1_200 WW1 MENDELEEV AND RYBINSK RUSSIAN TANK

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Human: So I got my friend to print me some of Bergman's World War One tanks - they're awesome! Go check them out on Thingiverse! https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3555618 I'd gotten interested in what other tanks might have existed, if only on paper, from World War One. That led me to discover these rather goofy Russian tank ideas, and I was inspired. The Rybinsk tank had a mass of 20 tons, a crew of four people, and armor plating that ranged from 10-12 mm. The tank's layout was non-standard. In front of the hull, exactly on the central axis, there was a driver. To his right, a machine gun (type unspecified but possibly a 20-mm automatic gun) was set up, manned by one machine gunner. The engine compartment was located in the middle of the hull, where a 200 hp engine was installed. The rear was equipped with a gun compartment housing a 107-mm gun. The Mendeleev tank was exceptionally well-armed for its time. It was slated to have a 120 mm (4.7 in) Canet naval gun with 51 rounds of ammunition mounted directly at the front of the tank - much larger than the common calibres of tanks in both World War I and World War II. For comparison, the British Mark IV tank had two 57 mm QF 6-pounder 6 cwt Hotchkiss guns. The gun could swivel left and right as well as elevate and depress. Additionally, it featured a recoil system rather than being mounted on a fixed rigid mount - a concept very advanced for its time. The Canet gun would be used to provide direct artillery fire against enemy units, making the Mendeleev Tank essentially a mobile artillery platform. The tank was also equipped with a light machine gun installed in a turret that was rotatable as well as being able to be retracted when not in use to lower the silhouette of the vehicle.