SciFi and Fantasy Art: Wheeled Tank

gaw, i love this one, especially the wheels on it! They're different and interesting and all that good stuff. ^_^ And, hey, the cannon, if painted the right colours, can bdouble as a barber shoppe pole when the wars all done and fought. ^_^ Mwa ha!

*Squints at with an expert's eye* I take it that it doesn't have a very big crew? A driver, a gunner/commander, a loader, yes? The Weak Spot would appear to be the joint between the hull and the turret, with the back reinforced. (Nice thinking on that one.) It could prove to be a problem to cross rough ground with the wheels though, and the balance may easily be tipped by the weight. Or maybe the bulging spot is the engine, or the machinery of the cannon? It looks like it could seriously use a machine gun or two for those nasty infantry units. It's an extremely good picture, I'd enjoy if the artist contacted me about the comment.

Its a crew of two, Driver/commander and gunner. About the hull, most of it is covered in cammo but whats underneath is shown by the checkered pattern on the turret joint, its explosive plates that blow away at impact from either a shell or missle leaving the internal structure relatively untouched. The weakest spot is in the rear to the engine were vents leave patches open in the armor. But what helps counter that is that your right about is wheels and rough ground. Its a urban city tank, better at alleys and streets were the chances to get behind it are few and far between. Its not too wide, but its low center of gravity from its heavy body armor that out weights the turret armor makes it preaty stable. The bulge in the turret is part of the cannons machinery. Since that spot has a good deal of armor, it also has the ammo to the two minni guns on the side of the turret which act as point defence for infantry or for highly mobile aircraft such as helos or harrier craft that can operate in dence areas of buildings. Usualy its main job is tank killer and is paired up with lighter tanks and vehicles that have missle/antimissle/infantry support to handle any other threats.

The Wheels remind me of Dominion Tank Police

Hmmm, I like I like. My stories could use a combatorial machine such as this. I think that ground war isn't taken seriously. This thing would whup them up in 5, no 2 minutes!!!

Couple of points on the practicality of tank warfare. Tanks don't do urban warfare if at all possible, their too big slow and clumsy. One man turrets don't work. The French tried them in 1940. The result tank commanders had to do too many jobs and did none of them well.

On the other hand multi wheel designs can probably have a couple of wheels shot away before being cripplied.

Practicality dosn't enter it. although all those points are valid. IF the tank was slow and clumsy yes. Yet I do mostly all futuristic gear. Better armors, quicker, stronger etc. Yet all my futuristic ideas are already fundamentally flawed anyway with a future emphasis of all flight, with long range beyond visual sight weapons. With thousands of Asimo gound troops. Nothing but a lot of people behind screens controling a war thousands of miles away.
Yet I digress, it looks badass I think.

supper Blaster master anyone. it reminds me so much of that old sega game, that I’ll have to get out the old master system. I like this tank better and hape to see more immages of it in action