Stranger Than Fiction Armor

[cyberia]

Here it is...

UDES XX20 Articulated Tank

The tank which the Swedish army manufactured as an experiment in 1985 armed with a 120mm gun

[McCoy]

I know that we had an (experimental?) APC/AFV that resembles that picture sometime in the 80's but that hadn't anything heavyer than a 30mm.

[cyberia]

Originally Posted by McCoy

I know that we had an (experimental?) APC/AFV that resembles that picture sometime in the 80's but that hadn't anything heavyer than a 30mm.

I don't think the photo was shopped, but one can never be certain these days. However, I also don't see how a vehicle that size could take the stress of a gun that large.

I'm guessing the the design was never followed up.

[cyberia]

Here's that photo shop job captioned as a Super Sherman...

...just plain silly.

[McCoy]

ROFL! How on earth can someone think that up n' then post it on the net as a real deal? It's not even an M4 but an M3 that have been shopped...

[cyberia]

Originally Posted by McCoy

ROFL! How on earth can someone think that up n' then post it on the net as a real deal? It's not even an M4 but an M3 that have been shopped...

My thoughts are someone photo shopped it as a joke, posted it, someone else picked it up, altered the text and slipped in somewhere and from there who knows how many other generations and changes were inspired.

A few years ago a friend sent me a Wike link where someone had edited in that the Dornier Do 335 A-1 ”Pfeil” was capable of flying in reverse, but at a reduced speed!

[McCoy]

Like I said earlier on 'bout the Net...

Mmm, I'm one of those that frown on Wiki as a source just for that reason.

[cyberia]

Here's one that's a probable, but not much info...

American Armored Snow Train

Developed post war for use in Alaska and the Arctic, but no clue as to why it had to be armored in either of those two places.

[cyberia]

Originally Posted by PanzerBob

The things that warfare spawns.

I'm wondering if they got the idea from here...

Something else I found: It seems the Russians never really gave up on the concept of a flying tank...

Sukhoi Flying-Tank

According text that came with this photo this model was actually built in the Soviet Union and features the body of Su-25 Attacker with a T34/85 tank as a core.

But I kind of have my doubts on this one.

[Pirate-Drakk]

Originally Posted by cyberia

The flying tank idea was the brain child of Walter Christie an early tank designer famous mostly for developing the Christie suspension system used on the T-34 among other tanks.

Here is the entire article from the magazine above. It's rather amusing.
Flying Tanks that Shed Their Wings

Note that we do have flying tanks today. They are called attack helicopters such as the AH-47 Longbow and the Russian Hind. Christie was way ahead of his time.