Tank

Tanks are some of the most interesting things to me, especially during WWII. Before modern reactive armour came along, tank designers had to create tanks that fitted to specific roles; you had light reconnaissance tanks that could shift at high speeds but had little armour and fire power. There were heavy tanks which as the name suggest, were heavily armoured and armed. And finally you had tank destroyers, these tanks where often large and weakly armoured, but had the biggest guns. 

I wanted to design a tank that was somewhere in between these three classes and that is a medium tank. These mediums eventually grow up to become what we now call today an MBT (Main Battle Tank), these tank performed a large variety or roles and I wanted to show that in my design.

One of my favorite armour designs of these vehicles was the Russian 'Pike Nose'. Whereas the Germans had large, thick panels of armour only at 45 degrees, the Russians used considerably thinner armour but at a more extreme angle. This allowed for just as much protection as well as a higher speed.

As for turrets and the armaments, the turret of both the German Tiger II and American T29 were certainly formidable. The T29 especially, having 300mm of armour on it turret front. Though heavy, armour on the turret front is necessary for keeping the tank protected when fighting in hulled down positions and cresting hills. I took these designs in to account when creating my turret. The gun I settled with is the mighty 152mm, first used by the Russian KV-2, I created what I imagine it would look like if the Germans used it in a post war scenario, complete with a fume extractor.