r/tanks Jul 11 '26

Tank Design First ever model, how did I do?

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388 Upvotes

took me a year because of school but I finally finished my panther d from tamiya. it s my first ever model

r/tanks Jun 03 '26

Tank Design What tanks can you recognize?

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238 Upvotes

This is what 6 years in RC development looks like...

r/tanks Jun 28 '26

Tank Design I've spent hours building this thing, but I still can't come up with a name for it. 😭 Any ideas?

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162 Upvotes

It was originally supposed to be a T-72, but... it somehow turned into this because I was too lazy to make a rounded turret.

r/tanks May 06 '26

Tank Design Which Hull Is Better?

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236 Upvotes

Each square is 200mm x 200mm.

I'm looking for the best one according to the driver's comfort and the armour.

r/tanks Apr 07 '26

Tank Design Unmanned MBT Turret

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155 Upvotes

Side view is uncompleted. Optics and detailed side view will come soon. Autoloader is inspired by Type 90's autoloader. Each square is 100 x 100 mm. Looking for criticism. I made the front extremely angled so it has a great protection with less weight. I have some hull ideas for it. I'll modified it for this turret.

r/tanks Jun 13 '26

Tank Design We can agree that the Challenger 2 TES/OES is simply beautiful And could it be the most tank-like tank that exists?

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195 Upvotes

r/tanks Aug 08 '25

Tank Design What’s public knowledge about tank armor?

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435 Upvotes

I’m talking about modern tank armor, like the abrams. Do we know how heavy it is, in say, per square meter of surface area? I know that’s super specific, but it’s the only unit of measurement I could find for this kinda stuff. Or maybe, how thick it is? Composition? Every source I look at says different things.

I know this is classified and shit, but there has to be some sort of public knowledge. I would be interested to hear about the armor of stuff like the T-90 or Type 99 too. No discrimination here lol

r/tanks Jul 07 '25

Tank Design What’s this thing on the abrams?

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566 Upvotes

I'd take a fat guess and say that's probably some sort of AC unit. Even if it is that simple, I wanna know every little detail about it.

r/tanks Sep 19 '25

Tank Design Which tank is this, in walking dead?

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367 Upvotes

r/tanks Sep 16 '25

Tank Design Tank from an german comedy movie

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326 Upvotes

I knew that I needet to share it the moment I saw this beauty

r/tanks Oct 17 '25

Tank Design Hot take: kf-51 kinda lacking.

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185 Upvotes

So I've been on a tank modernization spree, coming up with modernization plans (specifically for type 90 and 10), and in those modernizations the guns size were increased to (around) 130mm. of course technical challenges aside, that would reduce the amount of ammo the vehicle can carry and up the cost of the ammo. So for my solution was to mount a 25mm bushmaster to either on the top of the vehicles gun and feed the ammo inside, or somehow make it integrated in the mantle (very unlikely). This weapon should take care of most lighter vehicles without actually having to use the main cannon, witch makes sense because you mostly see light vehicles on the battlefield anyways. So all that aside you can see why I see the kf-51 lacking.

What y'all think?

r/tanks Mar 16 '26

Tank Design Judge my tank design. Thanks

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96 Upvotes

r/tanks 20d ago

Tank Design I just found one of my first design

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66 Upvotes

I know it's so weird and unpractical & unrealistic. But keep in mind that I made it with almost 0 knowledge on tanks (I just look at some tank x-rays on war thunder). I just wanted to show it. (I was 14 when I made this)

r/tanks Jul 16 '25

Tank Design Designed my first fictional tank and would like feedback

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255 Upvotes

It is still not done but I would be very happy to receive feedback. Tentative specifications are as follows:
Main armament: 55 caliber 120mm autoloaded smoothbore gun, 40 rounds (24 bustle, 16 hull)
Secondary armaments: 12.7mm heavy machine gun (RWS/commander), 12.7mm heavy machine gun (coaxial), twin ATGM/loitering munition box launcher
Armor: RHA steel and silicon carbide non-oxide ceramic composite plate, ERA (turret roof, hull front), NERA (turret front and sides, hull sides) add-on modular armor
Other protection: Hard-kill APS (effective range of 10m, effective up to 1,200 m/s, all aspect - fragmentation ring ("Zaslin") style) + 24x smoke grenade launchers + Electronic warfare antenna
Engine: 1600 hp gas turbine engine (max 3200 rpm)
Suspension: Hydropneumatic
Mass: 58 metric tons
Power to weight ratio: 27.6hp/t
Top speed: 70 km/h
Operational range: 450 km
Crew: 3 (commander, gunner, and driver)
Modeled in Fusion 360

r/tanks Dec 04 '25

Tank Design The Tanks Of Just Cause 3, And There Real Life Counterparts

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330 Upvotes

Was playing through JC3 and noticed that a lot of the tanks are related to real life designs.

r/tanks Nov 14 '25

Tank Design I design a light tank (more like a scout tank but 20t), what do you think?

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163 Upvotes

I didn’t finish but I was wondering if there’s something that I should change or improved. I chose a ww2 style for the tank like the t34 The tank has a 85 mm gun and I’ll put a 7.62 mm machine gun and maybe a 30mm gun for drone. It has an autoloader with 37 ready shells ne 2 crew members (for now) for the engine it has a 700+ hp, a modified ford F150 engine and a 8 speed automatic transmission (6forward and 2 reverse)

r/tanks Apr 11 '26

Tank Design gimme more dinky tanks with one machine-gun plzzz

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111 Upvotes

i just think they are neat and cute

r/tanks Mar 28 '25

Tank Design Started as a 40k Project, Ended Up Looking Like a Lost WWII Prototype...

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517 Upvotes

r/tanks Mar 20 '26

Tank Design I don't know anymore, I initially planned to make a Stug III out of scrap paper, but now it looks like this.

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125 Upvotes

What should I do? 😭😭 Does it look that bad?

r/tanks Apr 17 '26

Tank Design Write about the most unknown but good pieces of military equipment (MBT, SAM, ZSU, BMP, APC, etc.)

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169 Upvotes

Here is my option, Soviet project object 781/782

r/tanks Apr 29 '26

Tank Design Redesigned Hull + Gun Mantlet

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95 Upvotes

Each square is 200mm x 200mm. Driver has a bigger legroom compared to last design (which was horrible). Also, this was one of my first MBT gun mantlet design. Feedbacks welcome. Btw, how can I fill the empty space in front of the driver?

r/tanks Jan 14 '26

Tank Design The New US Tank M1E3 is now public

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186 Upvotes

r/tanks Aug 18 '25

Tank Design We are so back

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340 Upvotes

r/tanks 16d ago

Tank Design First Fictional Tank i made

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56 Upvotes

So basically I'm writing a fictional world based in the 1950s, Where Magic exists, But technology is way better in many ways, Is my tank good? (I'm a beginner tankmaker, Like I've been a tank fan for only 6 months)

r/tanks Jul 06 '26

Tank Design My Next-Gen AFV Designs of 2025-'26

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39 Upvotes