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[hannesjo]

Hello dear tank friends Here I show an unknown tank concept that dates back to the 70s!
There are no details available, just the contour! Its in 1:10 scale


Greetings from Frielendorf Germany

 

[uk 75]

Hello dear tank friends Here I show an unknown tank concept that dates back to the 70s!
There are no details available, just the contour! Its in 1:10 scale


Greetings from Frielendorf Germany

Solid wooden models like this are a German speciality. I bought one for the Gepard AA tank at a toy fair in Cologne back in 2003. More detailed ones have featured in books about the Leopard family and the Kpz70.
The model is very Leopard 2 with its turret shape but the Swiss looked at a tank with its turret located at the rear. I will see if there is a thread here anywhere.

 

[GTX]

I suspect this might be one of a series of studies carried out between 1976 and 1978 looking at different turrets/configurations.

 

[uk 75]

https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/swiss-mbt-1980s.753/

This is a similar looking Swiss project.

 

[Andrei_bt]

It is 1985 Wegmann tank concept -

 

[Andrei_bt]

Very interesting design with emphasis on grew protection -

 

[monochromelody]

Such design also appeared in Wegmann's patent DE4123771C2
A 2-man DIT(driver in turret)design, the driver located in the center of turret ring, another crew member on the left and main gun on the right.

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[Foo Fighter]

Totally implausible.

 

[riggerrob]

Every time it fired that gun, the turret and hull would try to rotate clockwise.
The solution - for an accurate second shot - is traversing the turret "right 20 an left 10 degrees" to ensure that all the gear back-lash is cancelled.

 

[robunos]

Every time it fired that gun, the turret and hull would try to rotate clockwise.

That's what I was thinking . . .
But . . . would it be possible to engineer some method of locking the turret to the hull, just prior to firing, to prevent this movement ?

cheers,
Robin.

 

[Slakrrrrrr]

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[Scott Kenny]

Reminds me of one of the French light tanks, the AMX ELC.