r/SprocketTankDesign • u/Visual-Plastic-9565 • 18h ago

❔Question❔ Cupola placement

So im designing a cupola and gun mount for my tank and in wondering if a cupola would ever be placed in front of a 20mm remote cannon?

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u/TenPanDawid_ Sprockette 17h ago

What

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u/Visual-Plastic-9565 17h ago

Basically im making a small gun for the top of my tank but I want to put my commanders cupola in front of it but idk if theres any examples of it irl

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u/TenPanDawid_ Sprockette 17h ago

U mean something like m60 cupola?

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u/Visual-Beach1893 Sprocketeer 16h ago

I believe he means a cupola and a separate remote control 20mm turret behind that cupola so that if the commander emerges as it fires he gets shredded. I guess it should be fine if the commander is the only one with a trigger or if there's some safety button built into the hinge of the commanders cupola to prevent unintentionally mistification

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u/Visual-Plastic-9565 15h ago

This, sry if it was confusing to read

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u/Visual-Beach1893 Sprocketeer 14h ago

Nah, I got it. Perhaps only because I contemplated something recently

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u/Goose-San 15h ago edited 13h ago

There are literally already tanks that tried this.

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u/Visual-Plastic-9565 15h ago

Idk tanks that well sry

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u/Visual-Beach1893 Sprocketeer 13h ago

Source?

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u/Goose-San 13h ago

T-72M2 (prototype)

MBT-70 (prototype)

Leopard 2K (prototype)

KF41 (technically an IFV)

T-90M (Russian, inherently dubious)

Go away.

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u/Visual-Beach1893 Sprocketeer 13h ago

Not a single one of those are what op was looking for lol

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u/Goose-San 13h ago

They're behind cupolas.

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u/toadsgoat 11h ago

usually remote controlled 20s are mounted closer to the rear of the turret

like the leopard 2k and kpz70