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Tank Designby ~Bristow-Bailey

Traditional Art / Drawings / Sci-Fi

Concept design for a futuristic tank. I gave it hydraulic suspension and a vertically-launched missile system as its main weapon in order to keep its height as low as possible - 1.8 metres with the suspension fully lowered and the turret not deployed. This makes it harder to hit and transportable by shipping container. The gun turret can be raised up to fire from behind cover. It's powered by two large hydrogen fuel cells (mounted over the front tracks) driving twenty hub-mounted electric motors in the wheels. The large blue cannisters in the rear are hydrogen fuel tanks. The two crew don't have any windows but see vio VR headsets and backup flat-panel displays. All the driving and weapons controls are fully duplicated between the two crew stations in order to allow the most efficient division of tasks between the crew in a given tactical situation.
The missile system is in a self-contained module, containing 4x6 "Wolverine" surface-to-surface missiles, 4x5 "Storm" surface-to-air missiles, or any combination thereof. Missiles can be reloaded either individually, in 4- or 5-unit pods, or en masse with replacement of the entire module.
The weapons module itself can be replaced entirely with a railgun turret modue, a mortar, a passenger compartment carrying six troops, a command unit, or an ambulance unit.

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~Aseika May 28, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

how curious a telescoping tank head. cool!

~Tulsatrash Jan 4, 2013

Part tank part DDG all awsome!

~BrutalityInc Oct 15, 2012

They'll just shoot the exposed tracks...

~BO-7 Jul 8, 2012 Professional Digital Artist

Great drawing! Loads of detail and accuracy here. I bet you could build that tank tomorrow if you had the tools and technology was available. Gj!

~Panzerfan93 Apr 14, 2012

when i first looked at this i thought: "this looks too cartoony" but then i looked closer and came to the conclusion that this is a really clever design
good job!

~palaeorigamipete Oct 27, 2011 Hobbyist General Artist

hydrogen... damn. i wouldn't like to sit inside this when it gets a hit. that most be a big BOOOM when the H thingy explodes

pardon my joking. i really like this one, it's one of the very few tank concepts out there on deviantart that were made logically and not just for looks. i'm not saying it looks bad, it looks great actually!
all the better the prctical aspect it has. i really like you made it low in the first place, many other concepts don't even bother thinking about it... there is still something about the tracks which i am suspecious about. i think the reason why recent tanks have them the way they do has a reason, i mean those wheels above the ground, but i guess it's the different drivetrain and transmission that allows this arrangement, and, excavators have the track wheels in line, so it has to work after all...

well done!

~PaMaThreat Oct 14, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

that is awesome

~TrueEros Aug 5, 2011

very awesome design, but when i saw the hydraulics it made me question its ability to survive landmines, a problem most tanks have trouble dealing with today...but either way it's an awesome design

~davbla Jul 26, 2011

Seriously convoluted, but for gaming purposes what the heck, its all for fun anyways.

~olafanderson May 24, 2011

I don't mean to rag on you but where is the main gun? There is no cannon.

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