I wonder if rounding every possible surface was an attempt at bullet deflection. Seems like that, and space requirements, is what dictates its shape.
Enigmatic_Observer on
nah, that’s a Dalek in disguise.
Digitalmodernism on
It’s pretty minimalist to me.
ClassicalSalamander on
And yet the tires are exposed. Love that forward view though.
bachrodi on
Metal Slug
BortBarclay on
Art Deco Death Machine is a vibe and I am here for it.
InterestingAnt438 on
That’s a Škoda PA II, Turtle. When Neville Chamberlain gave Hitler the Sudentenland, they were taken over and used by the Germans.
Edit: Apparently they sold a few of them to the Austrian national police in 1927.
AbacusWizard on
Huh. Reminds me of the armored ground vehicles in Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri.
7grims on
even the lights have armor plate… which makes them… pointless
tordeque on
Yes, it’s overdesigned, but not for the armor shape which makes sense when you’re trying to improve bullet deflection with minimal weight. The thing had two steering wheels, and two drivers, and could drive both ways.
Midwar designs are crazy. WW1 is too early to really explore beyond base functionality, and by the end of WW2 the basic 20th century tank design had been figured out, but in midwar period there were many interesting vehicles.
It’s Dr. Freeze’s vehicle from the Schumacher Batman movies
cgo_123456 on
Looks like something you’d find wrecked in the wasteland in Fallout, love it.
StarChaser_Tyger on
What in the Fallout…
_MusicJunkie on
Man, if this didn’t have so much historical baggage, that would be really funny.
These were used against the Schutzbund in the Austrian civil war. In the same span of days, the fascists got the army to shell social housing buildings with artillery.
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I wonder if rounding every possible surface was an attempt at bullet deflection. Seems like that, and space requirements, is what dictates its shape.
nah, that’s a Dalek in disguise.
It’s pretty minimalist to me.
And yet the tires are exposed. Love that forward view though.
Metal Slug
Art Deco Death Machine is a vibe and I am here for it.
That’s a Škoda PA II, Turtle. When Neville Chamberlain gave Hitler the Sudentenland, they were taken over and used by the Germans.
Edit: Apparently they sold a few of them to the Austrian national police in 1927.
Huh. Reminds me of the armored ground vehicles in Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri.
even the lights have armor plate… which makes them… pointless
Yes, it’s overdesigned, but not for the armor shape which makes sense when you’re trying to improve bullet deflection with minimal weight. The thing had two steering wheels, and two drivers, and could drive both ways.
Midwar designs are crazy. WW1 is too early to really explore beyond base functionality, and by the end of WW2 the basic 20th century tank design had been figured out, but in midwar period there were many interesting vehicles.
https://tank-afv.com/ww2/czech/Skoda_PA-II_Zelva.php
Uh.. have you seen the armored crowd control vehicles used by the US Police? #overdesigned
This looks like something from a Hayao Miyazaki movie.
Reminds me of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SbXiMHjT0Y
I kind of love it. Lol
Morbidly Obese Dalek.
It’s Dr. Freeze’s vehicle from the Schumacher Batman movies
Looks like something you’d find wrecked in the wasteland in Fallout, love it.
What in the Fallout…
Man, if this didn’t have so much historical baggage, that would be really funny.
These were used against the Schutzbund in the Austrian civil war. In the same span of days, the fascists got the army to shell social housing buildings with artillery.
Feels very fallout
It kind of reminds me of this movie car: https://www.reddit.com/r/WeirdWheels/s/UYnZVQdcTX
Soldier: “Heyyy baby, love your wavy ride…”
It looks like it belongs in a Roger Corman movie…I’ll take one in red please
PutinJrtrump republican cult Project 2025.
After 2016 have to say, oh well, these things happen.
That is a headless sentrybot and nobody can convince me otherwise!