Fictional Tank Designs 1936-1942

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Wednesday, July 20th 2011, 10:55am

Here is the first model of a light tank equipped with a 3.7 cm gun as a primary armament.
To be continued.....
soon

LP-15 A (mod. 1938/39)

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Desertfox

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Wednesday, July 20th 2011, 6:23pm

I really like this tank. Mind if I grab it for Mexico? Do you have any more specs for it?

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Daidalos

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Thursday, July 21st 2011, 12:08am

I'm glad you like it....feel free to use the drawing.
Specs...well, what about those:

Dimensions can be seen in the drawing I think....
crew: 4 (Driver, gunner, loader, commander)
weight: 16,9 metric tons
armament: 3,7 cm LBK4-1, 2x machine guns
engine: V-12 petrol engine, 305 hp
speed: on-road= 41 Km/h, off-road 23 Km/h
range: 290 Km
armor:
hull front = 35 mm
hull sides = 30 mm
hull rear = 25 mm
hull downside = 25 mm
hull topside = 16 mm
turret front = 38 mm
turret sides = 30 mm
turret rear = 25 mm
turret topside = 16 mm

I hope those specs are plausible....

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Daidalos

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Thursday, July 21st 2011, 6:42am

Half tracked troop transport, not intended to win a beauty contest.

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Desertfox

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Thursday, July 21st 2011, 7:25am

Sounds good. Mexican version with 47mm cannon:

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Daidalos

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Thursday, July 21st 2011, 7:40am

Very nice.

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parador

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Thursday, July 21st 2011, 9:18am

Hi Foxy,

shiny tank

Didn't you think, that the camouflage is a bit too bright ?

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Rooijen10

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Thursday, July 21st 2011, 9:31am

Of course not! It needs to stand out so the enemy can easily spot them in rocky terrain.

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Brockpaine

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Thursday, July 21st 2011, 3:51pm

Interesting camo.

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Desertfox

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Thursday, July 21st 2011, 4:11pm

Vegetation in Belize is tall light-colored grass.

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Brockpaine

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Thursday, July 21st 2011, 4:15pm

What part of Belize? All the photos I find show a more Caribbean light jungle terrain. For instance:

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Desertfox

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Thursday, July 21st 2011, 5:14pm

I was in the central Belize City to Belmopan area. It varies, but there is a lot of open grassy plains, I would say about 70%, and the tanks would mainly be used in that terrain and not the jungle.