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?
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?
Nobody makes tanks out of pure steel anymore
I figure the framework is still steel.
the T-34 exists.
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.
And none of them work. Their "reserves" are in less working condition than most museum pieces.
who is still making them?
Next up, metal injection molded tanks.
Poo in the loo lads our time has come.
I wanna' see the tank built from the ground up with only MIG wire.
I wonder if you could get Firefly to proooont an entire tank with their giant metal printers.
you mean Relativity
but yeah, it should be in theory possible
Not worth the time of building the necessary equipment and sourcing the raw materials for
>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
>German war effort 1938:
>Milled bar-stock everything
>German war effort 1946:
>Stamped Panther
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.
shut the frick up moron
You wouldn't 3-D print a tank