This Flying Tank Was Actually Attempted and It Was Terrible... SO I MADE ONE

[@exon0644]

The fact that this both looks better than any tank I've built in Trailmakers and flies better than any plane I've built...

[@karthicktj1754]

Bro,.... same

[@yyhhttcccyyhhttccc6694]

@karthick TJ bro DOUBLE SAME

[@SirNobleIZH]

Same for me until recently I made an A10 that flies extremely well and brrrts metal crates

[@guizocagames4847]

Lol me too

[@quickmath9354]

After the flying tank you could try the Reid RFS-1, The Flying Submarine

[@coatguards8032]

Who the heck made a submarine fly?

[@chaoskiwi2447]

The what :0

[@_charademon_]

The news: China might be hiding thir subs under water. China: YOU FOOLS.

[@Algia_]

I have found a new favorite plane and a new favorite submarine

[@hi-wf9ql]

who the-

[@Aaron-oe8xw]

While it seems odd that the tank was stripped down to an extent of even removing the turret, back in 1942 tanks were used to push the front forward, their turrets were useful mostly against large or heavily armored opponents, but the tank could move across fields that were mined for men, flatten soft terrain, provide cover for moving troops and it could also crush gates and fences, and other small obstacles. Im not a tank expert or anything but i dont think that removing the gun of the turret in those days was as detrimental to the effectiveness of tank, especially when attempting flight. You gotta remeber that ww2 was partially won by inflatable tanks and fake armies, if you havnt seen it, definatley check out the false battalions of the allied forces. Seemingly ridiculous plan that ended up aiding a British spy who successfully diverted thousands troops away from the southern beaches on D-Day.

[@-user_redacted-]

My favorite story of WWII is of the one guy who was left behind doing donuts in a tank to stir up dust and give the impression of an army approaching, while the rest of his guys went a different route. Dude is an absolute legend.

[@zjanez2868]

also where it would be deployed would likely be well scouted in advance, which would also include checking for actual threats to the tank the t60 was already completely useless for frontline combat in 1942, so not having its proper gun wouldnt matter that much

[@themuttonqueen8692]

Well the problem with this idea isn’t the T-60/A40 or it’s weight because the soviets did have a bomber at the time with a 5000kg carry weight (the Pe-8), I think A bigger issue is that each plane could only carry one T-60 and there were only about 90 or so Pe-8s built, so even if you were able to get every single Pe-8 ever built to drop one. That would still be a relatively small fighting force and that’s only if every Pe-8 were still functional, as a large number of them crashed or were shot down. The Soviet Union would need to reroute a lot of resources just to deploy the A-40s in substantial numbers when those resources could be used for bombing bridges and factory which would have a much larger effect than the two or three dozen T-60s.

[@Aaron-oe8xw]

@@themuttonqueen8692 ok, well i was only really talking about how a tank is still useful when the barrel was removed. Thats about it. The program was scrapped for reasons that are pretty obvious.

[@alkestos]

@@themuttonqueen8692 It's annoying that every single great and magnificent plan is destroyed just by one thing alone. Reality.

[@jackfastcool]

You see, Ivan, if you fly tank, the enemy does not know wether to shoot Anti-Air, or Anti-Tank

[@GlassOfVitto]

Ive seen that meme lol

[@Krokmaniak]

Then you realize germans are using AA as Antitanks when there is no planes, so they don't care

[@sirpanda5962]

Lol

[@ĘĞFĀMÏŁŸĠÆMẼŞ]

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL THATS HILARIOUS BUT I WOULD USE ANTI TANK IKD WHY

[@notyetyeet6325]

Always this one person THIS ONE PERSON HAS TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS

[@squiddudis7706]

Try making the strv 103, it's practically a wedge and it's turret is attached to it's hull so it's treads need to tilt back and forth so the turret can aim

[@glauberglousger6643]

Sweden had a few great ideas

[@justsomemustachewithoutaguy-]

It it literally the main battle tank of the wedge gang republic

[@inspirion5500]

And in one of scrapman's teardown videos the strv was also there!

[@vikingr7791]

I tried, it´s hard to do it in Trailmakers

[@TheAlphaAfk]

The Swedish wedge would be awesome to see is something like trail makers

[@i_forgor7268]

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it superman? Scrapman: its a tank.......

[@carrott36]

No! It’s tank-plane-thing!

[@i_forgor7268]

@@carrott36 hahaha

[@thetuanschannel4113]

Idea for MM: Each person makes a tank with their own tank design using either the same wing or custom wings in scrap mechanic or trailmakers. Glide from a platform to the battlefield and fight using cannons! Would be fnn

[@hi-wf9ql]

good idea 👍

[@scrap5407]

Good idea, I would prefer seeing it in Scrap mechanic

[@JACandQuill]

Love this idea

[@zachrivera9162]

put this in the discord as well for a better chance of Scrapman seeing it

[@PlacidLife]

Got a similar idea, but basically battle bots inspired by absurd real life machines

[@tryz0r]

A flying tank? Sounds like something i'd try to build and fail miserably.

[@nesyboi9421]

Irl it was a glider, the antonov A-40 based off of the T-60 light tank

[@RoxxBeatZ]

T-37A was successfully dropped without crew but later sunk due to the water leaking through the unsealed viewports. T-38 was dropped with crew inside, and the crew were able to drive the tank back to the shore, although suffering from some major injuries.

[@alkestos]

... although suffering from some major injuries... So a great success you say?

[@tylanpiret95]

Imagine you seeing this fly over and saying "this is fine"

[@Sleeper____1472]

Just learned about the Antonov A-40 on accident about a week ago after looking through a catalog in a flight simulator. The A-40 was only craftable and I had no parts for it but it grabbed my interest.

[@carlosbarrios9471]

These skits with himself need to become it's own series! 😂

[@kurosumomo]

The T-60 light tank they used for this "only" weighs 5.8 tonnes, so this could have been possible with more development time. We do have parachutable light tanks today, so the idea wasn't that outlandish and I believe the story about the prototype flight is feasible.

[@-user_redacted-]

Yeah, I absolutely believe it was able to glide to safety. Now 8f they'd strapped engines to it and claimed they were able to gain altitude, I'd be much more skeptical.

[@IgnavumFortuna]

and given that one of the bombers intended for towing actually had up to 5t payload.

[@themuttonqueen8692]

The Soviets did In fact have a bomber at the time called the Pe-8 that could carry a 5000kg load so the weight isn’t too much of an issue. I think a bigger issue would be that there were only around 90 pe-8s built and you would need to dedicate a relatively valuable long range strategic bomber to carry each and every T-60/A-40. It would be a huge waste of resources to drop them in large numbers.

[@Firefrab]

they had parachuteable tanks in ww2... the tetrach light tank for example

[@themuttonqueen8692]

@@Firefrab yes, a lot of nations experimented with airdropping tanks such as the M22 but the idea was never used to much effect if at all because of the limited combat performance of a tetrarch or M22 as well as the limited number of planes capable of supporting the weight, the United States even attempted to design a plane for the exact purpose but the war had already ended by the time it made it through testing.

[@kaminelson1277]

Imagine being on an aircraft carrier and a freakin TANK fly's on to the deck and starts shooting at everything.

[@100ksubsanillmakeavideo3]

It would be shot down long before that tanks show up on radar pretty well its not a stealth bomber lol

[@BlackFoxEdits]

I love the Conversation skits and thx for bringing them back , you should recreate the VVA14(The Submarine Hunter) which was a also a failed project

[@-user_redacted-]

I'm just imagining how terrifying it would be to be the "pilot" of a flying tank. Hurtling through the air in a multi-ton casket at ridiculous speeds with a tiny slit to see through. No thank you.

[@GunsNerdsandSteel]

Anytime I need a mood booster, I watch ScrapMan

[@Zekwanna]

me too

[@HalfWolf2]

As a note to the whole removal of weapons, a tank functions for more use than as a weapon necessarily, for protection of infantry both within and behind the tank

[@sketchfox2391]

You could try and make the Heinkel 111Zwilling. It was two he111's strapped together by their wings to tow a larger glider the me321.

[@franzxaver5309]

for a working tank steering, you could just not hook the engines up to every wheel, that should work

[@Djungelskog69]

The flying tank is like only removing your breaks for weight reduction on a car

[@ĘĞFĀMÏŁŸĠÆMẼŞ]

LOL

[@graysonstretch3321]

You should do a Multiplayer Monday where you get have to build something to fly, float, swim, shoot, and drive and then you get one 15 seconds for flying, driving, floating, and swimming, but it's a battle.

[@bagyoundoy4145]

Is this the flying tank that one fan is talking about?

[@Zibani]

I think you man "Won't shut up about, despite how stupid his request is."

[@michaelgeerts3021]

you should have built the M22 because those were made on a somewhat large scale and actually kind of worked. Like it actually was used in battle, but the ones that successfully landed had to stay behind more heavily armored and powerful tanks.

[@carrott36]

HOLY THATS A LOT OF MACHINE GUNS

[@i_forgor7268]

Try the "ZIL-2906", its kinda weird

[@crustybomb115]

oooh worm gear driven tank... i remember colin furze made something simillar...

[@Alpha_0ne276]

I imagine you'd have a lot of fun with the Soviet RBT-5, it was a BT-5 light tank that could launch two massive rockets that were so large they were known by some as "Tank torpedoes"

[@glauberglousger6643]

Leave it up to the Soviets to make something else even weirder... Progvev T Tanks with rockets attached to them Also tanks with rocket engines attached as shown by a Reddit video

[@nesyboi9421]

What about the mine clearing tank with a mig engine?

[@panupongs.5645]

I also have another suggestion, try to make the DD tank, or the Sherman DD, it was used in the D-day and supposed to be able to swim , the way it swims is to inflate the dinghy and swim, but it failed badly.

[@chakatfirepaw]

By 'failed badly' you mean had a serious failure in one, (Omaha Beach), of their eleven swimming deployments, (all five Normandy beaches, southern France, the Scheldt, the Rhine, the Elbe, the Po and the Elde). With that one being in conditions they never should have been launched in.

[@danutasultani201]

Dude, dont tell russians how to fix their flying tanks right before ww3 to start

[@TheAlphaAfk]

According to Wikipedia the t-60 weight was around 5.8 tons Which is less than a passenger plane

[@AgentWest]

Air dropping tanks has been done in more modern times as well. One would be pushed out of the back of a cargo plane that's flying a few feet off the ground. The tank would be on a skid plate though, so the drivetrain is not put under stress. Don't remember if crews would be inside during the drop though.

[@oskiboskiyt5699]

Try doing the "Nutcracker VTOL G-674". Its just a crazy VTOL (like it says in the name) that quite literally folds on it self by 90° to land. I think it will be hard to build but i also think that it will be a fun challenge for SCRAPMAN.

[@Ghostly3011]

“You see comrade. Make flying tank. Attack enemy. Enemy not know whether to use anti air or anti tank. Become confused.”

[@barefootalien]

Center of mass in front of center of lift is never an insurmountable problem. Even _far_ in front, that just means you need a much bigger tail plane and elevator. Airliners actually have the CoM fairly far forward of the CoL and use very large tails to compensate. After all, if a couple too many people tried to walk to the rear bathroom at the same time, you wouldn't want the plane to fall out of the sky. They also typically have ginormous vertical stabilizers as well, because the rudder has to be powerful enough to compensate for asymmetrical thrust with an engine out, with the remaining engine having a humongous lever arm.

[@thegamingender6933]

We need to see this in the workshop.

[@steepzeus85]

I love this new series that you are making. Keep up the good work!

[@_miobrot_603]

This has to be the shortest video where you recreate a historical machine. It worked terrific!

[@thundercrowz]

The USA still drop tanks out of cargo planes with parachutes and sometimes the drop them with helicopters.

[@Rullstolsboken]

You should build a armoured vehicle-launched bridge (AVLB)

[@brettmacaulay397]

Ok but you have got to admit if it worked exactly as intended. That would have been terrifying to see at that point in time

[@crustybomb115]

not exactly, since the counter tactic would be more surveillance within your own borders, every time a bomber would be spotted and dropped something off, immediately rush soldiers to that location to eliminate the threat...

[@RenTheBean]

I would imagine a big reason the wings were on the back is because it was supposed to be towed witch countered the nose diving.

[@smahadik156]

Lol the "excuse me, what?";the"flap flap amirite"and the"sup?" Were EPIC 👍🏻😆

[@Nafinafnaf]

Ah yes, the classic antonov A-40. I loved this thing from the first time I saw it

[@JamUsagi]

That turret gives me an idea: Build a plane with no steering wings - instead, shift the plane's weight with movable turrets and the like to make it turn. I have no idea if this will actually work, but it's worth a shot!

[@lavaleopard2961]

By the way, I am pretty sure the soviets, (actually maybe not the soviets, maybe another power, I don’t know or care)realized that bombers were more fuel efficient than fighters, so what they did was strapped a few fighters to a bomber and made them detach once the planes got to a battlefield, if someone known the name of this “strategy” please tell me.

[@a.9.u.fnoobgamer484]

I think it was called operation big brother, but im not sure

[@scottowens398]

Ah, the air carrier! This is a fun story. Water based carriers can transport, launch and receive planes anywhere in the world! Anywhere on oceans, anyway. And with a grace period of two weeks to get where it's going. Now, seeing as how airplanes are so much faster, they should be able to deploy anywhere in a matter of hours regardless of terrain. The idea was implemented with blimps (which kind of worked, but with limited success, as it only carried one plane) and modified 747s (this idea never got off the drawing board, I don't think). This idea was disbanded until recently, where we now have military grade drones. Imagine if you will: A fleet of 6 747s each deploying a drone every 10 minutes. This actually may happen, but probably not.

[@chakatfirepaw]

A number of nations have experimented with parasite fighters, only the Russians and Japanese even used them operationally. It was less due to fuel efficiency and more due to larger aircraft simply being able to carry more fuel.

[@pixelatedpuppet895]

multiplayer challenge: flying tank challenge. The last one flying wins.

[@disgruntledgames]

It would be cool to see you make this a challenge with kan and the others: Choose a prototype vehicle to recreate and improve like this one, then compete in a series of challenges

[@lordsrednuas]

Taking everything off for the first prototype makes sense. If it had been a success they could have then worked on adding as much weight as they could back to it. Give it the best change of success just to see if it's feasible, leave the 'drop it with arms and ammunition' stage for after you figure out if it's going to work at all

[@0V3N.NA1]

you should make the progvev-t. It was a tank with a jet engine that blowed lots of heat to explode mines

[@rip_8114]

I'm a tall person and this has the distinct feeling of when someone way smaller than me actuall picks me up. Like.. it shouldn't work but here we are

[@jacobf6945]

The TB-3 Bomber was able to fly at low speeds and not stall, so it wasn't completely unfeasible for the tanks to survive the drop

[@Sumguyco]

Suggestion: Make the Kugelpanzer it looks stupid but it is real. It is a round tank

[@tibag001]

Idea for a video: Make something like a hovercraft, or a helicopter or something, but just a tiny bit wrong. Like, hovercraft won't stop rotating it less, or whatever. And then leave it up to the community to "fix" it, any way but the right way. Then after a week you check and see what everyone did. Or even a multiplayer Monday. "Fixing" bad creations. I like that kind of stuff.

[@RanYT-uq8zb]

Here's an idea try build a rotordyne in trailmaker, is basically a plane with a massive helicopter blade on top of its fuselage.

[@morgancollinsworth4779]

I'm so glad you finally did this one

[@nivocz769]

4:43 why was i expecting him to just scream "MY BOY THAT IS CALLED A CAR"

[@sparking023]

Despite Scrapman stating that you can't just slap wings to a tank, that's almost exactly the thought process behind the A-10 Warthog. It's a Gatling gun with wings

[@Oscbear]

you should try and make the XSV-20, it's a really weird boat that was made for the irish navy. Unconventional design, but it's really good at handling crazy rough water.

[@zerosumgame5700]

3:47 I'm getting Ryan George vibes, you are kinda good at this. 7:52 See? You're playing around with the concept already!

[@thecrxguy420]

I am so glad you did this! My favorite flying machine concept ever!

[@deleted4328]

Idk why but it was so funny hearing “ not only it had to fly itself with the aircraft, but also fly with another aircraft made out of TANK”

[@elliotlaird9092]

I think a great historical plane you could recreate is the AD-1 oblique wing

[@dedunuperera7052]

I love the edits In this video, scrapman content gets better with every video!

[@realcanadian67]

I love that you put "hitler has only got one ball" in the background while researching the tank itself

[@bakupcpu]

There is an somewhat easy way to do tank steer in trailmakers and it uses logic to control the engine you need 3 logic gate and 2 engine.

[@Jacky_boi_]

Hi ScrapMan! I love this series, it’s so cool. I have a vehicle suggestion, it’s called the panjandrum it’s a rocket propelled explosive laden cart. It was developed during WWII

[@scrapman]

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[@Jacky_boi_]

@@scrapman oh, I didn’t see that video!

[@UBAT128]

you should do a multiplayer monday type video where you and the others do challenges but you use your own creations you've built in the past (for example some of your recreation of real life machines)

[@Kazarijyanainoyonamidawa]

Maybe you could make The Caproni Transaero

[@diedampfbrasse98]

Multiplayer Monday idea: time challenge on a monkey bar parkour where "vehicles" have to go through hanging, with different gap size and heights between bars. Ideally over a carpet of explosives ofc.

[@BadMemeHere]

Does anyone remember that in Star Wars II the AT-TE walkers were being carried by the same type of ship as the people were? This idea just seems so similar

[@semi-useful5178]

The Turret itself was the flight contols, the cannon was pointing backwards and it could be contolled by moving the cannon and gun

[@cutecitty6114]

In the designer’s defense, there were unpowered gliders that were pulled by bomber planes at the time (and probably still are)

[@AubiNation]

Dropping tanks from a cargo aircraft was used recently! Look up LAPES - Low Altitude Parachute Extraction System! “Tactical Airlift”

[@villekorhonen824]

Ï'll have to check, but i seem to remember that Christie flying tank had an option to disconnect the driveshaft from the tank treads and connect it to the propeller which was attached to the wing construction made of plywood, so in theory it was capable of taking a flight by its own power. The most successful test fly was around 5 meters or so before it crashed to the ground, soo...yeah.

[@ProfNutButters]

How about a Bagger 288 not sure what game could make it functional though.

[@wyattruebush]

it's likely that the designers were planning on having the tail produce downforce to counteract the weight in the front of the plane/tank. many current planes use that design as well.

[@Circle912]

If your shooting your cannon in mid air recoil is going to be: HMMMMMM NOT TODAY TRIPLE BACKFLIP

[@Terra_Egg]

By all know laws of aviation, there is no way a tank should be able to fly, a tank of course flies anyways because tanks do not care what humans think is impossible

[@KergylKraft]

Video idea: Build the Delahaye Landship, that would fit the channel pretty well.

[@ProfNutButters]

As another suggestion Kalinin K-7 would be really cool.

[@Coolfridge212]

Try make the kv-6 it's basically a land batteship

[@SpaceKat_official]

It would be cool if you tried to make the kugelpanzer/rollzeug , it's a WW2 era ball shaped tank

[@TheSlothGamer3000]

I love that Scrapman is having conversations with himself now. 😆

[@olivers3973]

about dropping tanks from planes, have you ever heard of the Daimler ferret reconnaissance vehicle?

[@Echo_the_half_glitch]

I can't think of anything other then that one decepticon who turns into both a tank and a plane

[@Zekwanna]

4:38 haha, the fact that someone actually thought that was a good idea is mind blowing. lol

[@LavaDa1shi]

I heard of this tank before it sounds like it was designed by a couple of drunk guys. but too be fair ww2 was when they started to try wacky weird ideas to see what's best tanks and planes were still a bit new especially tanks and now tanks and aircraft designs are a bit more refined to what is most effective usually from what I know nowadays they just build the same thing but better until a new role is discovered or new technology and then that will be built or replace something not needed.

[@WolfRunner-pd1pz]

Use w and s and e and d for tank steering

[@Mleb420]

Engineers of this: let’s take something that excels at what it’s made for, and make it do something else!

[@carrott36]

It’s not like that’s failed millions of times before! What’s the worst that could happen?

[@jimaaman]

Multiplayer Monday where you each build your own flying tank. Then two of you dive in from a height and attack the third who is playing defense. Inspired by glow bugs and tanks!!!

[@conquerofgames8504]

In 0:16 the bottom left tank is ze Ratte 1000 or what was supposed to be the largest tank ever built at 1000 tons with her tripled double sided tracks she could go 45 mph and trample T34s in her wake That's history today with me Greg

[@Alffraido]

Create the bomber that drops the tank. And make the tank and plane work individually! That would be cool :)

[@lindencrow224]

Y’all should do a competition where you all build your own version then fight and if u get shot down your a tank then it’s last man standing

[@HalfWolf2]

There were a couple planes, affectionately nicknamed narwhals, being heavy fighters like bf 110 and me 262 with tank cannons mounted in the nose

[@uknownelemental8992]

Scrapman said that they should have put a bomber engine in the tank and make it a seperate flying vehicle, but that would mean they need a full engine fr each use since the wings are detached since they make the experience worse when on ground. Btw if Scrapman reads this msg I love ur vids!

[@ProfessionalNoodler]

These type of tanks would be pretty rearward heavy as that’s where their heavy diesel engines were located. The wings are located rearward because the COG is further rearward. Adding the weight blocks to the rear would better simulate this silly thing.

[@jacospies7418]

The 3rd photo in the beginning actually was the biggest tank ever invented, it was never built because it was too big, but it had a whole bathroom inside

[@copiedcatagain151]

I gotta be honest, from watching these videos about weird vehicles from the past, I am now wondering how well a C.450 Coléoptère would work in Trailmakers.

[@SiR_Froggo_III]

What the heck is this thing? Looks very strange.

[@roboticdem0n]

I think the best Objekt to attach wings to would be a solid block of lead.

[@arrogantbandit1]

Don't know what this series is called, but I love it!