I Identify Tanks In Posts

what it says on the tin. I identify tanks and other armored vehicles in posts. Real, fictional, whatever.

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Hey all.

This is a new blog dedicated to the identification of Tanks, Armored Vehicles, and other military vehicles. Main is @baldy-wan-kenobi. This blog was inspired by @i-identify-guns-in-posts , and @i-identify-munitions-in-posts .

I will do my best to respond to any and all requests, as well as identifying any tanks I find in my scrolling.

However, I am human, so I will be rating the confidence of my findings with a percentage scale, with 0% being not at all confident, and 100% being absolutely certain beyond doubt.

So, to get us started, I'll go first, with the tank in my profile picture, and one I've personally been inside:

M3A1 Stuart, demilled for museum display.

99% confidence.

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Happy Valentine Day, y'all!

[lostintimenl]

A video of these vehicles: https://youtu.be/hTs5rUgyEdo

Abandoned vehicles (Traction Sud) Belgium Apr 2024

[justabearandniceplaces]

@i-identify-tanks-in-posts ?

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Pegaso 3500, Spanish APC, Kynos, 1973

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Look at this

This makes me sad. Why would you put this in front of me? Did I do something to you? I just identify tanks people send me, and sometimes give my opinion.

What did I do for you to hate me so?

[frogblast-the-ventcore]

Lol that's not even the worst looking Battletech tank.

[baconfissh]

I wonder what they'd think of a QuadVee

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@i-identify-tanks-in-posts opinions on Quadvees?

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awful, grim, miserable, unfavorable, unfortunate, unpleasant, adverse, disagreeable, negative, discouraging, displeasing, distressing, gloomy, melancholy, troubling, unhappy, upsetting.

I dislike them. They are bad. Incredibly unnecessary mechanical complexity that tries to serve both the role of a tetrapedal mech and a tank, and does it poorer than either of those things could. It is a shape-shifting abomination, transforming from useless to worthless, and If I had a battletech time machine, the first thing I'd do after putting Amaris, Thomas Marik, and Nicholas Kerensky in a box is find whatever chucklefuck Hell's Horse designed this thing and smash their little gestation tube.

Suffice to say, I dislike QuadVees.

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What's the best tank movie?

Collolary: what's the best tank movie featuring your favorite tank(s) of [insert era here]?

Surprise you as it might, I don't really watch tank movies, unless you count documentaries.

Though I have of course watched Fury, practically required reading for military history weirdos, my repertoire of tank movies is almost zero.

Sorry T~T

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Are there any tanks with multiple turrets? I've seen secondary guns but what about secondary full turrets?

There are! And they range from "bad" to "An abominable deathtrap"

Here's a list of some of the greats:

A polish 7TP with a twin-turreted design

A T-26 with twin turrets:

For that matter, most of the Vickers 6-ton derivatives have a twin-turreted version, including the original:

Additionally, many superheavy tanks had two or more turrets, the most notable being the Soviet T-35 (pictured below), though other notable examples include the French FCM-F1 and several other soviet and japanese projects:

Additionally, many early tanks had multiple turrets, including the US M2 and M3, the German Neubaufahrzeug, as well as the UK's Medium Mk. III (clockwise, from top left):

Hope that answers your question, and thanks for the ask!

[anoukdecracklover]

Doesn't the m3 lee also have 2 turrets or is that also an gun

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Indeed. You can see the M3 Lee in the top left of the last photo collection, and I mentioned it in the section preceding.

[hungrymilliek]

It never entered production, but there's also the FCM F1, which had its turrets arranged warship style.

It's ridiculous and I love it.

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Indeed! the FCM-1 is quite humorous and ridiculous, which is why I mentioned it when I talked about superheavy tanks with multiple turrets.

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Are there any tanks with multiple turrets? I've seen secondary guns but what about secondary full turrets?

There are! And they range from "bad" to "An abominable deathtrap"

Here's a list of some of the greats:

A polish 7TP with a twin-turreted design

A T-26 with twin turrets:

For that matter, most of the Vickers 6-ton derivatives have a twin-turreted version, including the original:

Additionally, many superheavy tanks had two or more turrets, the most notable being the Soviet T-35 (pictured below), though other notable examples include the French FCM-F1 and several other soviet and japanese projects:

Additionally, many early tanks had multiple turrets, including the US M2 and M3, the German Neubaufahrzeug, as well as the UK's Medium Mk. III (clockwise, from top left):

Hope that answers your question, and thanks for the ask!

[anoukdecracklover]

Doesn't the m3 lee also have 2 turrets or is that also an gun

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Indeed. You can see the M3 Lee in the top left of the last photo collection, and I mentioned it in the section preceding.

[somerandomdude11]

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I was playing through Resident Evil 8 recently and I saw this tank in the front yard of the factory area and was curious what tank it was, I tried looking on my own but couldn't nail down a specific model, the game is supposed to take place in Romania so I'm guessing this is a soviet design?

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IS-6, Russian prototype heavy tank, UTZM, 1944

98% confidence

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what would make a good sc-fi tank for you?

The main thing I want in a sci-fi tank is something that's actually designed for the reality of combat in its setting. This doesn't always mean following real-world armor design doctrine, either. There are many cases where considerations have to be made for the combat of space, or the future, or what have you, or where Plotonium (the magic element of plot convenience) technology allows for new technology.

Basically, to summarize, I want a sci-fi tank that is seriously designed to best deal with the situations it will encounter, not haphazardly slapped-together elements that look cool and get justified after the fact.

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@i-identify-tanks-in-posts aren’t those old Pattons??? WTF are they even doing on parade

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First one is an M4A1 Sherman, and the second is an M4A3E8 "Easy Eight" Sherman

As for why they're on parade? That's a fucking mystery to me. Could be they want to invoke the "heroic" post-WW2 image of the US, could be they want to show of to all the nerds like me they somehow thought would be in the audience, or maybe they wanted to bring out some old hardware for shits and giggles. Either way, it strikes me as supremely arrogant and stupid, and those machines deserve better.

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Should self propelled anti air guns follow the 25hp/ton ratio?

While SPAAA is somewhat of a rarity in the modern world, with the advent of surface-to-air missile technology rendering them largely irrelevant, If they were still around today, I would not judge them on my standard of 25hp/ton, as that is specifically a standard for main battle tank performance, based on the technology available and the demands of that combat role.

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I regret to inform you about hoi4's land cruisers

You should regret informing me of this. Why the hell would you bring this to my attention?

What did I do to you?

All I want is to have fun yammering about tanks, and you bring me the Ratte's shit-on-a-stick ugly cousins?