Matthew Sylvan0
Tank development
Shown to the left is the very first Tongorian tank, Tank Fortyi, made by Lesnoyova Vagonzavod. Its only prototype was made back in 1918, however it wasn't liked generally, the mobility was unsufficient and proved to be top heavy but the front armor of 30mm and the heavy armament of a 130mm naval gun, dual 6 pounders on the front and a unique way of mounting of the side 40mm guns in turrets turned sideways rather than sponsons were proved to be really good so the reasearch continued for a better tank.
The second tank was a joint project with another company, Proryv Avto starting in 1921. They were the first company to shift to the turret idea rather than casemate guns, hence the layout of the second tank. They tried to solve the problem with mobility by changine the engine out for a more powerful one. This made it slightly better but after the side armor upgrade, the original protection proved to be too weak, it handled even worse than the original tank. One feature though, the Proryv Avto turret with the 6 pounder gun and a coaxial machine gun in it really caught the eyes of the generals.
After all the fails in the life of Tank Forti, all funding was halted on it and the heavy tank project was handed over to Proryv Avto, but Leasnoyova Vagonzavod still continued working on other unusual tank designs, with the Netopyr being their biggest tank. The results of this change were the PA-1 and PA-2 tanks in 1923 and a brand new tank, the PA-3 which is shown here. It is said to be their best tank so far. Overall it isn't as long as its predecessors as the sponsons mounting the 40mm guns were removed. This also means a huge reduction in weight (31 tons) and materials while the engine remained the same 320hp one. Due to this simple modification the armor could be slightly increased, 55mm on the front, 35mm on the sides and rear.
The turret is the one used on the Tank Fortyi II mounting the 6 pounder tank gun which has better anti-tank capability than the PA-1's 76mm gun. The tank also has some other machine guns, one next to the driver and one on each side under the turret looking forward.
4th wall: The grey ones were fun to build and play around with some angles, but the one I really wanted t oshow you guys is the PA-3, the one on the right, it just looks os good in my opinion.
Tank development
Shown to the left is the very first Tongorian tank, Tank Fortyi, made by Lesnoyova Vagonzavod. Its only prototype was made back in 1918, however it wasn't liked generally, the mobility was unsufficient and proved to be top heavy but the front armor of 30mm and the heavy armament of a 130mm naval gun, dual 6 pounders on the front and a unique way of mounting of the side 40mm guns in turrets turned sideways rather than sponsons were proved to be really good so the reasearch continued for a better tank.
The second tank was a joint project with another company, Proryv Avto starting in 1921. They were the first company to shift to the turret idea rather than casemate guns, hence the layout of the second tank. They tried to solve the problem with mobility by changine the engine out for a more powerful one. This made it slightly better but after the side armor upgrade, the original protection proved to be too weak, it handled even worse than the original tank. One feature though, the Proryv Avto turret with the 6 pounder gun and a coaxial machine gun in it really caught the eyes of the generals.
After all the fails in the life of Tank Forti, all funding was halted on it and the heavy tank project was handed over to Proryv Avto, but Leasnoyova Vagonzavod still continued working on other unusual tank designs, with the Netopyr being their biggest tank. The results of this change were the PA-1 and PA-2 tanks in 1923 and a brand new tank, the PA-3 which is shown here. It is said to be their best tank so far. Overall it isn't as long as its predecessors as the sponsons mounting the 40mm guns were removed. This also means a huge reduction in weight (31 tons) and materials while the engine remained the same 320hp one. Due to this simple modification the armor could be slightly increased, 55mm on the front, 35mm on the sides and rear.
The turret is the one used on the Tank Fortyi II mounting the 6 pounder tank gun which has better anti-tank capability than the PA-1's 76mm gun. The tank also has some other machine guns, one next to the driver and one on each side under the turret looking forward.
4th wall: The grey ones were fun to build and play around with some angles, but the one I really wanted t oshow you guys is the PA-3, the one on the right, it just looks os good in my opinion.