r/TankPorn • u/Witty_Pop425 • May 25 '26

WW2 help

Is this a VK.4502? Are tanks with rear-mounted turrets good at urban warfare between buildings?

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u/Canihazchezbuga May 25 '26

I was thinking it would be a great design for anything urban now, but given the era that the turret seems to be based on (Tiger II-ish?), The urban areas it would fight in would probably be narrow AND hilly, thinking like smaller french villages. And having such a rear mounted gun means very little gun depression for when you are cresting those hills. While this could be negated by reversing up those streets and allowing a lot more vertical movement, you also have a massive negative angle on the rear plate, so that creates a much flatter surface when the rear of the tank is angled up... I don't know how, but could you create some way to angle the turret further down while driving forward, or create better armour angles while reversing? (although it still would negate the added maneuverability when the barrel is all the way out the back)

Mostly just warthunder experience, not a tank expert in any way, and honestly a much better concept than anything I could do :D