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The U.S. defense industry responded to these overtures USSR an Germany: was created project - T31 Demolition Tank - a hybrid of a tank and engineering machine. Designed to destroy the fortifications. In addition to artillery and small arms on T31 Demolition Tank was equipped a...

The main rival of the giant P1000 was in USSR virtual project - HF-5 "Behemoth". This design worked out an engineer with J. Kotin, acting on the orders of Stalin himself. KV-5 "Behemoth" is a train was on the tracks. The project is based on the idea of ​​combining the 4 or 3 chassis of the...

Another interesting computer model of the German project P1000 (Ratte)

TK-3 - the product of the Polish defense industry. Of speeds up to 50 km / hr. Weight - a little over 2 tons. Engine Group Fiat, with a capacity of 40 "horses". Weapons - machine gun caliber 7.92 mm. The total length of the LC-3 - 260 centimeters.

In the interwar period "while there is an interesting trend on create high-speed light tanks and armored vehicles, are able to quickly move military operations in enemy territory. It was more offensive than defensive weapons. Such tanks and armored cars are also created in Europe and the...

Another interesting project was the Russian designers "ATV" Porohovschikova. An attempt to execute the construction of this prototype tankettes (light armored amphibious) was made in 1915.

This could be masterpiece is... war prevented. I beg to love and favor: the T-34M (factory index of A-43), the full upgrade for T-34, January-July 1941. According to the recollections of veterans of the plant № 183 by the time evacuation of the plant in Siberia were ready 5 towers and 3 armored...

Japanese Tank Type 5 "Chi-Ri". On photo of the prototype, captured by Americans...

Armament consisted of a 76.2-mm and 37 mm twin cannons, two twin heavy machine guns and anti-aircraft heavy machine gun. The tank was manufactured with housings of different configurations: a base modification Mb block was molten, while the M6A1 and M6A2 versions - welded. On the M6 ​​and M6A1...

Experimental self-propelled unit Praying Mantis. Armoured Corps with two remote-controlled "Branagh" gun. Gun could climb to 11 feet up. The idea is interesting, but in practice proved to be ineffective. UK. 1940.

Tank TH-1 by engineer Grote. Tank built in 1930 had at that unique in its time. Weapons system placed in three tiers: in high tower 37-m gun, at the bottom of the tower 76-mm gun and 5 machine gun. Armor forehead hull and turret - 44-50mm board - 16-20mm, roof and bottom 10-16mm. The length...

This tank received the designation 44, this new tanks looks like a such a hybrid tank WWW1 times and the German Tiger-B.

Immediately after liberation in 1944, French designers in an emergency procedure started to design a heavy tank.

In July 1941 USSR decided to manufacture .... armored tractors. Of the several projects have been selected HTZ-16 (T-16). It was the chassis of the tractor STZ-5 on which is mounted on an armored hull of 10-30mm sheets. Armament: 45 mm cannon and machine-guns. In fact HTZ-16 was improvised...

Observer tank «Kugelpanzer» also known as tank-ball. This invention is also rather paradoxical ideas Teutonic genius. It is not known to what purpose. It was created by a single technological sample with the motorcycle engine. The only surviving prototype labeled "Instance 37" exposed in a...

From armored giants move on to an armored shrimp. It is proposed to your attention the Finnish Tank T-38-KV. 4 trophy tank T-38 in the summer of 1944 were converted to running models of the KV-1. On the chassis of the T-38 "put" the hull and turret silhouette is really reminiscent of Soviet...

In 1938 the French began to design a super-heavy tank FCM F1, weighing 140 tons! Armament consisted of 1 47-mm cannon in a small tower and the 90 - or 105-mm guns of high power in the main tower. Armor on forehead and the main body of the tower is 120mm board - 100mm. Wooden mock-up was ready in...

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If the project is "Lion" was quite realizable and was to replace the "King Tiger". In early 1942 at the same firm Krupp was born on a project that divides the honorary 1 st place under in category : madness design ) with a tank "Ratte" engineer Grote. This monster was supposed to weigh 1500...