Notes
-Credit to PhantomBladeCorp for the T-55M hull
-Fun to drive around, but sadly doesn't shoot
Controls
-Action group 2: Activate machine gun
-VTOL: Turret traverse
-Trim: Gun elevation/depression (5 degrees up and down)
-Roll: Steer
-Pitch: Drive forwards/backwards
History: After the fall of Nazi Germany, many countries wanted to get at the technology that was left over. A French AMX-Strv "Falk" was sent out on a patrol near East Berlin after the Soviets split the country. The engine broke down, which forced the crew to abandon the vehicle near the border. Later that day, a Russian T-54 crew happened upon it, and the tank was quickly brought back to Moscow for testing. Then, the Soviets took the turret off the French tank and paired it with the hull of a T-55M, which was still under development. The vehicle was given the designation of Object 603-122 due to the 122mm (12,2cm or ~4.8in) gun installed on the tank (the muzzle was kept as well, seeing as the Russians weren't sure how well theirs would work). The tank, on road, could reach speeds over 40mph (64+ km/h), which made it one of the fastest on the battlefield. However, the speed and firepower came at the cost of armor and crew protection. The hull front, even on the upper glacis, the effective armor was only 75-80mm thick. The sides and rear of the hull were both 30mm thick, leaving it horribly exposed to enemy fire. The turret front (without the later addition of appliqué armor) was a reasonably good 125mm thick, with the sides and rear being 90mm thick. The appliqué armor was added in late 1983, when the vehicle was used as a testbed for the new armor system. Three Object 603s were built, with one being fitted with a 130mm main cannon and another with a 105mm cannon. The latter two variants were later scrapped to build more T-72s and T-80s during the mid 1990s, and the 603-122 was transferred to the Kubinka Tank Museum in 1994. It is currently being restored to its formoer glory, and cannot be shown in public as of yet.
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Predecessor T-55M
- Created On iOS
- Wingspan 14.9ft (4.5m)
- Length 45.2ft (13.8m)
- Height 16.1ft (4.9m)
- Empty Weight 72,802lbs (33,022kg)
- Loaded Weight 76,495lbs (34,697kg)
Performance
- Wing Loading 3,989.7lbs/ft2 (19,479.5kg/m2)
- Wing Area 19.2ft2 (1.8m2)
- Drag Points 12318
Parts
- Number of Parts 484
- Control Surfaces 0
- Performance Cost 1,769
@DestinyAviation I see >_>
Well, @Flash0of0green, it would have been an experimental tank, not a war tank. It would have been used for testing out different types of armor (including the appliqué), muzzles, guns, etc.
Sorry, I don't have that AMX 50 100, @PhantomBladeCorp. I kind of based the turret off of my AMX-Stridsvagen "Falk" tank, but added many more viewports. And the amor would have been reduced by a lot to make sure that the tank could still go as fast as possible (Soviet tanks weren't really known for the armor and crew protection, now were they?). And the muzzle brake, inside of it, was closer to 130mm than 120mm. And @EternalDarkness, I'll have to check your Sword-Class out!
Woah, there sure is some quality here. For the next occasion, you can use the gun from my Sword-class. It fires Boom25s. There's no flames and smoke when shooting, but it gets the job done, and it's very accurate.
Russia needs to copy this
A few things to note:
1. The T-54/55 tanks had 100 mm of upper frontal hull armor angled at 60* vertically. This gave them close to 200 mm of effective armor.
2. The 120 mm muzzle brake could be fitted to a 122mm gun but it would fly off as soon as the shell would leave the barrel. Yes, it's only 2 mm more but it's still enough for the shell to not fit through it.
3. Also, that turret seems to have been based on the AMX 50 100 that I built a long time ago. Do you still have it? If so, could you reupload it? I deleted mine :(
Overall, the story seems interesting. Will test the tank later.
@DestinyAviation O boy this thing... The build quality is great but the tank it's self :-/ not so much, it leave its canon's rotation ring is wide-open which causes to problems at once. first do the ring being a part of the tanks operational gear it's very important and cannot be armored very well which means this is a soft spot on the tank. Second the gap between the main chassis and the armor on the canon make a great shell trap.