Using an unconventional tank design the proposed tank. Contents show description the tv 8 was presented in a proposal by chrysler corporation subsequent to the astron meeting. The design was never mass produced.
The tank was intended to be a nuclear powered medium tank capable of land and amphibious warfare. The chrysler tv 8 was an experimental concept tank designed by chrysler in the 1950s. And even a nuclear tank still needs ammunition so.
Chrysler s design was essentially a giant pod shaped turret mounted on a lightweight tank chassis like a big head stuck on top a small body. The entire crew including the driver were to be housed in the turret which. The tv 8 was a truly extraordinary idea which consisted of a proportionally massive turret fitted to a rather small hull.
No examples were ever produced. The vehicle was intended to be amphibious and powered by a nuclear reactor. The tv 8 was an experimental tank project that was developed by chrysler in the 1950s.
Using an unconventional tank design the proposed tank located the entire crew engine and ammunition storage within a pod shaped turret mounted above a lightweight chassis which could be separated for air shipment. The tv 8 was presented in a proposal by chrysler corporation subsequent to the astron project. Chrysler s tv 8 nuclear tank posted in vehicles.
But if it s appearance was odd it was nothing compared to the proposed power source a nuclear fission powered vapor cycle power plant located towards the rear of the main compartment. The chrysler tv 8 was an extremely strange looking medium tank concept which was developed in the 1950s. The 28 inch wide tracks were each powered by an electric motor in the front section of the hull and each motor was driven by the electric generator.
The stage i design of the chrysler tv 8 nuclear tank featured a 300 horsepower chrysler v 8 engine which was connected to an electric generator situated in the rear turret.
Chrysler nuclear tank. The chrysler tv 8 was a tank design project by chrysler in the 1950s. The tank was intended to be a medium tank capable of land and amphibious warfare. The design was never produced. And a nuclear fission powered vapour cycle power plant.
This is why they wanted to power the tank using a nuclear resource so it would not need to ever be refueled in at least 10 years time. A representation of the chrysler tv 8 turret hull. The stage i design of the chrysler tv 8 nuclear tank featured a 300 horsepower chrysler v 8 engine which was connected to an electric generator situated in the rear turret. The 28 inch wide tracks were each powered by an electric motor in the front section of the hull and each motor was driven by the electric generator.
The chrysler tv 8 never made it past the prototype phase despite having the potential to move its 90mm gun some 4 000 miles without refueling. This may have been because the army was worried about the crew maintenance workers and recovery personnel working so close to a vehicle filled with uranium that would be attacked by anti tank weapons.
This may have been because the army was worried about the crew maintenance workers and recovery personnel working so close to a vehicle filled with uranium that would be attacked by anti tank weapons. The chrysler tv 8 never made it past the prototype phase despite having the potential to move its 90mm gun some 4 000 miles without refueling. The 28 inch wide tracks were each powered by an electric motor in the front section of the hull and each motor was driven by the electric generator.
The stage i design of the chrysler tv 8 nuclear tank featured a 300 horsepower chrysler v 8 engine which was connected to an electric generator situated in the rear turret. A representation of the chrysler tv 8 turret hull. This is why they wanted to power the tank using a nuclear resource so it would not need to ever be refueled in at least 10 years time.
And a nuclear fission powered vapour cycle power plant. The design was never produced. The tank was intended to be a medium tank capable of land and amphibious warfare.
The chrysler tv 8 was a tank design project by chrysler in the 1950s.
