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The Mendeleev tank was a proposed early tank design by Russian naval engineer Vasiliy Mendeleev, son of Russian scientist Dimitri Mendeleev, who created the modern periodic table. The vehicle was envisioned by Mendeleev during his time working at the Kronshtadt Marine Engineering School in Saint Petersburg , Russia, from 1911 to 1915.
Vasily Mendeleev, an engineer in a shipyard, worked privately on the design of the super-heavy Mendeleev tank from 1911 to 1915. It was a heavily armoured 170 ton tracked vehicle armed with one 120 mm naval gun.
A super-heavy tank is any tank that is notably beyond the standard of the class heavy tank in either size or weight relative to contemporary vehicles.. Programs have been initiated on several occasions with the aim of creating an extremely resilient vehicle for penetrating enemy formations without fear of being destroyed in combat; however, only a few examples were built, and there is little ...
This includes modified captured tanks. T-III (T-3) - captured Panzer III; T-V (T-5) - captured Panther tank; SU-76i - captured Panzer III modified to mount an 76mm S-1 gun on a tank destroyer configuration.
Restored Continental AV1790-5B tank engine at the American Armored Foundation Tank Museum in Danville, Virginia The Continental AV1790 is an American V12 engine used in armored vehicles . Produced by Continental Motors , the AV1790 was used in a variety of limited production and pilot heavy tanks, including the M53 and M55 howitzers , and the ...
Vasily Andreyev (1861–1918) Russian Empire: standard balalaika [14] [15] A souvenir balalaika: Oleg Antonov (1906–1984) Russian Empire Soviet Union: An-series aircraft, including Antonov A-40 winged tank and Antonov An-124 (the largest serial cargo aircraft, later modified to world's largest fixed-wing aircraft Antonov An-225) [16] An-124 ...
World's first turbine engine equipped tank, the Strv 103 is an indigenous turretless design that uses hydropneumatic hull suspension to aim. WZ-122 [7] 1970 — China: Only a few, project cancelled <38 t 650–680 hp — Main battle tank developed by the People's Republic of China. Its development started in March 1970.
British Mark I male tank This is a list of combat vehicles of World War I , including conceptual, experimental, prototype, training and production vehicles. The vehicles in this list were either used in combat, produced or designed during the First World War.