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The Heavy makes a pretty good tank, especially if he's got a Medic with him!
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The Heavy makes a pretty good tank, especially if he's got a Medic with him!
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German Landkreuzer P. 1500 Monster
But now for the realistic tank, the K?nigstiger gets my vote:
The Semovente 90/53 Tank Destroyer of Italy first produced in 1943
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- Very proficient 90mm cannon that could easily destroy the T-34s and the KV series of tanks
- Mounts a cannon larger than the infamous flak88 with an effective kill range of 2200 meters
But here is what I think makes a tank even more interesting - its drawbacks
- The Crew Compartment on the Semovente 90/53 was small and with a crew of 5 there was only room for 6 rounds on the actual tank destroyer, to make up for this problem the italians converted a light tank into an ammunition carrier that could carry 26 more rounds for the cannon.
- The U.S. Army noted one of the main problems was the tank destroyer seemed to have the small 125 hp engine made for the M 14/41 tank (which the chassi of the Semovente 90/53 was composed of) overloaded thus putting the speed at a 12 mph maximum speed.
- Only 20 Semovente 90/53 tank destroyers were produced before Italy was taken stopping them from reaching the russian front which they were intended for but the speed from concept to a real tank was astounding and the first prototype was developed soon after the CSIR requested a tank capable of fighting the soviet tanks.
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- Very proficient 90mm cannon that could easily destroy the T-34s and the KV series of tanks
- Mounts a cannon larger than the infamous flak88 with an effective kill range of 2200 meters
But here is what I think makes a tank even more interesting - its drawbacks
- The Crew Compartment on the Semovente 90/53 was small and with a crew of 5 there was only room for 6 rounds on the actual tank destroyer, to make up for this problem the italians converted a light tank into an ammunition carrier that could carry 26 more rounds for the cannon.
- The U.S. Army noted one of the main problems was the tank destroyer seemed to have the small 125 hp engine made for the M 14/41 tank (which the chassi of the Semovente 90/53 was composed of) overloaded thus putting the speed at a 12 mph maximum speed.
- Only 20 Semovente 90/53 tank destroyers were produced before Italy was taken stopping them from reaching the russian front which they were intended for but the speed from concept to a real tank was astounding and the first prototype was developed soon after the CSIR requested a tank capable of fighting the soviet tanks.
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German Landkreuzer P. 1500 Monster
But now for the realistic tank, the K?nigstiger gets my vote:
What book? i want to know ><
Another addition my second favorite tank, only 2 were ever completed and they never saw combat.
The Maus Tank is the largest tank design ever built, designed by Ferdinand Porsche under the direction of Hitler. 10.1 meters long 3.7 meters wide and tall. Weighing 188 Tons and bearing a massive 128 mm cannon with a co-axial 75 mm gun. Covered in up to 240 mm of armor at the thickest point. The two destroyed Maus tanks were somewhat intact and the Russian Commander ordered the turret of one Maus to be put on the Chassis of the other, it was brought back to russia for testing and is now located in the Kubinka Tank Museum in Russia. A picture of the one destroyed by the germans before it was captured
By the way the P. 1500 Land Cruiser is a theroritcal tank that was dropped being impractical due to speed as they would be very vulnerable to aircraft attack. A more reasonable tank (And I use reasonable lightly) was the P. 1000 Ratte but was dropped due to the same reasons, it would have been armed with regular cannons instead of the massive artillery piece (made famous by the Schwerer Gustav Railroad Artillery) that the P. 1500 would have carried. Here is a size comparison with some of the largest tanks ever built and the size the P. 1000 would have been.
The Image goes from left to right P. 1000 Ratte, Maus, Tiger.
Finally I present you with one of the most awesome vehicles ever built... The Morser Karl!
I think that picture speaks for itself.
The Maus Tank is the largest tank design ever built, designed by Ferdinand Porsche under the direction of Hitler. 10.1 meters long 3.7 meters wide and tall. Weighing 188 Tons and bearing a massive 128 mm cannon with a co-axial 75 mm gun. Covered in up to 240 mm of armor at the thickest point. The two destroyed Maus tanks were somewhat intact and the Russian Commander ordered the turret of one Maus to be put on the Chassis of the other, it was brought back to russia for testing and is now located in the Kubinka Tank Museum in Russia. A picture of the one destroyed by the germans before it was captured
By the way the P. 1500 Land Cruiser is a theroritcal tank that was dropped being impractical due to speed as they would be very vulnerable to aircraft attack. A more reasonable tank (And I use reasonable lightly) was the P. 1000 Ratte but was dropped due to the same reasons, it would have been armed with regular cannons instead of the massive artillery piece (made famous by the Schwerer Gustav Railroad Artillery) that the P. 1500 would have carried. Here is a size comparison with some of the largest tanks ever built and the size the P. 1000 would have been.
The Image goes from left to right P. 1000 Ratte, Maus, Tiger.
Finally I present you with one of the most awesome vehicles ever built... The Morser Karl!
I think that picture speaks for itself.
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awesome
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Frank the Tank!
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I always liked this tank:
but of the tanks that actually existed I would have to go with the SU-152 Self Propelled Tank Destroyer. If memory serves me correctly it was the biggest gun out there. If memory serves me incorrectly Carmine will rectify it
but of the tanks that actually existed I would have to go with the SU-152 Self Propelled Tank Destroyer. If memory serves me correctly it was the biggest gun out there. If memory serves me incorrectly Carmine will rectify it
Swedish S tank, because it looked awesome, and when it was in service is was designed to be so low that on most terrain most enemy tanks turrets could not aim that low so it was hard to hit, problem was though it had a fixed main gun so it hard a hard time aiming.
but of the tanks that actually existed I would have to go with the SU-152 Self Propelled Tank Destroyer. If memory serves me correctly it was the biggest gun out there. If memory serves me incorrectly Carmine will rectify it
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Landkreuzer P 1500 Monster
I win you all lose. Thats a king tiger next to it for scale.
I win you all lose. Thats a king tiger next to it for scale.
