Eisengeist Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Behold! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaxOwlbear Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyerguds Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 As Wikipedia says though... the project was canceled in early 1943, with no prototype tank ever built I'm not sure if the inspiration for the Mammoth Tank was actually that, or just the concept of putting a cruiser turret on a tank in general, tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaxOwlbear Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 I think they just wanted a really big tank. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AchromicWhite Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Yeah, Hitler certain did. In fact, the EXTREME size of suck prototypes were considered impractical by many others... and to be honest, considering they couldn't even move them over bridges, it certainly would have been. (I think they had plans to have like a pipe that would bring down air, and actually just drive them under the water... but yeah... Nah). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fir3w0rx Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 thats an elephant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaxOwlbear Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Yeah, Hitler certain did. In fact, the EXTREME size of suck prototypes were considered impractical by many others... and to be honest, considering they couldn't even move them over bridges, it certainly would have been. (I think they had plans to have like a pipe that would bring down air, and actually just drive them under the water... but yeah... Nah). Yeah. There's probably a reason why heavy tanks quickly went out of fashion after WWII. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X3M Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Heavy tanks (2 cannons) were an answer to 2 problems in tank warfare. One, the reload speed was still slow for tanks to win a fight. If a second cannon already was ready, they could fire it immediately if needed. There are even rumours that tanks with 3 or more cannons where designed in the early stages. Two, accuracy problems at a longer distance. If 1 missed, the other might still hit. That is why you see at least double cannons on ships and anti aircraft guns. Not much know this, but the 2 cannons are slightly different in their aim for a bigger spread. Modern tanks are very accurate due to the calculating powers of the microchip. Thus only 1 cannon will do the job in a tank vs tank fight. The reload time is way faster these days than the decisions a tank captain can make. Further, split second decision making has more influence on the position of aircraft than a tank. A tank is relative slow in changing direction or altering speed. Thus the chip can calculate where the tank is going to be. A boat is slow too, but in the sea, you still have those nasty unpredictable waves lifting up or down a boat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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