Now Brigadier, are you sure this cannon will take out the Daleks? They always keep muttering "exterminate, Exterminate, EXTERMINATE!". I mean we have to take them out with the first shot. Right?
12 hours ago
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Fascinating tank, it mounted an Assisted loading mechanism which was meant to help the loader load the Heavy rounds making his job more easier. Though they dropped this in the Stage II in favor for another loader and an enclosed lightly armored turret to protect from the elements
13 hours ago | 41
And they say the Germans were obsessed with a mounted Big gun on tracks..😅
12 hours ago | 5
"Yes Minister your new super tank is much bigger than the others, and its finished in a very shiny copper green sheen, plus every tank comes with its own signed presentation bridge for maximum bragging rights at NATO conferences!!!".
12 hours ago | 15
That looks like a Saturn rocket strapped to a childs wagon! Lemme fire it, PLEASE!!
11 hours ago
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The FV4005 is the embodiment of the "Overkill is Underrated" design philosophy.
7 hours ago | 0
That looks like one of those model tanks that Godzilla would destroy.
7 hours ago | 1
The FV4005 is pretty legendary in World of Tanks...and an interesting evolutionary end point before the dawn of the MBT. Interesting to see the "skinless" version of it!
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Okay I finally subbed. You started showing up in my feed a couple weeks ago and I didn't want to bother. But I just realized there really isn't any reason not to, you do post some interesting stuff.
5 hours ago | 1
Looks like something out of somebody's fever dream or too much Devil's Lettuce.
7 hours ago | 0
The Tank Museum
The requirement for the FV4005 was issued in November 1950 and was to be fulfilled in two stages. Stage 1 (shown here) was described as ‘experimental only, intended to prove the suitability of this type of vehicle as a firing platform and to solve problems connected with the handling of heavy ammunition.’
One Stage 1 turret was ordered from Vickers to be fitted to a Centurion Mark 3 hull supplied by the Army.
The gun mounting fitted to the Stage 1 vehicle could traverse through 360°, but the recoil force meant that firing was only safely possible within a limited arc to the front.
According to surviving blueprints, the gun could elevate and depress between -5° and +10°.
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