The Tsar Tank

The Tsar Tank (also known as the Netopyr (Нетопырь, Pipistrellus bat) or Lebedenko Tank) was an unusual Russian armored vehicle developed in 1914–1915. The project was scrapped after initial tests deemed the vehicle to be underpowered and vulnerable to artillery fire. Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Tsar_tank. ... Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Tsar_tank. ... The genus Pipistrellus contains the bats referred to as Pipistrelles or Pipistrelle bats. ... Jump to: navigation, search Families Antrozoidae Craseonycteridae Emballonuridae Furipteridae Megadermatidae Molossidae Mormoopidae Mystacinidae Myzopodidae Natalidae Noctilionidae Nycteridae Phyllostomidae Pteropodidae Rhinolophidae Rhinopomatidae Thyropteridae Vespertilionidae Bats are flying mammals in the order Chiroptera with forelimbs developed as wings. ... ... Jump to: navigation, search 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Historically, artillery refers to any engine used for the discharge of projectiles during war. ...

The tank was different from modern tanks in that it didn't use caterpillar tracks—rather, it used a tricycle design. The two front spoked wheels were nearly 9 metres (27 feet) in diameter; the back one was a smaller, only 1.5 metres (5 feet) high, triple wheel, to ensure manoeuvrability. The upper cannon turret reached nearly 8 metres high. The hull was 12 metres wide with two more cannons in the sponsons. Additional weapons were also planned under the belly. Caterpillar tracks are large (modular) tracks used on tanks, construction equipment and certain other off-road vehicles. ... Turret (highlighted) attached to a tower on a baronial building in Scotland In architecture, a turret (from Italian: torretta, little tower; Latin: turris, tower) is a small tower that projects from the wall of a building, such as a medieval castle or baronial house. ... Sponsons are flat projections from the sides of a watercraft, for protection, stability, the mounting of armaments, etc. ...

The vehicle received its nickname because its model, when carried grabbed by the back wheel, resembled a bat hanging asleep. Jump to: navigation, search Families Antrozoidae Craseonycteridae Emballonuridae Furipteridae Megadermatidae Molossidae Mormoopidae Mystacinidae Myzopodidae Natalidae Noctilionidae Nycteridae Phyllostomidae Pteropodidae Rhinolophidae Rhinopomatidae Thyropteridae Vespertilionidae Bats are flying mammals in the order Chiroptera with forelimbs developed as wings. ...

The huge wheels were intended to cross significant obstacles. However, due to miscalculations of the weight the back wheel was prone to be stuck in soft ground and ditches and the front wheels were sometimes insufficient to pull it out. This led to a fiasco of tests before the high commission in August 1915. Jump to: navigation, search 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

Tsar Kolokol (Tsar Bell) (Царь-колокол in Russian) - a huge bell still on display in the Kremlin. ... Tsar Pushka, the Imperial Cannon, at the Moscow Kremlin Tsar Pushka (Царь-пушка in Russian) is a huge cannon, founded in 1586 by a Russian founding master Andrey Chokhov. ... Jump to: navigation, search Tsar Bomba casing on display at Arzamas-16 Tsar Bomba (literally Emperor Bomb), developed by the Soviet Union, is the largest nuclear explosive ever detonated, and is also the highest power device ever used by humans. ...

See also

A Mark I tank (moving left to right). ... General characteristics Length 34 ft 2 in / 10. ... The Mark IX tank was a British armoured fighting vehicle from the First World War, the worlds first specialised Armoured Personnel Carrier. ... General characteristics Length 20ft/6. ... General characteristics Length 22 ft 9 in, 6. ... General characteristics Length: (25ft 10in) 7. ... General characteristics Length 5 m Width 1. ... French St Chamond tanks: Note the short tracks and large body, which gave so much trouble crossing obstacles. ... The Schneider CA1 was the first French tank. ... Char 2C Alsace The Char 2C was a super heavy French tank developed, although never deployed, during the First World War. ... General characteristics Length 24 ft 1 in / 7. ... The Flying Elephant was a proposed super-heavy tank, planned but never built by the British during World War I. After the last order for the Mark I, an additional fifty vehicles in April 1916, it was far from certain that any more tanks were to be produced. ... The Mark VI was a British heavy tank project from the First World War. ... A Mark I tank (moving left to right). ... Jump to: navigation, search The Grosskampfwagen or K-Wagen (short for ) was a German super-heavy tank, two examples of which were almost complete by the end of 1918. ...

External links

• http://www.landships.freeservers.com/lebedenko_info.htm
• http://www.geocities.com/MadisonAvenue/Boardroom/7104/tsar/tsar_tank_main.htm
• http://www.render.ru/gallery/index.php3?act=award&id=7127 (3D photorealistic model)