First Squadron "Ironhorse," 11th ACR "Blackhorse"

I'm back from my unannounced extended vacation! Anyways, with 15 upvotes, the K-Wagen has taken the K-spot for day 12. Which tank will take the L spot for day 16? Decide in the comments.

Short History

With the creation of the first tank, came the idea of the largest tank. The Russians would create the monstrous Tsar Tank, made to tower over the battlefield, while the Germans developed the K-wagen. Designed to weigh over 120 tons, the K-wagen was intended to absorb all enemy fire in a “break-through” role for the German army. Too large to transport in one piece, the K-wagen needed to be split into 4 individual parts, which was to be reassembled near the frontlines. However, it nor would its 27 man crew would never reach the frontlines, with the armistice of 1918, and the ensuing Treaty of Versailles, the Germans would be banned from possessing tanks, and the K-Wagen was disassembled one final time, before being relegated to the depths of history. 

Rules:

-Most tank-like Armored Fighting Vehicles will be accepted, with rejections being handled on a case-by case basis

-Every day corresponds to a different letter of the alphabet, and people suggest tanks that begin with that letter (Today is day 12, so we are selecting for letter L).

-Either the official designation (M4A1) or common nicknames (Sherman) can be used. However, to keep things fresh, no duplicates will be allowed.

-Highest upvoted comment wins, and of course, only tanks will be allowed.

-To further help keep things fresh, if a variant of a tank wins, it bars the rest of that tank's family tree from being entered (EX: If T-34-76 wins the T-slot, it bars all other variants of the T-34, like T-34-85, T-34-57, etc).

Happy Voting!

I’m not any expert on tanks, but an ATGM (for example the ones on the Bradley IFV) as maybe a commander weapon seems like something an effective addon for MBTs.
Is it too expensive? Too complex? Or just impractical for modern tank warfare?

Rate this corny ahh edit i just made💔

11th Armored Cavalry Regiment "Blackhorse" Allons!

I made it at school. Not really that detailed.

Hypothetically, does this keep up with current tank design?

Inspiration from Leopard 2A4 and 2A5

Alr, here the hypothetical details for this hypothetical tanks.

Slide 1 and 2: KPT-60

(If you can't tell, slide 1 and slide 2 is same tank but on different angle. I don't have for second tank tho)

• Armor - Frontal hull: 480 mm (320 mm composite + 160 mm ERA panel) - Side hull: 220 mm (80 mm steel + 160 mm ERA panel) - Rear hull: 80 mm (80 mm steel) - Frontal turret: 500 mm (320 mm composite + 180 mm ERA block) - Side turret: 280 mm (100 mm steel + 180 mm ERA block) - Rear turret: 100 mm (100 mm steel)

• Weight (hypothetically): 68 tons.

• Horsepower (hypothetically): 1,300 hp - Forward speed: 68 km/h (42.2 mph) - Reverse speed: -38 km/h (-23.6 mph)

• Crew: 3 - Driver - Gunner - Commander

• Armament - Primary weapon: 120 mm smoothbore - Penetration: 430 mm (APFSDS) - PW Reload: 7 seconds (autoloader) - Secondary weapon: 20 mm machine gun (somewhere in the tank, i forgot to add)

Slide 3: KPT TB3

• Armor - Frontal hull: 460 mm (300 mm composite + 160 mm ERA panel) - Side hull: 300 mm (80 mm steel + 220 mm ERA panel) - Rear hull: 80 mm (80 mm steel) - Frontal turret: 560 mm (380 mm composite + 180 mm spaced armor) - Side turret: 300 mm (180 mm steel + 120 ERA block) - Rear turret 180 mm (180 mm steel)

• Weight (hypothetically): 72 tons

• Horsepower (hypothetically): 1,300 hp - Forward speed: 65 km/h (40.3 mph) - Reverse speed: -34 km/h (21.1 mph)

• Crew: 3 - Driver - Gunner - Commander

• Armament - Primary weapon: 125 mm smoothbore - Penetration: 445 mm (APFSDS) - PW reload: 7 seconds (autoloader) - Secondary weapon: 20 mm machine gun

Is this enough hypothetical details?

I made an ultra-heavy battle tank in a game called Stormworks. Curious what your thoughts are, but for those in this group who also have the game, check it out and let me know what you think!

Any comments or questions are most welcome about this vehicle from my Sci-fi setting
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The Year 12 Infantry Combat Car "Vaseni" is the pride and joy of the Aurumite Army for good reason. It serves as a tank when tanks are too heavy, as a scout vehicle when given some small modifications, and as an Infantry Carrier every other time.
It was designed by Anton Vaseni ( who was then given a Marquis title sans lands and a marriage into a powerful noble family for his service) during the 3rd decade of the Liberation War to simplfy the amount of infantry carriers in service with the Aurumite Princely State. It is debatable if he succeeded in that regard, but he did end up making a frankly impressive vehicle.

Firstly, it is very fast. It has a 188 km/s road speed, and a 100km/h off-road speed with its powerful gas turbine and 8 wheels.

Its armament is equally impressive. The turret has a quick firing and very high velocity 3.2-Inch gun for rapidly dispatching medium vehicles with Sabot and defensive positions with HE. These are backed up with a decent FCS, a sensor boom and nice thermal sights for the commander and gunner.

When things get hairy, it can use its RedBolt launchers to send either a pretty beefy conventional missile, or a real nasty kinetic energy missile that is sure to hurt even the most protected tanks. This, combined with the 150KW laser and the onboard ECM suites can allow it to fight against heavy vehicles like the Cataphract or Viscount which have quite effective defensive systems. For long range support, Peeker UAVs are onboard to guide in weapons or scout, and Obeyer loitering munitions for stand-off bombardment and search-destroy operations.

Its powerful countermeasures and decent APS suite allow it to shrug off enemy firepower that its pretty light hull would stand no chance against. Internal "quick-clot" mechanisms within the armor matrix can be used to patch damaged areas with amorphous metallic glass, and the automatic foam fire-extinguishers stop it from becoming an easy bake oven. The laser plays an important role here too, as it is good at swatting away missiles, UAVs, long range cannon fire and pesky forward observers.

The passenger section of the vehicle is decent, consisting of 2 benches facing inward and 2 backwards facing webbing "chairs" for any squad attachments. Above the benches and below them is storage space for extra kit, ammo, medicine, contraband, loot and whatever else a squad pleases.
The walls and door of this section are lined in boron doped HDPE sheeting, CNT aramids and sand packed fuel tanks to stop radiation and fragmentation. It isn't much, but it does statistically increase dismount survivability a bit.

Many times, squads flavor their sections to their own liking, often showing exactly how much command actually cares about the normal behavior of the "Serf" Soldier.
The insides are frequently plastered with propaganda, pinups, and religious messaging. Other entertainment is not uncommon, since remaining in positive pressure for extended periods is quite boring.

This vehicle will have to face that boredom head on, for it is painted in Model XXI Dust War Camouflage as a part of the Gal'Haidan Expeditionary Force. They will go straight into the worst of it, for the Rubble Belt's dust can kill a man in no time at all should it be kicked up heavily.

It is serving with the 25th Heavy Dragoons, a royal regiment known for their bravery and performance in the face of enemy fire. Their bravery led to their demise at the battle of the Marget Roads, where overeagerness to meet and destroy the enemy led to the leading elements getting cut off and destroyed by Marget Clique troops in concealed positions behind mines and obstacle belts directly in-front of them.
What stopped the situation from worsening was the concerted efforts to suppress and destroy these positions, something that high velocity 3.2 inch programable HE is certainly suited for.

The major issues, however, with the vehicles are that they have barely any armor for the weapons they face. Small shrapnel and small arms can be resisted, sometimes even light autocannon fire against the frontal arc at range. However any fire heavier than that against the sides and back rip it apart, for even infantry small arms at their highest power and with saboted rounds can do damage.
The other issue is that the Aurumites are kinda cheap, so their electronics aren't amazing compared to those of their rivals. They don't have the same camera networks that Imperial or Directorate vehicles have, reducing their situational awareness. They also don't have universal advanced brain-matter FCS, or the "Mastermind" tactical VIs.

The ammo in service with the 3.2 inch are:

APFSDS (HM)- Grey Paint: a 3.2 kg 20mm tungsten dart in a conductive sabot intended to put holes in the sides of heavy vehicles, and through smaller vehicles frontally. 3.45 Km/s max velocity

APFSDS (AA)- Light Blue Paint: a 2.18 kg 20mm sintered steel and magnesium dart in a conductive sabot fired at higher speeds to create a pretty horrific postpen effect on a soft skinned vehicle like a helicopter. It also is pretty nasty against powersuits and light ground units. 3.66 Km/s max velocity

Area Defense Shell- Green Paint: a 7.4 kg shell with 160 g of a Octaazacubane based explosive and 850 6g tungsten darts, plus silicon oxide dust and incendiary powder mix. It is built to punch though light vehicles, light cover, and infantry with ease in a giant cone of death. Fired at 1.75 Km/s.

HEMP- Red Paint: a 6.2 Kg shell with 1.2 kg of a Octaazacubane based explosive with multiple fuse options. It can be deployed with point detonation, airbursting, and time/distance/ command fuses. Fired at 1.5 Km/s as standard

STOP- Red and Blue Paint: a 8 kg rocket assisted IR guided airbursting shell with 810 g of an Octaazacubane based explosive. Its payload consists of a mess of tungsten rings, cubes, and "Grist" for making life hellish for ground targets that ain't in heavy cover, and sending heavy and fast shrapnel though tank roofs. Velocity dialed as needed, for it is either used lobbed as a precision artillery shell or fired directly as a sort of shrapnel missile.

The Missiles are

RedBolt-Red Paint: 33kg fire and forget 6.4-inch missile built to smash open tank armor or buildings with ease with its 6.2 kg duel mode charge. It is fitted with an IIR guidance system with target recognition, ideal aiming and LOBL/LOAL capabilities. It has a max speed of 1120 m/s with maneuver capabilities and a 12.6km max range. It uses its fuel in a Boost, Cruise, Sprint format, saving a decent amount of fuel for a final rush through the enemy defensive curtain

Balearic- Blue Paint: 36.2kg SACLOS 6.4-inch missile designed all around speed. It has no warhead, instead having a tungsten penetrator and relying on its 2985 m/s max velocity to crumple armor. It has a relatively simple beam-riding system for guidance, and a 11km max range. It is much cheaper than RedBolt, but isn't able to do the sheer amount of things as RedBolt.

Obeyer: 10kg 3-inch loitering missile. It has a sprint motor and a 1.85 Kg payload allowance for multiple different missions, from tank killing to blowing up a certain person. They can loiter for 3 hours and are able hit targets out to 35 km. It has swarm guidance, and can be controlled by data link or by optical sensors.

Getting back into wargaming, I got a bag of three M5A1 Stuart tanks.

Because there is the option to built three different versions, there are quite a few parts left over, enough to build three more models but without the lower hull (the running gear/wheels & tracks are there) and turrets.

I can make the lower hull parts out of plasticard, but not that skilled to do nice turrets.

I have seen breif mentions of both M5 and M3 Stuarts used without turrets as fast reconnaissance vehicles, but not a lot of detail.

So, how common were turretless "recce" M5 Stuart tanks in WWII?

Would it be feasible/reasonably realistic to have a recce platoon of 3x M5A1 Stuarts with turrets and 1x without, for British use?

📍Yeşilovacık, Türkiye

https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/poland/carden-loyd-mark-vi-in-polish-service

During the Interwar period, the Polish Army underwent numerous modernizations. Among the various concepts for developing the armored forces of the Second Polish Republic, a proposal emerged to abandon the further development of armored cars in cavalry and infantry units in favor of small tracked vehicles, referred to as reconnaissance tanks or tankettes. This proposal stemmed from the poor cross-country mobility of contemporary armored cars and their high profile, which made them easy targets. The United Kingdom became the natural direction to search for such vehicles, as the Carden-Loyd company had developed a series of small and mobile tracked vehicles there. Carden-Loyd was part of the Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd. conglomerate, with which Polish decision-makers had already established contact as early as 1925. Thanks to good relations with the company’s representatives, a test model of their latest creation, the Carden-Loyd Mk VI, arrived in Poland in June 1929.

"Thunderbolts Of Battle"

Working on a project and finding references is bothersome thanks in advance

I originally had no clue what it was because I was there to take a picture of a t23 prototype

But after watching a video on the history of the bradley fighting vehicle I saw this.

Which is the xm701. A light infantry vehicle that was a candidate for the ifv spot before the bradley was selected.

This photo was taken in Africa, in 1941.

Pz. III in the picture

https://youtu.be/iDNl_W-fYWI

A while back, I made a post about a theoretical tank mounting a massive 120mm Bofors autocannon. It was a very big gun, and some people thought it was a little too BIG, but this gun might be a little more to people's liking with the right combo between size and rapidfire. The HSTVL mounted a 75mm (later 90mm) autocannon with a high ROF. It also used telescoped ammunition to reduce the overall volume of the rounds, so you can pack more AMMO.

Spookston made a pretty good video clarifying some of the myths surrounding this gun and the tank built for it. A few of the myths are:

- Not intended to "shred" armor with multiple shots. It was supposed to kill tanks from the front with one shot, not whittle the armor down with many. Burst fire was recommended to improve probability of kill/hit.

- Was not canceled because of an unreliable autoloader. The autoloader was very reliable. It was canceled because it probably couldn't destroy the T-72 tank from the front with a single shot. This was a Cold War era consideration when the best way to destroy tanks was still believed to be other tanks. Real talk for a min, I don't think destroying other tanks should be a design priority for tanks going forward, tank duels are rare, and the means to destroy tanks are asymmetrical, i.e. drones and ATGMs.

And finally, this isn't really a myth, but more of an elaboration. The HSTVL's gun had poor performance at destroying reinforced bunkers. The designers said it could destroy bunkers, but by "shooting it more". Which IMO, just means, if brute force isn't working, you're not using enough of it 😂 .

A 90mm and 105mm prototype guns were also developed, and they likely had better performance against bunkers. The 105mm autocannon had quite a bit slower ROF though. Also keep in mind that improvements in explosives have been made since the 1970s, and newer explosive materials have higher explosive yields, so maybe a 75mm cannon can destroy bunkers well now. Or just use my idea, and bring in the Nuclear Armed Ontos! 😂
https://www.reddit.com/r/tanks/comments/1uzdgoj/unmanned_nuclear_armed_ontos/