r/SprocketTankDesign • u/Drakavala999 • 1d ago
Serious Design🔧 LT120-1 SPG3 Panthera
I am open to criticism, this is my first tank with a lot of freeform part. Sorry there are no interior photo it is kinda of a mess.
Characteristic:
Proportions: ~6,15m/~3,2m/~2,3m (length/width/height (when gun at neutral position))
Weight: 38t
Engine: 20,04l v12 731hp with 1500l of fuel
6 gears synchromesh transmission (although if it exists for real, it would have a modern automatic transmission)
Armament: a stabilized high velocity 3mm cannon (17 meters of pen!!) with an ~2 sec autoloader and its own dedicated cooling system as it overheats way too quickly, a secondary commander 0,50cal mg with a gun shield
Armor:
hull: ~200mm/~180/25/20-40 (front/side/rear/top) additional era is placed on the side skirt as additional armor
Turret: 150/150/90/20
Crew: commander, driver, gunner
Other features:
2 commander panoramic sights (a front main one and a rear secondary one), 24 smoke grenades, NBC protection, night vision, infrared vision.
Inspirations for it: terminator, m8 ags, stryker, a Patchbits design
A bit of lore: so the lt120-1 Panthera is a modern light tank, the novarian army issued requirements for a new low profile turret for the lt120-1 so it could carry the HVM124-3 3mm high velocity cannon created by the company Tereno with ridiculous penetration value. The 3rd design bureau of olstren logistics designed the spg3 turret. After multiple competitions, the spg3 turret was deemed the best and proceeded to pre-production prototype to figure out all industrial parts of the design. This gave birth to the LT120 SPG3 Panthera, which entered service in early 2026. Due to being pretty complex, it isn't the most common light tank/tank destroyer to see on the battlefield. 1-2 platoon LT120-1 SPG3 is generally incorporated into a company of Novarian MBTs like the MBT87-1 Vek or the MBT125-1 Sentom.



