.62mm DT; 16 X BM-13 Rockets; 2 X Model 1933 Flamethrowers
 
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