What if we press forged a tank

We've seen welded tanks. We've seen cast tanks. We've even seen rivetted tanks. But have we ever seen a tank that was pressed into shape with tens of thousands of tons of hydraulic pressure?

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  1. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Nobody makes tanks out of pure steel anymore

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      I figure the framework is still steel.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      the T-34 exists.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Not in production it doesn't, and not in reserves either. I don't know how this myth has persisted for the entire war, but Russia does not have a large reserve of T-34s. They have fewer T-34s than Armatas.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          And none of them work. Their "reserves" are in less working condition than most museum pieces.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        who is still making them?

  2. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Next up, metal injection molded tanks.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Poo in the loo lads our time has come.

  3. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I wanna' see the tank built from the ground up with only MIG wire.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      I wonder if you could get Firefly to proooont an entire tank with their giant metal printers.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        you mean Relativity
        but yeah, it should be in theory possible

  4. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Not worth the time of building the necessary equipment and sourcing the raw materials for

  5. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >spent 4 years studying metallurgy
    >get painfully erect at the sight of metal extruders
    >sad that pl*stic c*mposites are the "hot" "new" thing
    >read your post
    >CUM
    HNNNGGG YEAHH GIVE IT TO ME GOOD MESTA UNFFF MORE TONS MORE METAL OH GOD YES

  6. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >German war effort 1938:
    >Milled bar-stock everything
    >German war effort 1946:
    >Stamped Panther

  7. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    They did a study on it back in the 60s I think and concluded that while cold-pressed armour is slightly better than cast armour, the difference isn't significant enough to justify the cost.
    Then chobham came along and made the whole thing moot.

  8. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    shut the frick up moron

  9. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    You wouldn't 3-D print a tank

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