Tanks and other Armoured Vehicles Image thread.

[Duke Nukem]

A thread for images of badass vehicles

Two to start off with.

PL-01 polish tank

T-90 Russian tank.

 

[Aaron Fox]

15.5mm HMGs (one coaxial, one on RWS, both use ETC propellants and fire iridium-osmium alloy projectiles at 2km/s), 2x 2cm Laser ADS, and 1x 65mm 'fuck you' coilgun capable of firing a 12kg iridium-osmium alloy dart (with electromotive 'jacket') at 2km/s (producing kinetic energy of 'only' 24 MJ, to put things into perspective, this is practically double the muzzle energy of various 120mm APFSDS shells).

Oh, it's only 65 tons, can achieve off-road speeds of 50km/h, and the vast majority of the models use a fusion cell powerplant rated at 2,750kW. Oh, and it can operate in space thanks to its heat management system.

 

[Duke Nukem]

15.5mm HMGs (one coaxial, one on RWS, both use ETC propellants and fire iridium-osmium alloy projectiles at 2km/s), 2x 2cm Laser ADS, and 1x 65mm 'fuck you' coilgun capable of firing a 12kg iridium-osmium alloy dart (with electromotive 'jacket') at 2km/s (producing kinetic energy of 'only' 24 MJ, to put things into perspective, this is practically double the muzzle energy of various 120mm APFSDS shells).

Oh, it's only 65 tons, can achieve off-road speeds of 50km/h, and the vast majority of the models use a fusion cell powerplant rated at 2,750kW. Oh, and it can operate in space thanks to its heat management system.

Thats a cool tank, did you make that?

 

[Aaron Fox]

Thats a cool tank, did you make that?

No, an artist that I regularly correspond with made it. He might not always answer right away but he gets the job done.

 

[Aaron Fox]

Some concept art for Planetside 2. Although they went with what eventually showed up in the game, I can see why. The Planetside games have always relied on having as many visual differences as possible to make spotting them from a distance easy and allows you to know what sort of enemy you're facing.

Still, these would be good enough, but I wouldn't be surprised that they would be somewhat problematic in terms of time spent in the graphics department (not to mention how the vastly different computer setups deal with them)...

It is interesting that the Terran Republic has a future-version of the ARES auto-tank cannon system (in this case, 150mm) as its main armament in MBT form.

 

[LordSunhawk]

All of these images, and none of them are of what is in my opinion the single most valuable tank of all time. No tank will ever serve as important a peace time function as the TAV. It was vital, for without the TAV we would not have many vital and important things in the modern day. It was revolutionary, clever, and perfectly suited for its job. It had exactly the right blend of firepower, mobility, and protection to accomplish its mission again and again.

I am speaking, of course, of this...

Spoiler: TAV

The NASA Tire Assault Vehicle, built on the chassis of a 1/16 Tamiya remote control King Tiger tank, used to puncture tires on the CV-990 Tire Test Aircraft for the space shuttle program. It is a true Panzerreifenjager in the grand tradition of fine German engineering (and cost over a thousand dollars to build...)

 

[Doomsought]

I see that modular configuration on the prowler, and think how much it would look good on paper, but make the field techs who have to maintain it want to mail all the sand and mud that get into it to the design team.

 

[Zachowon]

This thread I can get behind.
I will have my first post be about the british attempt to create a ship, only to fail and realize they put tracks on it instead of a standard hull.
I present the land whale itself
The TOG II

 

[PsihoKekec]

I see they droped the left track

 

[Zachowon]

I see they droped the left track

What do you mean?

 

[PsihoKekec]

The track isn't attached at the rear and it seems not to be connected on the front either.

 

[Zachowon]

The track isn't attached at the rear and it seems not to be connected on the front either.

Oh just noticed that.
It is because it just came back from a swim, and it had yet to get dressed

 

[Husky_Khan]

Warning some of the images are graphic and you might wanna cry... It's like a HESH round to your feels.

 

[paulobrito]

Ladies and gentlemens i propose the best tank ever - the Bob Tank.

 

[Aaron Fox]

Ladies and gentlemens i propose the best tank ever - the Bob Tank.

It's a piece of crap designed as an ad-hoc weapon system because of military need and a poor local industrial base.

Now for my tax:

Some of the old-school for you.

 

[Duke Nukem]

Cant forget the tank that started it all.

 

[Aaron Fox]

Cant forget the tank that started it all.

[laughs in K-bullets]

 

[Duke Nukem]

[laughs in K-bullets]

Yeah it was a piece of shit, but it was the first tank ever though.

 

[Aaron Fox]

Yeah it was a piece of shit, but it was the first tank ever though.

The terror the Mk1 induced only lasted a short while then Germany went in all the sorts of ways to counter them like the first AP rounds and the first anti-tank rifle. It wasn't the wonderweapon that ended WW1 but gave a glimpse into the future...

 

[Duke Nukem]

TM-02 Khanjail tank from GTA Online it's pretty much a PL-01 and can be upgraded with a railgun