It was first built on a custom chassis, then a second prototype built off the chassis of the Universal Carrier, upon which was an articulating section that would lay flat with it for cross country movement. The driver would be within this section, driving on his stomach. The section could then be raised, allowing a pair of Bren machineguns on the end to fire over cover.

The design was not adopted.

Tank Museum video that includes footage of it driving and adjusting machinegun height.

Tank Encyclopedia entry.

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[–] BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one 25 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

This thing reminds me of the T1 Terminator from the film Terminator 3.

[–] Atropos@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Weird, what's with the tracks on that T-1?

[–] Davel23@kbin.social 13 points 10 months ago

There's three of them, you're seeing the ones on the right side and center-front. You can barely see the left-side track between the two.

[–] yuriy@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago (1 children)

We got so close to tanks that look like scorpions and we just gave up

[–] jettrscga@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

What could have been... (From Robot Wars movie, 1993).

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago

vibe

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

This just made me want to watch the original Terminator again.

[–] PrinceWith999Enemies@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I mean, it’s cool and all, but I’m thinking they should have put the joysticks on the inside.

[–] eltimablo@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah but how would they see the other guy?

[–] PrinceWith999Enemies@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

So they’re obviously Atari 2600 joysticks. They’re absolutely notorious for breaking because they just had this little plastic ring that was used to basically click the four direction buttons on the circuit board. Thus, the need for multiple redundant sticks, because who wants their machine gun to break in the middle of a battle? We’ve all played enough Combat to know how well that works.

I’m just saying that having to walk along next to it isn’t where I’d be going with that design. It’s like saying “What if we took a tank, and then remove the parts that protect people?”

[–] espentan@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

You may call them joysticks, but they're there to keep passengers secure, so they don't fall off when the going gets bumpy.

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

!forgottenweapons@lemmy.world

[–] adj16@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Is that an articulated chassis in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?