Hi guys as usually its me just a voice over and you are watching review machines and it
seems like a huge tank is coming here!
Well maybe not so huge but nevertheless a very interesting, lets go!
Guys this time we made a real tank and now we are going to review it.
It looks quite weird but in fact it looks very similar to a real soviet tank MT-25.
It a serious machine, it has a skid steering, electric turnable turret, the cannon controlled
by a joystick and many more.
I’ll show you all the details now.
Today we will not only review this tank but also compare it with another tracked atv,
so this video is going to be excited.
Well get comfortable my friends in our tank, its time to begin!
The base of the tank is the frame covered with armor plates.
The engine is mounted on the frame in the rear its part.
We have here the engine from an old car.
Its carburetor four cylinders engine with mechanical gear box.
The drive goes through the additional custom reducer to provide more torque.
Try to guess what the tracks are from?
In fact it is a tire from a tractor!
The wheels from a car are used as rollers.
Each roller has two wheels and a special metal part mounted on the track goes between the
wheels and keeps the track from coming off.
And this gear is some kind of a friction clutch!
I’ll to explain how it works.
There is a rear axle with the locked differential.
Then there are two brake disks mounted on each side of the axle.
To engage the drive you should push the lever and the brakes system on the wheel interlocks
with the disk on the axle and starts rotating and the track moves.
Lets look what we have inside of the tank.
The view is provided by this small windscreen on the turret.
There is a cannon over the windscreen.
The are two levers to handle the tank.
And the gearbox lever between the legs.
Also there are two pedals – throttle and the clutch that’s all.
Well and now I look forward to try it myself.
Well I’m in.
Firstly lets press the power button on.
And now we try a cold start.
«Maybe the choke?”
“He is trying it” To move forward we are to push the two levers
simultaneously.
To move faster we just press a throttle pedal…
But few words about first impressions.
Guys if you have never driven a tank you will be impressed by this thing.
That’s are so special emotions.
It is dark and tight inside and you can see almost nothing.
You are absolutely isolated from outside world, but you can feel the machine, the engine is
right behind you and you feel how it rotates.
I think these emotions are very close to the emotions provided by a real tank driving.
The steering is very sensitive due to the quite powerful motor and additional reducing
gear, so we have a high torque.
That is why the machine is handled very neatly even by slight moving of the lever.
Frankly speaking it is not much harder to handle this machine than to drive a tank in
a computer game.
I think many of us like to play those games, right?
But the tank is not only a transport, first of all it’s a combat machine, so lets stop
for a while and find out what we have here for that stuff.
The turret has an electric drive and controlled by a joystick.
The control is very simple.
To turn the turret just to stir the joystick to a proper side.
When we push or pull the joystick the cannon moves higher or lower.
And finally I think you may guess what this red button is used for.
As an ammo we use a special airsoft shell.
It’s a plastic so to speak arrow with peas inside.
Now lets load the shell in the cannon and try to fire it.
Meantime we want to compare our tank with a similar machine – the tracked ATV Caiman.
I know these machines were made for absolutely different purposes, but nevertheless its interesting
to compare them.
And first of all lets do our favorite test – the drag racing!
The both machines are on a start line and ready to go, so lets start!
The both machines accelerate almost equally, but then Caiman ATV overtakes his opponent,
and the tank seems not to like it.
And he without any hesitation uses his cannon.
The shell blows spreading peas all around and hits Caiman.
The crew of the atv seems to be stunned by the peas blow, and out tank is finishing alone
winning this competition!
While the opponent is recovering from the drag racing lets do some kind of a bottle
cup challenge.
A bit belatedly maybe, but anyway…
Well actually it was some kind of a joke, Caiman crew is allright, airsoft shells are
quite safe so we are ready to proceed our trip now.
By the way our tank should be quite good at offroading.
Unfortunately we don’t have much dirt in this season, but the tank is really capable
to get over serious obstacles due to the wide tracks with aggressive tire tread.
In fact this machine is like a real tank!
It can go offroading, can hit the targets, but most important in can provide you real
emotions of driving a tank!
Besides many solutions in the construction are very unusual.
Its the friction clutch, the tracks, the electric turret and so on.
I think DIY men can take some interesting ideas from this project.
Meantime we are moving on, and you may ask me, but why?
For what purpose have you made such a complicated custom tank?
Well first of all we wanted to have some fun and we got it finally.
But then, the owner of this tank is going to try to make some money with it.
He’s going to rent out this tank.
And maybe to make some more tanks and arrange real tank battles!
Just imagine!
Two teams, five tanks in each team, an interesting location with some obstacles and various conditions.
It would be the greatest fun we have ever had.
But it would take huge money to put this plan into action and make the dream come true.
Maybe at one time…who knows.
Meantime we are reaching the river.
Caiman ATV is amphibious vehicle it is able to proceed the moving as opposed to our tank,
that is can’t float of course.
But on the other hand he can use his cannon as we know and he does it….
By the way lets say few words about the prices.
Actually it took about 4000 dollars to make this project.
Guys do you know some projects like this?
Please post in the comments, it would be so interesting to see something similar.
And now its time to call it a day.
Thanks for having this little trip with us.
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