World's first ever tank design (by a French guy)

[amir_j]

Da vinci designed it on paper hundreds of years ago, the army for an art project built and tested it out!



Typical french warfare though, moved slower than walking pace!

More pics of designs: http://www.yhbnews.com/uncategorized/review-da-vin...

Edited by amir_j on Monday 7th December 16:12

[dirty doug]

amir_j said:

Typical french warfare though, moved slower than walking pace!

5 reverse gears & 1 forward? (forward gear just in case they are sneakily attacked from behind?)

[Curry Burns]

Yes....um very French is'nt he.

[amir_j]

J B L said:

Leonardo Da Vinci... typically French name indeed.

doh! was thinking of the mona lisa location. yup Italian and vied with Michaelangelo for best in italy status.

(goes off to think of a Berlusconi related joke!!

Edited by amir_j on Monday 7th December 16:18

[DrTre]

I'm Leonardo Da Vaanci. You want Leonardo Da Vinci. I'm his cousin. I'm a plumber. I work with Daleks.

[poo at Paul's]

My mate built that Da Vinci tank replica! It was awesome!


Is it still at the tank museum?

[NismoGT]

Did it surrender?

[amir_j]

poo at Paul's said:

My mate built that Da Vinci tank replica! It was awesome!


Is it still at the tank museum?

Currently at the da vinci exhibition in Manchester museum of Science & Industry. They showed a video as part of the exhibit of the soldiers building and running it- so your mate will be in there.

[MrV]

Short clip of a full size one being tested

http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/doing-davinci-tank...

[Dogwatch]

Certainly a cunning plan. However, is there a minor flaw? What if the dastardly enemy types were unsporting enough to put a step or a ditch between themselves and the leetle tank?.
Wouldn't stop the bullets but makes infantry support a problem.

Come to think of it, if I were in infantry support I'd be worried in case the barrel pointed at me happened to go off. 'Ooops! sorry mate'.
With all the black powder being detonated it would be like a thick fog on the battlefield.

[Conian]

guns seem to have no elevation, sooo lie down, elbow crawl up to it, jump up between the guns, up onto the roof and piss in the hole in the top.
bosh.

[Bullett]

Dogwatch said:

Come to think of it, if I were in infantry support I'd be worried in case the barrel pointed at me happened to go off. 'Ooops! sorry mate'.
With all the black powder being detonated it would be like a thick fog on the battlefield.

[/obvious joke]They are italian not yanks.

[cazzer]

Bullett said:

Dogwatch said:

Come to think of it, if I were in infantry support I'd be worried in case the barrel pointed at me happened to go off. 'Ooops! sorry mate'.
With all the black powder being detonated it would be like a thick fog on the battlefield.

[/obvious joke]They are italian not yanks.

In his original design the drive to the wheels would have opposed each other too.

But it was one of his "Deliberate mistakes" cos he was that clever.

[poo at Paul's]

amir_j said:

poo at Paul's said:

My mate built that Da Vinci tank replica! It was awesome!


Is it still at the tank museum?

Currently at the da vinci exhibition in Manchester museum of Science & Industry. They showed a video as part of the exhibit of the soldiers building and running it- so your mate will be in there.

No, my mate built it, as in fabricated it all, then it got sent to the Tank Museum for the soldiers there to assemble and run about in!

He also built a V2 Rocket, lifesize replica!

[Steamer]

Is that WizBit?

[V8A*ndy]

NismoGT said:

Did it surrender?

When they seen these yes

Edited by V8A*ndy on Tuesday 8th December 02:18

[louiebaby]

Steamer said:

Is that WizBit?

[Steamer]

louiebaby said:

Steamer said:

Is that WizBit?

Arrr that must be the urban camouflage version!

..Its built out of wood FFS! I could take that out with a box of swan vestas and a tin of lighter fluid!