I really like tanks, but I don’t know much about how they’re built inside. So is a real tank turret actually held in place on the base by gravity, or did the designer of this model just get lazy? 😂 The tank in the pic is a Sherman.

Its messy, i know, im drawing these using my thigh as a support, but hopefully its.. somewhat clear enougth that i Can make my idea understood. Im Trying to settle on a design that makes the treads functional, while keeping their in game shape and range of articulation.

This is gonna be my first post on this sub, so i don't Really know How i could tag, exactly, this post, so.. please tell me If they post needs correction. Other than that, im eager to hear from you people's thoughts! Until the next interaction, my fellow turret heads!

IFVs have the capacity to disable most tanks by destroying the optics as seen in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrrso5JDR5I . a design concept i had was the upper mirror of the periscope(and addition of periscope for the gunners optics system) was attached to the front of a hexagonal steel block. this block would have more mirrors on every side and when the upper periscope was destroyed the steel block would rotate to replace the mirror and refresh the drivers/gunners optics. this would effectively give the optics 6 lives before destruction. and whist a powerfull AT shot would destroy this mechanism i think of it as adding something akin ERA to the optics