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Black Widow Tank

The Black Widow Tank, officially the "Armoured Gun Carriage (All-Terrain)", was an early armoured fighting vehicle developed by the Allied States of Noders.
Introduced in 1916, shortly after the introduction of the Mark I Tank by the British, the vehicle owed more to the Imperial Russian prototype tank Vezdekhod than the British model. This included the single track design, which had one large, ultra-wide rubber track positioned centrally on rollers. The side steering wheels of the Russian vehicle were replaced in the Nodiran design by a steering tail similar to that of the British Mark I.
This track design gave excellent off-road ability because of the extreme spreading of the vehicle's weight; the Nodiran Armoured Gun Carriage was considerably faster than almost all other tanks of the World War 1 period. The extreme width of the track also made it less vulnerable to small arms fire; while bullets could pierce the track fairly easily, the band of thick rubber was wide enough that there was little danger of any single shot breaking the track. If a track was broken, however, field repair was extremely difficult. It also meant that the drivers were forced to the sides of the vehicle in order to be able to see ahead.
Like the British Mark I tank, however, the Armoured Gun Carriage carried its main armament in sponsons at either side. In early tests, it was found that the planned dorsal turret raised the vehicle's centre of gravity by an unacceptable amount, overbalancing the vehicle on rough ground, and the turret was scrapped. The planned single 6-pounder naval gun was swapped for two 4-pounder guns and moved to the rear part of the (enlarged) drivers' sponsons.
When it entered service with the Nodiran Army in 1916, the Armoured Gun Carriage was quickly dubbed the "Black Widow" for its speed and deadliness in battle, as well as for the black and red Nodiran markings. Many Black Widows were unofficially repainted with red "hourglass" figures rather than the official Nodiran scorpion's tail marking, revelling in the unofficial but common designation.
The initial Nodiran design had several problems corrected in later versions; most notably the flat roof. Later marks of the Black Widow featured a peaked roof to prevent thrown grenades from getting stuck on top of the tank.
All in all, the Black Widow was a remarkable vehicle, even with its problems.


Oppressor Tank

The Oppressor was one of the first heavy tank designs in the world, and was the second tank design introduced by Noders in 1916. Marginally smaller than the German A7V Sturmpanzerwagen, it was more heavily armed and armoured, and had a higher top road speed due to its (for the time) enormous 12-cylinder gasoline engine.
The main armament of the "Oppressor" was a large 3-inch 12-pounder naval gun located in a turret atop the vehicle. In this regard, the vehicle was superior to several other kinds of contemporary tank, as it could turn its main gun to face any threat, something which neither the French St. Chamond nor the British Mark I could do.
Secondary armament was divided between 6-pounder guns and .303 calibre machine guns, usually in a 2-3 ratio. One machine gun was located forward, and the others were located in side sponsons.
The weight of armour carried reduced the off-road speed to around 4mph, but made the Oppressor a virtually impregnable mobile fortress, impenetrable to many light field guns as well as the machine guns of the time.



Akrabbim Armoured Car

The Akrabbim Armoured Car was the standard armoured car of Noders during the First World War period. Developed by the Akrabbim Motor Company of Noders, it was unique in the period for being a three-axle vehicle, though it was otherwise visually similar to the Austro-Hungarian Romfell Armoured Car.
The Akrabbim ("Scorpions" in Hebrew) Motor Company designed quite a heavy armoured car which was more resistant than many other period armoured cars to machine gun fire. A fairly powerful 6-cylinder engine drove the armoured vehicle at up to 28mph on roads, and the third axle did much to help with gaining traction in off-road conditions. In the thick mud of the Western Front, however, the Akrabbim, like most other wheeled vehicles, was soon bogged down by the poor conditions.
Armament as designed was a single .50-calibre machine gun, though late-production Akrabbim armoured cars (April 1917 and following) featured a redesigned turret armed with two synchronously-firing .50-calibre machine guns.
The main drawback of the Akrabbim armoured car was the complexity of its three axle wheel base. Motor vehicles were still a relatively new invention, and military motor vehicles doubly so. A system featuring more than one drive axle had been done before, but relatively few times on a vehicle powered by an internal combustion engine, and the added complexity made the Akrabbim mechanically finicky and difficult to keep in working order. This was especially true in mud conditions, though in towns and on roadways, the Akrabbim could operate easily and annihilate lighter vehicles and infantry.
The vehicle's armour averaged ¼ inch, which was thick for an armoured car of the period. It made the vehicle heavier than many other armoured cars, but except in wet mud conditions, the engine was usually powerful enough to pull the excess weight.

The T-36 (Official Designation: Tank, Model 1936) was the first tank designed within the Unified States of Daemyrs.

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Are first thank was the SAV-226 war dog



It entered service in 1915 just as Sedikal was enticing WWI. The tank served untill 1921.

During the First World War, Imperial armored units were supplemented with German-designed and built tanks. However, the first tank ever domestically produced in the Imperium was the Imjin Type-1 "Yeonin" (as it was known to Imperial troops, meaning "Sweetheart" in Elysian) which served as the Imperium's armored workhorse for years. First produced in 1938, it was a direct copy of the Soviet T-34 tank. Despite the Imperium's industrial capabilities at the time of its entry into World War Two in 1940, by the time Japanese forces set foot in the Kel-Elysian Mainland only 530 Yeonin tanks were in service; the rest of the Imperium's armored force was surplus from the First World War. By the time the war ended, over 55,000 Yeonins had been put into service. The tank went on to serve in the Imperial Armed Forces and the South Korean military during the Korean War, and an upgraded version (designated the Type-1V2, equipped with a larger engine, thicker armor and a 105mm cannon) saw action with the Imperial military (as well as the ARVN, in limited numbers) during the Vietnam War. The Imperial Guard Armored Corps finally retired the last of its Yeonins in 1972 as they were replaced with licensed copies of the American M-60. The event was marked by a ceremony during which veterans of the Imperium's wars paid their final farewells to the machine that was once such a welcome sight to them on the battlefield.

The Motorgeschütz it was invented by Günther Burstyn in 1911, it was based of a farmer's tractor.

Nachfolgia's first tank was the Sturmpanzerwagen A7V.

Almost since the beginning of the internal combustion engine, the Fatatatutian Army has been using half-tracked vehicles, though not all of them have been armoured. An early specimen, which has been preserved by the War Museum and Gift Shop, was armed with a 7.62mm water-cooled machine-gun.

-- Col. Hans-Ulrich Praetorius, CO PanzerRegiment Fatatatutti

The LT-20 (Light tank, 1920) was the first tank designed by the United Socialist Republics of Premislyd (then the Second Empire of Premislyd).

The first tank used by the Saurisian Army was this piece of crap, the Mk. 415, affectionately dubbed the 'Turtle' due to its slow speed and thick armor (for the time, anyway). It was first serviced in early 1915, but early use of the vehicle proved inadequate as the vehicles bogged down in mud or trenches, destroyed by enemy artillery, or simply were captured because they were just too damn slow. It wouldn't be until later that year before more effective tactics were used that better utilized the tank's capabilities.



The first armored car was the Russel-Statler Model 1898, basically a regular civilian car modified for off-road capabilities, light armor, and a lightweight machine gun mounted in the back.

Pundulan Armoured Car (1912)

Not quite our first tank . . but close enough. I'm still working on my Main Battle Tank (trying to get Illustrator to work so my tank is a series of vectors, not pixelated rasters), but I have my Light Tank I made from a while back . .



Fortnum F1 Light Tank

Developed in the 1920's as a Light Infantry Tank to serve along side troops of the Arcand Empire, providing light armour support for infantry platoons on the battlefield.

After successful field trials, the Fortnum F1 Light Tank, or "Little John" as it was popularly know, served with several Infantry Battalions as well as being soon drafted into separate Light Armour and Reconnaissance Squadrons; taking advantage of its superior off-road mobility, as well as being able to out-gun any other tank of its class.

The image depicts the F1 Mk.I in a classic Arcand paint scheme, complete with kill tally, tank name, and Arcand Roundel on the fuselage and the Arcand flag on the side-skirt.

Fortnum F1 Mk.I Specs:

Weight: 11 metric tonnes
Length: 4.25 m (13 ft 11 in)
Width: 2.05 m (6 ft 8 in)
Height: 2.25 m (7 ft 4 in)
Crew: 2
Armour: 40 mm Turret, 40 mm Hull, 40 mm Rear [ Rolled Homogeneous Steel ]

Main Armament: 37 mm Light Anti-Tank Cannon
Secondary Armament: 7.5 mm Light Machine Gun
Engine: 110 hp
Power/weight: 10.0 hp/t
Suspension: Horizontal Helical Springs
Fuel capacity: 200 litres
Operational Range: 140 km (87 mi)
Speed: 35 km/h (22 mph)

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The early Fascist military made use of plenty of M1A2SEP and M1A3 Abrams tanks- before that, the Global Peacekeeper Force used a massive array of mixed and matched tanks, mainly old T-series tanks.

The first tank developed solely by the GWO and put into production was the MDI Divine Tiger, which has undergone multiple major upgrades since and is now known as the MDI-A4.

Our first tank was a heavily modified tractor chassis with an upgraded Trenault engine, some armor slapped on, and a light machine gun or light caliber cannon put on, which was developed in the 1930s after a study in tank tactics around the world. This was of course followed by heavier tanks, that we used during the Second World War.

Our first armored car was merely an ordinary road car with additional armor plating, and an improvised turret at the top. It was mostly used for scouting or police activities, and was never used for serious military offensives.

The first UNSC Armored vehicle designated as a Tank was the feared Aries MBT which was vastly superior to the United Nations Tank, the Abrams 22 MK.II which was a modern variant of the classical Abrams tank.

The Aries was mainly put into action against the Koslovics in the Interplanetary War, and a few were used by a Police unit during the Reaper Invasion (long story short, they were nearby and there had to be some form of tank to help the nearby units under fire.)

The UEG-Space Command wrote:The first UNSC Armored vehicle designated as a Tank was the feared Aries MBT which was vastly superior to the United Nations Tank, the Abrams 22 MK.II which was a modern variant of the classical Abrams tank.

The Aries was mainly put into action against the Koslovics in the Interplanetary War, and a few were used by a Police unit during the Reaper Invasion (long story short, they were nearby and there had to be some form of tank to help the nearby units under fire.)

UEG,your image doesn't work.

Noders wrote:Mechs are not allowed if you have a problem go to the Tank thread and you can see in depth why

But this isn't the tank thread, so why should we follow another threads rules in a thread that isn't that thread?

Xekliv wrote:

Noders wrote:Mechs are not allowed if you have a problem go to the Tank thread and you can see in depth why

But this isn't the tank thread, so why should we follow another threads rules in a thread that isn't that thread?

My rule is the tank thread rule that's why. If you don't want to follow the thread rules don't post and don't argue for the sake of arguing.

I LIIIIVVVEEEE!
After promising to start on my Medium Battle Tank several weeks ago, I can now reveal the latest update.



Yay for pixel art! [I'm new to this technique; this is my first major attempt].

The first armored and tracked vehicles produced by the FRP were the TL-20 (Tank, Light, 1920), a series of light tanks meant to act as "armored cavalry" for infantry divisions, working as a force to rush from point to point on the battle-space, and where built with armor and armaments as a secondary priority to range and speed. The resulting lineage of tank continued into the 1940's until the concept of the light tank was faded out as the Main Battle Tank came into use.





Statistics
Weight: 11.6 tonnes
Length: 14 ft, 6 inches
Width: 8 ft, 1 inches
Height: 8 ft, 8 inches
Crew: 4 (Commander/gunner, loader, driver, co-driver)
Main Armament: 1x 37 mm Gun
Range: 320 km (200 mi)
Speed: 58 km/h (36 mph)

The very first tank which the United States of Agrennaia procured was the M4A3E8 variant of the Sherman, also known as the Easy Eight. Basically, it was the old M4, fitted with new suspension, largely eliminating old issues, and with the old 75mm gun taken out and replaced with a new, high velocity 76mm gun.



They served us quite well, but all have since been retired from national military service.

The very first vehicle which might be called an APC was the old M3 Half-track, which was manufactured by the tens of thousands in WWII and saw service on all fronts. We bought a large quantity of them as surplus following the end of hostilities, and used them until about 1970.



Much like the Easy Eights, the M3s rendered good service, but in time were retired due to changing requirements and technologies.

The first tank that the Army of the Republic of Sardakhar (now Army of the Empire of Sardakhar) owned was a Mark VIII, 1920 production, which was acquired in March 1946, when the nation was independent for only a year. The government officials knew fully that the tank they bought (along with 5 other Mark VIIIs that would follow later) were extremely obsolescent, but acknowledged that they had no other viable choice available in the "international old weaponry junk market" at the time, as the government was critically short on funds.


The first Mark VIII ever owned by the Sardakhian Army, pictured in September 1946

The kingdom of Crookfur's first Armoured Fighting vehicle was the Land Train Armoured Mk1 which enetered servcie in 1901.

basically its wa s armour plated traction engine towing up to 3 carriages plus a feild gun:



The feild gun could be winched inside one fo the armorued carriages but for combat was oftendetached and elft behind. Which wasn't a s major issue as the land train could manage a whooping 2-4mph!

The MK2 land train included a specialst fighting car that moutned the feild gun on a traversable mount allowed the gun to fire as the train moved.

The land trains were widely used to transport supplies across the plaisn of Southern Covenant Island during the decades of trouble and strife that beset that region.

The first tank designed, produced, and sold purely in Scandinavia/Kalmarium was the E-50 ausf. M, with the previous tanks being joint projects with the Germans (such as the Panther and Panzer IV).



Armaments:
--10,5 cm KwK 45 L/52 Ausf. K
--MG 42 on hull (1946-53)
--0.50cal on hull (1953-68)
--0.50cal on top of turret (Ausf. M2 upgrade)

Armor:
--Hull: 120/80/80 mm
--Turret: 185/80/80 mm

Engine:
--Maybach HL 235
--1200 hp
--750kg
--speed 60km/h

The E-50 Ausf. M went out of production around 1968, with none sold to foreign nations, and only 67 remaining in the hands of Museums and collectors. It was replaced briefly by American and Soviet imports.