Hello everyone,
the following video was linked on Yuri Pasholok’s blog and I think it’s actually very, very interesting.
The tank you see on it is the Christie M1931. You might remember the name of Walter Christie as the father of the fast BT Soviet tanks and ultimately predecessors to the legendary T-34, which uses a Christie suspension (to be fair, there was a plan to replace the Christie suspension with torsion bars, but the war intervened and nothing came of it).
Christie was known for building not really heavily armored tanks, these were more like race cars with guns and turrets. M1931 Christie tank was for its 10,5 tons powered by a 338hp Liberty engine (32 hp/t!), allowing it to go as fast as 74 km/h on tracks and 113 km/h on wheels (the design could drive around on rubber tyres to speed up the transportation on the road). This however was compensated by very thin armor (16mm at the most) and a short 37mm gun.
In the end, the US Army was interested in heavy, “infantry support” tanks and did not want Christie’s invention. Soviet Union however bought two of these tanks and used them as patterns for the creation of the BT series.
i feel the need…the need for speed!!!!
This world really needs tank racing! Formula and NASCARs are boring.
Oooh, Tier2 Pz. I C
Me wants it :)
My T2 Light feels kinda slow..
The BT-2 is already pretty much this tank.
Except the design… and the armor… and the nation… and the engine… and the gun.
Yeah pretty much like the BT-2. :)
the BT-2 really is a reverse-engineered Christie M1931
BT-2 is mega slow compared to this :)
it’s a game balance thing. I think. IRL it had the same engine as the original christie tank (well, a copy of it – the M-5-400 ‘stock’ one)
Go a tier higher and you would have BT 7 and Pz 1c these 2 speeeed demons :P
Nowadays Health and Safety would have a fit if a tank drove that fast and close to someone!
If haven’t seen it watch the original “Gone in 60 Seconds”. that’s what hell for OH&S looks like.
Dat title…
If we both know what that means ;)
You would expect a different kind of video.
Julie?
Oh yeah………………….
Gimme moah US low tier lights pls
GRID TANKSport ? :D
Grand Tankismo?
Tankza?
TankOut?
Tankstorm?
WRC TANKS
There… now we have the next special tank game… M1931′s on a circuit round Dragon Ridge…
When shooting the HE it only part damages your tracks to slow you a bit or make turning harder, (not dead stop).
I will take my Commission in £ Sterling please….
t-34 took not only suspension but sloped armour too LOL.
think of all the scouting and dodging you could do with that 110 kph topspeed :)
Not much. Fast turns on such speed would crit your crew xD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztUbPfvGCqw
WTF did i just watch?