Competition: Tank Design 2239

[Sturgeon]

Finally changed my M2 mount and added that extra 240 I've been wanting.

 

[Sturgeon]

@N-L-M turret with 330kg add-on spaced armor package:

 

[N-L-M]

nice, but seems to have limited coverage.
In other news:

>hull armor improved
>Hull spaced armor added

>sideskirts added
>Sponson boxes added
>slight experimentation with the sand colors.
The 145mm gun is still in because it's the worst-case for sponson clearance.
Like the turret, the hull spaced armor contains stowage space. The frontal slope would probably be used for stowage of tools, or alternatively layers of glass textolite. The other boxes will be described at some length later. All can of course be fitted with ERA when ready, and the all the thick plates are high-hardness for the shattering effect.

[Belesarius]

8 hours ago, Sturgeon said:

Pretty happy that I got this to work:

 

What kind of autocannon is that?  I'm guessing that's an autocannon...

 

 

[Sturgeon]

6 hours ago, Belesarius said:

What kind of autocannon is that?  I'm guessing that's an autocannon...

 

 

 

20x140mm autocannon firing APDS

[Belesarius]

46 minutes ago, Sturgeon said:

 

20x140mm autocannon firing APDS

How rude.

That would be adequate for softer targets like trucks and BMP/BTR/Gavins.

 

[Sturgeon]

20 minutes ago, Belesarius said:

How rude.

That would be adequate for softer targets like trucks and BMP/BTR/Gavins.

 

 

Or literally anything the Deserets have lol.

[Sturgeon]

Heavy-heavy version:

 

[LoooSeR]

Those artsy-fartsy turret add-on armor boxes. 

 

[Sturgeon]

It has a mustache!

[LoooSeR]

More like Brezhnev's brows

 

Spoiler

 

[Sturgeon]

Crew comfort looks pretty good:

 

[N-L-M]

Got the hull ammo separated ammo rack to hold 40 rounds:


The driver fits in his hole, looks pretty comfy:

[Sturgeon]

Speaking of ammo racks:

 

[LostCosmonaut]

@Toxn You mind if I steal your 80mm gun as an alternative armament for my vehicle? (I'm not actually in the contest, I'm just modeling tanks for the fun of it).

[Sturgeon]

This is getting out of hand:

 

[N-L-M]

Turret ready ammo is in.
40 in the hull and 16 in the turret brings me to 56 rounds of 105, all separated behind blowoff panels.

[LostCosmonaut]

Might as well post a status update on my tank;

Considering all the other things in the tank I haven't (and aren't) going to model like brakes, stabilization system, recoil system, etc., I'm pretty confident that 30 tons is a good weight estimate. Which passes the smell test; it gives my tank about a 50% armor fraction, and it's about the same dimensions as a T-55.

[Sturgeon]

 

 

[N-L-M]

105 and 145mm guns compared:

[Lord_James]

I upgraded my Shot mk-1 to Shot mk-2... I now need to make a new gun, but still: 

 

Spoiler

 

18.11kg complete shell, 800mm total length, and now has a 130mm bottle shape. 

New propellant mass: 5.25kg 

New velocity: 1207 m/s out the barrel (with 50 caliber barrel). 

projectile is the same as before (5.84kg complete, 275mm length, 50x200mm tungsten carbide slug) 

 

I'm getting penetration values that I believe are a little high (173mm @ 2000m @ 0^o), but then again my shell is going hella fast, so IDK. 

[Sturgeon]

Behold!
 

[Legiondude]

3 minutes ago, Sturgeon said:

Behold!
 

Looks appropriate for a San Franciscan crew

BTW, sorry if I missed it earlier in the thread, what design software are you using for this?

[Sturgeon]

Just now, Legiondude said:

Looks appropriate for a San Franciscan crew

BTW, sorry if I missed it earlier in the thread, what design software are you using for this?

 

SolidWorks

[Lord_James]

39 minutes ago, Sturgeon said:

Behold!