The First Russian Tank...

Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

The First Russian Tank...

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, July 3, 2004 7:03 PM

I was talking to some people about WW1 and thought you guys would be interested in seeing what I have found....

http://www.landships.freeservers.com/lebedenko_info.htm

That is obviously the real picture and for more detail here is a model of it....

http://www.landships.freeservers.com/tsar_tank_1to35scale_model.jpg

Very Interesting tank!!!!!

I am wondering how it ran..........

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renarts

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April 2003
From: Sunny Florida

Posted by renarts on Saturday, July 3, 2004 7:29 PM

What a cool model. I love stuff like this.

Mike "Imagination is the dye that colors our lives" Marcus Aurellius A good friend will come and bail you out of jail...but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, July 3, 2004 7:47 PM

holy crap thats huge

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David Voss

Member since
December 2002
From: Waukesha, WI

Posted by David Voss on Saturday, July 3, 2004 8:50 PM

I remember seeing that one before. Can't forget something like that.

Strangest Tank of all Time?

I'm too lazy right now, so I'll just quote myself... Wink [;)]

QUOTE: Originally posted by David Voss

I didn't know if that was based on something real, but I found my answer in this article: WW1 Tanks

"The Russians built a truly bizarre tricycle vehicle (no treads) with 2 front wheels that were almost 30 feet tall! This was the Lebedenko Tsar tank, and it fared very poorly during trial tests."

...and more links

RUSSIAN TANKS OF WORLD WAR ONE
http://members.aol.com/sturmpnzr/rusosiwwi.html

(is that to scale??)

...and here's a link to pictures of what is in the KORA Models (?) kit
http://www.smallafv.nn.ru/inbox/ib_kora_tsartank.html

David Voss Senior Web Developer Kalmbach Publishing Co. Join me on the FSM Map

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, July 3, 2004 9:26 PM

Looks like something H G Wells would have thought up.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, July 3, 2004 10:55 PM

That is great! What a kickbutt tricycle.

Spot on with the HG Wells theory, Ausf!

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, July 3, 2004 11:26 PM

I was thinking the exact same thing! If I had just seen the picture without the history I would have totally pegged it as some kind of Victorian sci-fi creation.

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