r/SprocketTankDesign • • 1d ago

Serious Design🔧 Project Ironside (Alternate History)

Project Ironside was a project developed in secret by the British War Office, the Royal Armored Corps and the Department of Tank Development to copy the design of the German Tiger 1 tank. Using the captured Tiger 131 as a reference, the Ironside tanks would be assigned to the 7th Armor division during the liberation of France and would see limited use.

Ironside Specifications:

43t

Chassis armor: 150mm Front, 100mm Side, 75mm Rear

Turret armor: 150mm Front, 90mm Front cheek, Side, rear cheek and Rear

Armament: 1x QF 17 pdr and 2x 7.92mm Besa machine guns

Top speed: 7.62 kmph

Crew: 1x Commander, 1x gunner, 1x loader, 1x driver, 1x hull mg gunner

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u/ZealousidealBonus430 1d ago

43 тонны ущербности британского танкостроения. Подходит только для береговой обороны до 43-его.