You should have replied that she'd forced you to be there. 😊

,,XD funny stuff bro.

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It was the wrong way,but Vickers didn't have a crystal ball,so I do have sympathy for them

​@@stevenbreach2561we know with hindsight it was the wrong way, but yeah, they didn't know... so by contrast at the time, it would have been the correct direction to take things.

Agreed, the design-brief was entirely predicated on a return of trench-warfare. Having this astride an enemy trench, with all 5 turrets abolishing the defending troops, would have been a breath-taking vehicle, literally and figuratively. It was the perfect tank for 1918.

@@Fidd88-mc4sz Frankly, if you think about it. A trench and an anti tank ditch have a lot of overlap... So I will make the galaxy brained argument that it was NOT that the tank that was to blame. It was the massive bell-end that forgot to consider the trench. I mean the tank made sense if we presume 10ft deep trenches with reinforcements were dug...prior to the war...but the notion that such a geographic feature can just...manifest itself in a day or two when an acute need for them arise? That never made any sense no matter the time period, and it goes to demonstrate a tendency for people working indoors tending to slowly become detatched from reality, as anyone working manual labour outside on a daily basis, know what they can realistically accomplish, but ask the lads working on the A1E1 about field work? Considering their socio economic backgrounds and life conditions, the issue is glaringly obvious, but it is impolite to point it out, in "Proper society", thus, reality itself was underestimated. Tank´s good though! Bit niché, but even then, stuff it into a place like Libya during their civil war 10 years ago, and it would be among the most advanced vehicles around!

In a parade it must have looked impressive

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Best thing to come out of England

Hear hear!

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I mean it was literally a wwI tank design made post-war so it really was a step backwards of anything.

The British designed weapons in the post ww1 era to fight a second ww1. Between lack of funding, poor concepts and doctrine, and poor manufacturing, the British didn't produce the weapons necessary to give to their men to win. Heavy tanks had already proven they had horrible shortcomings. First, they push the current tech, mechanics, and alloys of the time for such a large machine that created an unreliable vehicle. The lack of power and size meant getting it stuck was easy, and pulling it out was hard. Heavy tanks are often a mantainence nightmare. The classic tank design was already out. The British should have developed a decent medium tank that was well rounded and mechanically sound that was simple enough to mass produce.

I concur, Your Excellency.

looks like allota JRPG's piggie back on this design for "insert evil empire tank"

‘Modern thinking’? The Challenger, (modern) is nothing like that 🤷‍♂️.

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The designers of tanks for Warhammer 40K clearly agree with you

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@@quentinking4351 doorstop wedge with baller tracked suspension and and gun

H G Wells wrote "The Land Ironclads": he was certainly with you on that.

Yes.. T-35 is my favorite. The Tsar contraption is also one of my favorites

They were designed for trench warfare. They needed to be long to get across wide trenches. Once straddling a trench, the multiple turrets allow the crew to shoot down both sides of the tank down the trench lines.

Imagine crewing one of those sub-turrets in battle. No thanks!

My favourite is the Bob Semple tank that is made of corrugated steel. It looks like a farm building on tracks with guns sticking out all over.

@@robinbrowne5419 Yeah that’s a great one too. A tool shed on tracks

Same here. I always make a bee line for it when I visit Bovington.

Modern fiberglass isn't much better, once its in the body it never leaves. Asbestos is a fantastic inulsulator though.

I'm sorry for your loss. if I could end death I would not hesitate for each and every life is so special and full of blessed magic that a world without is not a world at all.

They've shows afew. They generally use later-produced recovery tanks and military cargo cranes.

"Drive me closer, I want to Hit them with my sword!"

And probably cheaper than a Challenger (II?) today.

If you meant that were the millions spent to find out "let's not go there" paid off with later design efforts? For others, yes.

It would be interesting to know how and why they decided to go for the TOG after deciding that this type of design should not be built? There was also an entire "family" of similar tanks designed but never built in Japan.

It's like the grandfather to the TOG

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lol yes

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​@@SuperShermanTanker Yes their is a family resemblance there for sure!

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@@samholdsworth420 worth it lol pretty funny

What do you think about the experimental tank USA been working on That uses a laser beam to direct lightning at targets? I'm not kidding the concept relies on the discovery that a certain type of laser provides less resistance than air so a lightning bolt would follow a laser beam to a target. Even though it sounds cool it's not a very effective strategic weapon since you could only use it during heavy storms and select lands. Most likely to be used as a terror weapon against our own citizens when MW seize power.

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@@rodrigosilvero5749 I think it is effective but not cool looking:(

I think the Soviets had inside guys in Britain

@@rdallas81More than a few. By the war they had a senior MI6 Officer, a BBC Home Service Producer, a diplomat and the curator of the Royal art gallery and that's just the ones we are aware of.

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It’s terrible

@@Farquad76.547 No kidding, I never said it was a good tank. 5 turrets , ten man crew… it was so weird.. I love it

@@Farquad76.547 only thing cooler was the Tsar tank.

He mentions danger of asbestos but someone could just wear a filter mask or pumped oxygen line safely to breath to explore it properly. Old people running these museums don't like to be bothered or have change.

@@rodrigosilvero5749 That still leaves a person potentially getting asbestos fibers all over their clothing, and then contaminating other parts of the museum. Add to that, it's almost certainly illegal for them to open up and investigate an item/object once it's been declared contaminated. it's not as simple as how safe you feel during the process.

@@gagenater Its legal to open contaminated items but its not fast, easy or cheap to do it right.

​@@rodrigosilvero5749is that the "old people"who are the experts,and not some Muppet mouthing off on UKposts?

​@@gagenaterYou are right in pointing out that the danger from asbestos is not only to a worker inside the tank. Otherwise someone with not much to do and very well on in years could work inside and remove the asbestos with bare hands. It would definitely affect his lungs, but not for a while. So if some 80 years old with an interest in the subject were to drop in and parcel up the asbestos he would be able to tell everyone else about it and still finish his life as a centenarian. But I don't feel inclined to wait a few years and then render the interior fit for occupation.

Yes, good question. Presentation included detail that that was the origin of this entire adventure. It would be very cool to see those dwgs.