“Skeleton Tank” is the name of an experienced US light tank from World War I.
| Skeleton tank | |
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 Skeleton Tank at the Museum of the Aberdeen Proving Ground | |
| Skeleton Tank | |
| Classification | light tank |
| Combat weight, t | 9.14 |
| Layout diagram | classic |
| Crew | 2 |
| Story | |
| Years of production | 1918 |
| The number of issued, pcs. | one |
| Key Operators |  |
| Dimensions | |
| Body length mm | 7750 |
| Width mm | 2500 |
| Height mm | 2890 |
| Reservation | |
| Forehead, mm / city. | 13 |
| Board of the case, mm / city. | 13 |
| Feed housing, mm / city. | 13 |
| Armament | |
| Machine guns | 1 × 7.7 mm |
| Mobility | |
| Engine type | twin inline 4- cylinder liquid-cooled carburetor |
| Engine power, l from. | 2 × 50 |
| Speed on the highway, km / h | 9 |
One of the shortcomings of light tanks of that time was their inability to cross wide ditches , due to the short length of the tracks . In order to increase their length and at the same time not overload the machine, an original design was created - between the two large tracks supported by the frame of ordinary pipes , a small fighting compartment was suspended. The tank was built in 1918 and passed tests at the Aberdeen Proving Ground, but with the end of the war, work on it, as well as on many other combat vehicles, were curtailed.
Further development backlog
| External Images | |
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| RIPSAW fighting vehicle in a desert area against a dune (concept) | |
| RIPSAW platoon of combat vehicles in an offensive in the mountainous desert (concept) | |
During the Cold War and after its end, for example, within the framework of the “ Combat Systems of the Future ” program, attempts were made to reanimate the skeletal layout of tanks and combat vehicles to meet the modern requirements of the US Army and Marine Corps components, but before undergoing field tests , putting them into service and it didn’t reach the start of the series, as a rule, everything ended at the stage of conceptualization and design . One of the latest endeavors from this series was the project of a promising RIPSAW robotic / remotely controlled combat vehicle as part of the ARAS program (Advanced Remote / Robotic Armament System, abbreviated as ARAS), which was designed to accommodate a standard combat module of the Crouse type or similar ( with machine guns from 7.62 to 12.7 mm caliber ) and implemented from 2006 to the present under the supervision of officers and scientists of the .
Literature
- P.Chamberlain, C.Elils. Tanks of the World 1915-1945 . - Arms and Armor Press, 1972. ISBN 0-304-36141-0
- Advanced Remote / Robotic Armament System (ARAS) , 2010.
- Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center's (ARDEC) On The Move - Armament & Technology Integration Demonstration (OTM-ATID) Effort , 2012.