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Published: 2019-11-27 17:15:28 +0000 UTC; Views: 1290; Favourites: 32; Downloads: 8
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Description
[Alternate History]
[NOTE]: This Design is based on a drawing made by cthelmax , you can find itΒ Here
[Description]
Tank, Heavy, Multiple-Turret, Experimental Mark I
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First brought about by Vernon Jensen in the Autumn of 1936, Vernon proposed a 70 ton Heavy Tank Capable of breaking through, in his words: ''Any Enemy line imaginable.''
While the Officials at Aberdeen didn't take Vernon seriously, they at least thought about a wooden mockup.
That didn't happen, however, as the M2 Series of Light tanks were already sufficient enough to get the job done, and the Light tank M3 was in planning [Even though the M3 Stuart didn't enter production until 1941],
and The Experimental Mark I never got past the drawing board.
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[Specifications]
Weight: 70 Tonnes
Length: Unknown
Width: Unknown
Height: Unknown
Crew: 10 [Driver, Gunners x3, Commander, Radio Operator, x3 Loaders
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Armor
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Hull
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Front: 83mm
Sides: 50mm
Back: 25mm
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Turret
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Front: 75mm
Sides and Back: 23-40mm
Engine: Unknown
Speed: About 19-23 MPH
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Armament
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x1 75mm Gun M2, 75 Rounds, x2 37mm Gun M4/M5, x4 30. Cal MGs
[My Design] x1 75mm M3 L/40 Gun, x2 37mm Gun M4/M5, x4 30. Cal MGs
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Credits
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cthelmax for giving me the okay on making this
TinkerTanker44432 for some of his parts from his T6 Tank Turret, I slightly modified them
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Comments: 6
Why not put a 105 mm in the turret and have a side 37 mm turret, drive in the middle like the M2 medium and a 75mm sponson like a Lee (American tanks had guns everywhere!)? Like with design but 1930's style like an American Char B1. The Sherman could be a 'light' version' much like how the KV-1 was a 'light' version of a soviet multi-turreted monster from the 1930's XD.
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you know, I thought about that, but I wanted to stick with how the original looked.
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You should try it out. Back in the 30's an infantry support howitzer version of medium tanks was all the rage. Cruiser Close Support (94 mm howitzers), Pz.Kpfw. IV 75 mm howitzer to support regular Pz.Kpfw. III 50 mm antitank guns, Russian snub 76 mm howitzers on T-35 etc.
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