Heavy metal thunder...

[Second try]

This topic should be dedicated to incredible,exotic steel monsters they were designed and built in the world war era but barely or never saw combat at all by the ending of hostilities or existed only at paper, be it german,american,british or russian Can't I play along? Let's collect them,enjoy!!!!

Oh and please just leave fantasy vehicles out


T26E1A2 produced during March,1945 as T26E4



M26E1 produced during March,1945



T29 mid-1945-ordered during Sept.1944



T30 1946



T32 early 1946-ordered during February,1945




Others will come soon

[Germania]

Here are Kätzchen Vollkettenaufklärer!

[Eightball]

Aren't we forgetting one special one?




mmmmmm

[John H.]

While this is more like a anti tank gun or sp or something. A really cool looking tank.

[J. Penn]

I've always considered the multiturreted Russian tanks to be "exotic steel monsters". Almost like a strange mix of battleship and tank.

from http://battlefield.ru :


t-35


smk


and postwar (1957), but what a beast. 4 treads!

"Object 279"


~J. Penn

[WikingSoldat]

I go with Eightball. The Maus is the king of all large tanks.

WikingSoldat

[K-9]

Krupp Raümer S (Selbstrantrieb)
Schweres Minenraümfahrzeug


photos from http://www.achtungpanzer.com

[K-9]

Alkett-Raümgerät

(the front view remainds me of a Mech Warrior -the turret was taken from Panzer 1, )

[John H.]

Thats the coolest tank ive ever seen! did they even get close to producing it?

[Germania]

here are some other pic´s

[Eightball]

I've always considered the multiturreted Russian tanks to be "exotic steel monsters". Almost like a strange mix of battleship and tank.

from http://battlefield.ru :


t-35

I'd love to see some facts on how efficient that tank was... if it ever saw combat that is.

[K-9]

I don't know if is allowed or not, but here is a drawing of how the 1500 ton panzer might look like if it would had been built.

http://members.tripod.com/~fingolfen/su ... p1500.html has some comments about it

[Germania]

Some photos of P series!

[SM79Sparviero]

It was really built by engineers Lebedenko and Mikulin in 1915, its weight was 40.000 kg with two gasoline engines Sunbeam or Maybach ( from 200 to 250 HP each), each engine moved a wheel and the tank could be turned by varying the ratio of the power between the two engines.
The projected armament was a 107 mm gun in the upper turret and 4 7.62 mm Maxim machine guns .
At the trials the tank destroyed a small building but it was stopped by the mud that blocked the rear cylinder.

[MaisAlto]

A wrecked T-35