The Most INSANE Tank Concept EVER | Cursed by Design

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In a recent episode we took a trip back to the 1950s into the works of a man by the name of Frank Tinsley. Due to the interest shown from that first video we’ll be doing it again this week as we take a look at probably the most insane tank concept I have ever seen. Join me as we take a look at the crazy vehicle known as the baby assault tank.
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[@ConeOfArc]

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[@Alpha_627]

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[@davingilsdorf213]

I have an idea tell us to send you pictures of Tanks we have drawn and pick a few to make in sprocket

[@aragmarverilian8238]

This is not a tank, but a mecha type vehicle.

[@dareka9425]

@@aragmarverilian8238 It reminded me of the spider mecha used in a recent anime 86. The difference is that the anime version used spider legs and driven by a single pilot. But it's cylindrical body, weak armor and ability to use multiple weapons reminded me of the baby tank.

[@katyushaoverpressure888]

Can you do the flakpanzer 341?

[@Sidestrafe2462]

Imagine being the man whose job is limited to: Commanding the tank, talking to other tanks, while firing and loading the RCL cannon, firing and loading two .30 cals, firing and loading a flamethrower, firing and loading a mortar, in two separate turrets on a third turret, with his ammo in a box behind and underneath him, sitting less than 3 feet from a probably exposed engine, in a space so small it may as well be a coffin, probably hand-cranking his turrets. Do the mortar shells even fit into that little tiny side turret? Does the flamethrower siphon off the main tank? How does yes?

[@jasonpereira4024]

Sounds like a Tuesday...

[@RogueCove]

The Mechanicus has been drinking too many oil margaritas again

[@hellopeople4038]

@See, the thing is it is a burning coffin once one of them goes on fire.

[@user-si5vp6ud1w]

Well the mortar and flamethrower are things that work in tanks, Merkava tanks used to have a mortar, flamethrower tanks exist, the only thing is how can both fit in one

[@lenny_1369]

chad

[@noahbuzzell5138]

This was made by the same guy who came up with the submarine tank right? If so, then this is the greatest man to bless the world of tank designs.

[@britishneko3906]

*cursed tank designs

[@noahbuzzell5138]

@@britishneko3906 no no, the best tank designs

[@britishneko3906]

@@noahbuzzell5138 well cursed tanks are always the best... just look at the HMS TOG II* or the KB-2

[@jelkel25]

This is a design fueled solely by truckers crank and gas station egg sandwiches.

[@jaex9617]

Just wait till you see his espresso machine, blender, and waffle maker tanks.

[@cxcgamer1603]

The designers : thing can go over every terrain Soggy mud : laughs

[@samuelmatheson9655]

Laughs in urban

[@paintnamer6403]

Ice nine is invented.

[@Zorro9129]

Laughs in trees twelve feet apart

[@samuelmatheson9655]

@@Zorro9129 laughs in medum sized trench

[@Xeraghusta]

Laughs in swamps and marshes

[@rorythomas9469]

He's reinvented the tankette, but somehow it's bigger than a regular tank

[@jamesbugbee6812]

A wildly-evolved Skeleton Tank?

[@BoostedPastime]

A community of tankettes

[@utrock5067]

I would go step farther and say,that this concept has not been wasted at all. Although not adapted for ground units but to warplanes and mostly assault helicopters.

[@Iden_in_the_Rain]

It looks more like he took a helicopter, took of the rotors, put tank cannons on it, and then fitted some of the pylons with tracks lol

[@readingking1421]

@@Iden_in_the_RainWhen I saw the thumbnail I thought it was a helicopter with treads. Very confusing

[@thefez-cat]

The commander/omni-gunner in the cutaway has the exact expression of trying to manage five disparate weapons with differing ammo while figuring out where the hell they're going, looking around for threats with a periscope, and communicating with the rest of their squadron.

[@lucienfury2606]

yeh he looks like he had enough. and is ready to take a bullet from his own side arm.

[@jamesricker3997]

So a French tank commander in 1940

[@LiezAllLiez]

@@jamesricker3997 Haha i was gonna mention that!

[@thomaskositzki9424]

I am already confused with the (experimental) M6A1's dual armament of 37mm/76mm with it's two ballistics in the MMO War Thunder... and that is just an arcade tank game with much, much easier handling and super-advanced situational awareness! XD

[@GremlinSciences]

As someone that _has_ to multitask for my job (addressing as many as 4 customers with separate IT issues at once, while also keeping records of the troubleshooting, informing my team what is going on _and_ assisting the rest of my team with their tickets, keeping track of which ammo goes where and where each gun is pointed is nothing. With al the guns, at least I'd be able to quickly confirm their status without sounding like an absolute idiot. Big rounds go in the big gun, ammo belts go in the machine guns. Forget if a gun is loaded? Either point it at a target and pull the trigger, or just take a quick peak in the action. Other than the machineguns, they're all "caseless" ammo, so there shouldn't be anything in the action unless they're loaded.

[@demiRaziel]

This thing has so much "little kid's doodle" energy to it its hilarious

[@The-Enclave]

I used to draw lot of tank concepts as a kid and they wetet way more realistic then whatever this is

[@ArchusKanzaki]

I used to doodle a C-5 galaxy, with a bulging recoilless turret strapped on top of it so it can rain artillery from even higher platforms, and draw "Command tanks" with a double-barrel attached on either side of the turret cover like what MK IV used to do..... so I can understand the appeal of this lol

[@LeafseasonMagbag]

Built as depicted, the legs on this thing would be *incredibly* easy to knock off. Hell, they’d probably bend just from torque from battlefield maneuvers.

[@__tadpole__8195]

You could run up and punch it and it would snap

[@leandersearle5094]

@@__tadpole__8195 Captain Falcon and Chuck Norris like that.

[@qw3rty629]

This thing has alot of the same problems as mechs But you completely remove the "rule of cool" argument because this is meant for reality somehow

[@LeafseasonMagbag]

@@qw3rty629 In settings where the mechanism technology is explored there is generally a McGuffin-esq technology that makes them work. In Battletech, for example, they have an artificial technology that works like muscle fibers, but with an insane strength-to-weight ratio. So a vehicle that used those fibers to move around is going to be able to carry a lot more weapons and armor that a conventional vehicle of the same weight. Thus, Mechs. These damn bug tanks on the other-hand, have no such thing to rely on.

[@thomaskositzki9424]

Some sort of AA auto cannon would easily do the job, methinks.

[@thisisaname873]

This looks like the kind of thing you'd see as an in-universe failure from Battletech. Man, if there's one thing I miss from the Cold War it's all the balls to the wall concepts that were thrown around.

[@WildBillCox13]

Along with the Tarantula scout.

[@TonboIV]

Project Pluto was another standout. People love to talk about Nazi wonder weapons, but 1950s American weapons development was an even higher level of mad science.

[@Zorro9129]

@@TonboIV Looked it up and apparently Project Pluto worked in what tests they had. I can only imagine this is what they were using in Fallout.

[@kybercat7]

Phoenix hawk LAM intensifies

[@KentuckyFriedChildren]

Just wait until modern military secrets get declassified, there’ll probably some crazy projects in there.

[@SudsyMedusa53]

Congratulations Mr tinsley, you've successfully managed to incorporate nearly all the major design flaws of Mechs without *any* of the theoretical benefits.

[@user-do5zk6jh1k]

Are there any theoretical benefits?

[@captainofmysoul1355]

@@user-do5zk6jh1k elevation maybe? I have seen it theorized that mechs might be good for urban combat. Also morale value, at least until the mech falls over or it's knees give out.

[@SudsyMedusa53]

@@user-do5zk6jh1k I've seen people argue that they would be more useful than tanks in mountainous rocky terrain, Urban, or swampy terrain. Personally I think that in practice these advantages would be somewhat limited. Also, if you have the technology to build effective mechs, you have the technology to build tanks three or four times better than those mechs.

[@user-do5zk6jh1k]

@@SudsyMedusa53 Definitely not swampy terrain. Feet dont work in swamps. Too much ground pressure. Maybe mountainous if you want to balance the torso.

[@user-do5zk6jh1k]

@@captainofmysoul1355 They would have to be huge to get an advantage. Otherwise, they're just like tanks.

[@s.i.m.poster6823]

I love how there's a flamethrower. There's literally no reason for it to be on THIS tank,and yet, there it is.

[@lordterra1377]

Likely when it was made it was still viable. Flame throwers are very good at clearing out structures, but also the rules of civilized warfare changed. Flamethrowers I think are considered cruel weapons and banned for military use.

[@lunchbox1553]

@@lordterra1377 It is considered a war crime.

[@hixc2069]

I will not look like an American tank if did not equipped with so much guns right?

[@riccards]

@@hixc2069 *screams in M2*

[@hixc2069]

@@riccards *British laughter in Matilda flamethrower mod*

[@korbell1089]

Looking at the copncept art, there's three things I can say about Tinsley. 1: He had a very loose understanding of engineering 2: He didn't have a clue on what ergonomics is. 3: there were drugs involved.

[@maxs.3238]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oXW8mqCsqpWnZqM Yeah. Cocaine.

[@owensthilaire8189]

Honestly surprised that he left out the laser gun...

[@Predator20357]

The amphibious tank was weird and probably needed more work. But that at least looked feasible unlike this utterly terrifying complex machine. This is the real life AT-ST

[@ghostplays2766]

The AT-ST would have been better than this.

[@Predator20357]

@@ghostplays2766 Honestly debatable as both are pieces of crap in their own special way, I guess it comes down to which one you think has a worst flaw.

[@cestus4186]

Gona be real here I think a AT-ST could dumpster a whole platoon of these Garbo tanks and I mean an AT-ST made with period materials and weapons at least that has 3 weapons 2 cannons 1 grenade/missile launcher not this clusterfuck

[@wilsonli5642]

@@Predator20357 The AT-ST does theoretically have one advantage, which is height. If it can hide in some trees, it can perhaps have a clear shot at a vulnerable top hatch. Or it can wait until the commander has to crawl out to load the recoilless rifle. Also an AT-ST can probably actually move around on the battlefield as opposed to just being bogged down immediately :D

[@Predator20357]

@@wilsonli5642 The AT-ST will still be bogged down (probably even worse) as Treads are still the most ground pressure reducer due to being flat squares and the theoretical baby tank would be lighter and have more treads and areas where it meets the ground. The US study what moose did when meeting swamps and what it did was avoid the swamp and now take that moose and give it 2 massive legs. Also the AT-ST would be a lovely target for air attacks as it’s slow compared to even a M26. While the height can be slightly helpful in hiding, the legs would be a dead give away or maybe even the head part if the forest doesn’t have that much density, Tanks however can hide in the forest even better as its smaller than a AT-ST and thus less areas to see it. Honestly the only advantage it would have is being able to strike from the top. However it would need to be lightly armored and lightly armed on the top or a slight elevation would trip it over. It’ll be a even worse KV-2 if it has anything that’s not a recoiless weapon or small arms. Honestly the AT-ST is much like the M3 Lee. The height was something no one liked when given. If you want a good AT-ST, go with a Bradley because at least then it won’t trip on logs when shooting roided our Care Bears. However this is not to say the baby assault tank is better, it would have to be lightly armed as well, have very exposable weak points as well, mines would fuck it hard, and the usage would be very limited. TDLR; the AT-ST is a cool but a huge mistake much like the Baby Assault Tank If employed in any combat situation that can be replaced with towers if you really want top down attacks from forests.

[@lairdcummings9092]

"Baby Battle Buggy." At this point, I'm quite sure he was taking the piss.

[@warrenokuma7264]

And rocking some of the good stuff.

[@Attaxalotl]

He imbibed too much of a certain potato-based liquid originating in eastern Europe.

[@lairdcummings9092]

@@Attaxalotl quite possibly the home-brew variety, complete with mind-altering impurities.

[@genejeffries2888]

No, this is pretty typical for the era. There were plenty of real life mad scientists about.

[@Attaxalotl]

@@genejeffries2888 Then distilled Russia was wayyyyy too cheap.

[@XxLIVRAxX]

This is straight up Vault-Tech tier design, it would fit right in a Fallout game.

[@taynor22]

11:11 remove the track pads and this looks almost like an attack helicopter. A vehicle that fulfills the role envisioned by Frank Tinsley. Though he got the method of propulsion wrong.

[@TheGreegles]

That's exactly what I though it was going to be, a "modular" helicopter that turns into a tank.. thing.. I'm honestly not sure which is worse.

[@ericpode6095]

I've got vague recollection of a design for a "flying tank", literally a tank with wings.

[@MrHws5mp]

He actually did some combat helicopter concepts. Put his name into a Google image search, take a moment to confirm that you really, truly havn't just done some kind of mushroom, then enjoy the rabbit hole...

[@dawsonreum8096]

At first I thought that was what the video was about, a helicopter but when it landed its blades fell off and it became a tank. I confused the periscope for a rotor mast and didn't see all of the guns.

[@richardcowling7381]

@@MrHws5mp I followed your suggestion with the modifier of partaking in some 'shrooms first. My psychiatrist says I'm definitely making progress now.

[@DeseretBaron]

2 man crew, multi-track, multi-turret, all on a pair of stilts, this sounds like a awful idea and I love it

[@ineednochannelyoutube5384]

Its like he took all the best practices and deliberately did the opposite.

[@jtcameron8345]

This is clearly what the Bradley should have turned into instead of an M113 with a gun on top XD

[@marmite8959]

If only they'd listened 🙄

[@dashiellgillingham4579]

It's not, that book was written by an idiot and the film suffers for it.

[@lisandrochavez7169]

@@dashiellgillingham4579 yeah man... All those Bradley's easily destroyed in actual combat are fictional as well... Clearly not a flawled design...

[@oz314]

War gaming will be watching this with great interest im sure of it.

[@maltesers1239]

Wargambling*

[@jbsmith966]

looks like a tank design that H.G. Wells might have made up for War of the Worlds Martian tanks

[@TheCollector4570]

Exactly what I was thinking

[@noanswer1864]

I love how the designer here ignored the fact that this had already been tried by a lot of countries. Conventional "tiny" tanks have armor, range, and ammo issues. This designer added those problems to the insane method of locomotion that looks like just about any weapon could disable it.

[@matthiuskoenig3378]

um, tiny tanks were at the time and are still used. not everything needs or should be an MBT you know

[@CallanElliott]

@@matthiuskoenig3378 Tankettes didn't last past WWII though, for the problem he outlined above. Lightly armoured vehicles that are sorta similar do still exist, they're just for different roles.

[@Zorro9129]

@Indigo Rodent Soviets were able to accomplish just that with the T-34, a medium tank. That said, I love the T-60 and T-70 light tanks.

[@wbertie2604]

@Indigo Rodent they were designed to be used in swarms, and were used in significant concentrations at times in WW1. By the 1930s they were slow and doctrines changed, so cavalry tanks were supposed to exploit and the two man tanks were expected to be on hand locally to deal with MG nests, etc. The little Puteaux was more a grenade launcher than a cannon given the size of the shell and the velocity.

[@wbertie2604]

@Indigo Rodent the T-34 was in no way related to the Renault FT concept, but rather a derived from the fast, mobile cavalry tank of the BT series which should be compared to British A13 and A15 cruiser tanks. In concept the T-34 was more like a Cromwell - a heavier cruiser, if initially hampered by a two man turret. And I mean this in the sense of the original Cromwell concept with a 57mm gun, compared to the original A32 version in Russia with a 45mm gun.

[@TheCptnOfFail]

This thing reminds me of something out of the battletech universe. A ton of weapons, no exact role, bigger than it needs to be, but designed with mobility in mind at the cost of being vulnerable to mines, and really neat.

[@MURgw]

Is interesting that aside the ridiculous design. The main requeriments that found this design (a small IFV that could replace infantry save for the most specialty jobs) is the same that is driving us today to develop automanous (and truly or at least partially autonomous, not a drone) "tankettes".

[@Zorro9129]

@C D 'Murican Wall-Es vs. claymore roombas and explosive drones

[@jarink1]

One of the benefits of the new "wingman" semi-autonomous AFVs is that they extend the capabilities of a manned vehicle in while keeping "mother" from getting too fat.

[@MrHodoAstartes]

You mean like the Wiesel weapon carriers of the German forces? They have these air-droppable little buggers that carry support weapons on a highly mobile armored chassis. They were originally supposed to support infantry, but in groups they can effectively operate like light tanks and pull hit-and-run tactics. Decidedly not strong enough to mount an assault against fortifications, but neither would those leggy boys be.

[@recurvestickerdragon]

Can't wait for Colin Furze to build one and have a blast driving in and out of the sea and climbing on rocks

[@effdiffeyeno171]

All hail Colin Furze. Engineering nutcase.

[@kahlzun]

@@effdiffeyeno171 nutcase in general, dude has insane energy

[@kommandantgalileo]

Now that, that is cursed tank.

[@malusignatius]

I'm surprised it didn't turn up in the GI Joe line up as a Cobra vehicle.

[@garthhaver3513]

Yeah. Hasbro missed out on that one. Would have made a great cobra vehicle.

[@ralang999]

All it's missing is a half dozen orange missiles on the sides of the hull

[@CB-ke7eq]

I'm beginning think this Tinsley fellow may have gone on to work for Destro... 🤔

[@scockery]

Arguably too much crew protection, Cobra preferred exposed positions and/or glass canopies. The little treads are much like the Cobra Devastator and Overloard's Dictator vehicles, as well as GI JOE's flame thrower PAC/RAT drone.

[@CostaCola]

Honestly my first thought was, "oh that looks like a COBRA tank with way too many weapons for that hull..."

[@fabovondestory]

I love how these 'tank desginers' never think about _enemy_

[@whoelsebutmeofcoursei]

Enemy: the set dressing that stands in hostile compliance waiting to be slaughtered. Everytime I see those designs (and also when I see mechas) I can't help but imagine these things getting obliterated from every direction by enemy RPG operators as soon as it steps into line of sight.

[@vondantalingting]

@@whoelsebutmeofcoursei actually, mechas are a dangerous enemy: If you have the technology to make them work.

[@PilotTed]

@@whoelsebutmeofcoursei I mean, this was before RPGs existed. This was designed during the Korean War.

[@PilotTed]

@@whoelsebutmeofcoursei Well to be more precise, this was before RPG 7s that you are probably thinking of existed. It wasn't until Vietnam, where we faced RPG 7s. We did face Panzershrecks and PanzerFausts in WWII, but besides that, during Korean, the only threat we faced for our tanks were enemy tanks, mines, and AT guns.

[@SudsyMedusa53]

@@vondantalingting if you have the technology to make effective mechs, then you have the technology to make tanks that are three or four times as good as the mechs.

[@ardrek_]

Love the story and the bonkers tank design! Frank was a "visionary"

[@jaex9617]

That's a nice way to put it. 😸

[@dirufanboy1971]

Yeah. Ok. I'm now convinced more than the last video that this Frank fella was in fact just a trolling mad lad.

[@someasiankid6214]

the concept was so that the turret would spin so fast, it would have the power of flight

[@AKUJIVALDO]

Why tracks then, Frank?

[@vizzy61]

@AKUJIVALDO can't fly forever.

[@JamesCalbraith]

Stopped tantalizingly short of inventing a full mecha.

[@thefez-cat]

Somebody needed to stick their head in the room and hiss the word "hovercraft" at him while he was drawing it.

[@TheAllAroundMan]

You see Ivan, we make helicopter, but on ground so no danger of fall from sky

[@nightshade4873]

seeing that tank, i wonder what NIcholas Moran aka Chieftain would think, and imagine him doing the "Oh bugger, the tank is on fire" in it.

[@tracytron7162]

“Use our irreplaceable GI's for the less hazardous chore of mopping up?” Um..... This person does realise that there are *also* people *inside* the tank, right?

[@tracytron7162]

@samu1040 samu1040 My god too true -~-

[@CrazyDutchguys]

You could argue that being inside a tank is significantly safer than storming a beach on foot.

[@pugnate666]

@@CrazyDutchguys yeah but not this one xD

[@AdamantLightLP]

@samu1040 samu1040 I mean they were, but sure.

[@nolategame6367]

Sure, but this has a lot more firepower per person, and it's a lot safer from rifle shots. Also maybe since the dude was a designer he didn't think about how soldiers are dumb? Also from the narration it's not like the mines actually kill the crew, only achieving a mobility kill.

[@voghelmyorheim4491]

This looks more like a Metal Slug boss than an actual vehicle, holy cow lol

[@streamjumper2442]

The fact that the concept art has the tank named "la cucaracha" tells me they might've though about making a tank that looks like a cockroach and went backwards from there

[@libricks]

I like it. It looks cool. Someone should totally build it.

[@lifuranph.d.9440]

Yes, then talk .

[@baham6930]

The tank's design would be really fitting for the game titled Red Alert 3, on the soviet because of the armor design is really wacky!

[@WanderlustZero]

Came here to say this, but I'd have said the Allied side. The track arrangement isn't too far from the Allies' MBT, just in reverse

[@Razalonjrt1]

I think someone has been reading H.G. Wells for ideas looks more like a traced Martian pod then a tank, The tracks are too small and would not do well going over trenches which is one reason the track is so long on most tanks. I love these wacky designs and just glad they never got off the "drawing board".

[@ethanbrandt8617]

Spider tank, spider tank, here comes the spider tank.

[@effdiffeyeno171]

Spider tank Spider tank Totally crap It's a load of wank Does it work? Does it hell. Taken out With a fifty call Look out There goes the spider tank!

[@jimfarmer7811]

I've often thought that we could use the technology developed by Boston Dynamics to make a lightly armored walking tank. The tank would be designed to detect anti-tank rounds and literally move the body out of the way of the incoming round. This would require fairly open terrain to allow time for the tank to detect the threat and move the body out of the way without turning the crew to mush from the G forces.

[@awakeandwatching953]

Boston dynamics tech will more likely be used for domestic "police" operations

[@WingMaster562]

Ah yes, reject armor, embrace dodge builds.

[@jimfarmer7811]

@@WingMaster562 I thought you might have general armor that would stand up to 20mm rounds. If it's not feasible to move the whole vehicle body fast enough to avoid rounds it might be possible to position the vehicle so that the round would impact an area that had thicker armor. It would be interesting to simulate this in a combat game.

[@nthos5660]

In order to dodge a bullet it would have to move faster than any modern machine of that size can manage.

[@molybdaen11]

Even if you were able to dodge a shell - in modern times it would not work. First of there are way to many projectiles flying towards you to evade. Second there are detonator which can activate even if the shell is just near the target. And third you would need computers to drive the tank since any human would pass out.

[@pepper99]

Me: *driving and listening to coneofarc* COA: “close your eyes” Me: 😳

[@calessel3139]

I would love to see The Chieftain cover this!

[@MediumRareOpinions]

Looks like something I'd expect to see in Fallout 5

[@Dan-wt7jx]

The PreWar tanks and power armor make much more sense than this thing.

[@Zorro9129]

Power armor actually makes sense. Fallout 4 tanks are designed by incompetent hacks (Bethesda) but at least they have a discernible purpose. This...I don't know.

[@Dan-wt7jx]

@@Zorro9129 the PW tanks and APCs are definitely a bit silly, but more realistic than the tank in this video. Power Armor in theory solves the problem that this tank was designed for, allowing greater fire power and armor for infantry actions while maintaining high mobility, the downside is it's expensive, would be subject to breakdowns, and heavy kinetic weapons will still kill the pilot even if the armor isn't pierced. But CoA should definitely do a multiparty series on the Armor if the FO universe.

[@Kyle-gw6qp]

Also, fabulous storytelling. Well narrated and we'll written.

[@AZREDFERN]

A personal tank still seems like a decent idea, but not by re-inventing the wheel. The best bet would be a large quad with tracks, beefed up suspension, a minimalist 1/4" AR500 cab, and a M2 mount braced from the front frame. Then at least it's still a moderately small size and weighs as little as possible while still able to stop rifle rounds. The rider would also be wearing an IOTV-IV and FAST helmet in case anything sneaks through. They wouldn't travel alone. They would still travel with a full rifle squad as a supplement when going on a patrol in an area large enough for a vehicle, but requires them to be dismounted.

[@thelieutenant7732]

I’m surprised the Fallout franchise hasn’t stolen all of this man’s ideas

[@Dianasaurthemelonlord7777]

I mean for the 50's this makes sense. Just that Sub tank made more sense and probably would have worked after a boatload of tinkering

[@FloridatedH2O]

heh "boatload"

[@wbertie2604]

It would make sense for the 1960s and something from the mind of Gerry Anderson, perhaps.

[@Dianasaurthemelonlord7777]

@@wbertie2604 Yeah

[@azimunal6343]

I love the fact that today the ones we call " normal " was among the many other " insane ".

[@6thsavage]

Sir, that’s the back of an Action Figure box. For the young folks, an action figure is like a tangible Marvel Character made from cheap plastics and uploaded into real space via the industry app.

[@recurvestickerdragon]

Thanks, this gave me cancer

[@rinislaboratories1315]

Thanks, this gave me AIDS

[@colbyuetake130]

Thanks, this gave me APFSDS Wait...

[@DJmachine1O1]

I know what it is. I had GI Joe action figures as a kid.

[@elpepe-zr3ge]

Thanks, this gave me 183cal. HESH

[@supermaster2012]

Calling the Sturmtiger a recoiless rifle might be bit of an overstretch considering they literally had to hold it down with sandbags or the recoil would simply peal the armor plates like a banana.

[@eanschaan9392]

When you want a dune buggy, a tank, and a spider mech, but you really like how helicopters look.

[@Rookie_FPS]

Another century to wait for another premiere

[@tracytron7162]

When I saw the thumbnail I honestly thought this was a helicopter until I read the title lmao

[@davonmulder8458]

'An absolute acid trip of a tank design.` This must be one of the best quotes i've ever heard!

[@robertb7293]

Normal engineers; The best moving part is no moving part. Frank; But that's nowhere near enough parts!

[@warrenokuma7264]

My take, seventy-five percent of the force is down due to maintenance of six tracks (!) (not just two found on normal tanks) plus suspension and transmissions. The attack begins, but due to the overburdened commander, most enemies can sneak up without being noticed and destroy several babies with anti-tank rockets and cannons. A few enemies are killed or wounded but the surviving babies flee because they ran out of ammunition and are cut down. A few ran into supported tanks and are just killed outright, and many run into minefields and are shelled into oblivion.

[@michelvan97]

This Baby Tank has another BIG disadvantage: How to Transport those things to Battlefield ? The legs make this tank quite unwieldy for cargo ships and Aircraft in contrast compact to German Wiesel Tanks who is easy to store in large numbers on transporter while a few Baby tanks are Transported, except there dismantle in piece, but that need assembly on arrival...

[@molybdaen11]

We fold the legs like that of an death insect, under the main body.

[@RogueCove]

Looks like The Mechanicus has been drinking too many oil margaritas again

[@effdiffeyeno171]

That's definitely not STC approved.

[@willtipton100]

I absolutely loved that story, please do more of them if you feel so inclined. It sort of adds a whole new dimension to hear a scenario that illustrates how such vehicles could have been used

[@MrSaemichlaus]

The analogy with insects falls apart with scale: an inch long insect has a shell and limbs out of strong material relative to the forces it manages. On a large scale, things tend to behave like a putty or like fluids, as is obvious in astronomy. A tank is just an in between case of this effect. Even if you could get the structure to support itself, it would take tremendous effort to get all functions to work reliably (especially in terrain), and it would be very easy to immobilize with light fire. They could route all wiring and rotating shafts to power the tracks through the center void of structural pipes, but the engineering effort would be huge. Simplicity is a big part of design, especially in a highly dynamic environment like a battlefield.

[@misanthropichumanist4782]

Huh. When I first saw the pic, I thought it was a helicopter. The seating arrangement looks like the Cobra's. Was the designer involved in aircraft design?

[@ryanzhu546]

Honestly it does look like something COBRA mooks would fild adgenst the JOES.

[@misanthropichumanist4782]

@@ryanzhu546 Hmmm... looks like a cartoon vehicle, for sure, yeah. But, I was referring to the cockpit layout of the Cobra attack helicopter. (Wikipedia link, if you're unaware of the aircraft) en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_AH-1_Cobra Specifically, the Cobra, and this vehicle share a similar "tandem" crew compartment/cockpit.

[@adamgardiner5869]

Great vid, loved the bit of story t long at the end. 👍🏼

[@SuperVictorion]

I love the story you did at the end. More like that please.

[@googleman2898]

Hope we can one day see it in action!

[@scavulous6336]

Well time to go play sprocket

[@milankester7920]

I actually really liked that small story fantasizing and would love to see that in more videos!!

[@armoredcf3536]

That storytelling was actually real vivid and i was able to actually picture it! you should do more of that!

[@edwardfletcher7790]

It's really obvious Frank never studied any sort of industrial design or engineering. This is as ridiculous as the 2 wheeled gyro car Ford designed. It's like a Tank designed by a sugar crazed 9yo !

[@Dan-wt7jx]

The drawings from my childhood feel attacked by this comment.

[@athenajayvieljerios8343]

Looks like a good thing to add in star wars as a tank concept lol.

[@dill_weed]

I just love the artwork that came with these ideas. There's another one called "let's use...helicopter cavalry" that's just a bunch of single-seater helicopters a la horses.

[@anoninunen]

"What sick man send Baby to fight me?" hOOVY

[@jamesharding3459]

I would call this clickbait if I didn’t know better.

[@deptusmechanikus7362]

Looks like a helicopter on tracks.

[@effdiffeyeno171]

You need to build one.

[@VtwinGamingKimico52]

absolutely awesome video, loved the story at the end!

[@jamesburdock3937]

Love the commander's facial expression. He means business

[@thefez-cat]

That man is panicking with every molecule in his body.

[@funnydog7133]

ground pressure go brrrrrr

[@effdiffeyeno171]

Russian winter go brrrrrr A 10 Warthog go BRRRRRRR!

[@junyutan2172]

New war thunder april fools leaked

[@parallel-knight]

You gotta do a series where you take subscriber designs/ideas and reviews them it would make for great viewer/creator interaction. Love these videos

[@anthonyq7662]

Your story was absolutely awesome, love your content

[@LeafseasonMagbag]

How much ammo could this thing be expected to carry, given both the small size and variety of weapons?

[@thefez-cat]

Honestly, probably not enough to do much more than charge a single position and then hunker down and wait for reloads to catch up. Probably have to open the damn side door just to have enough room to reload anything anyway.

[@thebleedingcard9050]

I honestly thought i was starring at a helicopter for a minute

[@Arrowtomahknee]

Please continue to do more of this story telling! It's wonderful and really brings these engineering monstrosities to life!

[@Bearthedancingman]

I loved the concept story at the end. Looking forward to new crazy concepts and short stories to go with them.

[@venatorspar90]

the literal hell is this monstrosity

[@Pantology_Enthusiast]

an insect to be squashed :P

[@RedFox04190]

We need a billionaire to be crazy enough to make this thing work. I’m looking at you Elon.

[@alexander1485]

Ahem, jeff bezos

[@thepackerssmacker8188]

This tank blew my mind! A tanks size is determined by weight, not overall size. That's why it's referred to as a "baby assault tank"

[@mbryson2899]

You cover some truly bizarre subjects in a very compelling manner. And your storytelling was spot-on, I thought.

[@joshuazoldschool4720]

Loved it!!!Great Content 🤞😉

[@johndoe-xc4hl]

good job man, very entertaining 😁👍

[@kirishima638]

This is hillarious. In the drawing @7:48, you can the see the front 'drive pod' navigating barbed wire. In reality, trenches would be covered with barbed wire that would faul up this design the moment it tried to step into it. Those little jagged edges wouldn't help much. In Korea, communist troops literally swarmed tanks and would make short work of these things. This is the kind of thing you'd expect to see in an early 1930s science fiction comic.

[@ascensionindustries9631]

I think a modern version of this could work, especially if it was tight enough to move through urban environments, or at the very least, just look kool.

[@manifestman132]

Gotta love the wacky 1950s sci-fi designs. I would scrap the tracks for wheels for a armored scout buggy.

[@anarex0929]

This reminds me of it might be the inspiration for "New Dominion tank Police" something about seeing that two men sports car little tank kick ass was so cool as a kid. I remember riding my 600cc F4 up three cities away dodging cops and having fun just to go up and chill at the anime store and rent 6 cassettes. Those were the day of my youth in DFW Texas as a highschool student. He normally only let people rent three but he knew I was a fan and honorable. and the fact that I was driving from three cities away and got them back on time helped.

[@scarsandstiches254]

I’m a ‘little’ late, but I loved the story telling so much! I’d love to see more from you like that

[@justrelax8465]

Loved the commentary at the end. More!

[@station992]

Really nice the little story!! I was imagine everything ❤❤❤

[@brendandor]

Definitely love the story! Would be cool to do some cursed movie tanks too!

[@nothisismine]

I LOVE THESE VIDS!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!

[@scorchdraken3513]

The little storytelling bit was quite a bonus. It helps being to life these designs, like you said you wanted to do.