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Bigger Isn’t Always Better: A1E1 Independent | Tank Chats Reloaded (Patreon)

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2024-02-29 12:37:00

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2024-02-29 13:03:26

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2024-06

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A bigger tank is a better tank, right? Wrong.

Meet the Interwar Vickers A1E1 Independent: a failed prototype, a prototype that proved bigger isn’t always better.

Impractical and expensive, it was never accepted into service – but it is said to have inspired equally cumbersome designs including the German Neubaufahrzeug and the Soviet T-35.

Join David Willey, The Tank Museum Curator, as he examines one of the more unusual vehicles in the collection – and discover how it became a focus for political espionage in the early 1930’s.

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Bigger Isn’t Always Better: A1E1 Independent | Tank Chats Reloaded

A bigger tank is a better tank, right? Wrong. Meet the Interwar Vickers A1E1 Independent: a failed prototype that prototype that proved bigger isn’t always better. Impractical and expensive, it was never accepted into service – but it is said to have inspired equally cumbersome designs including the German Neubaufahrzeug and the Soviet T-35. Join David Willey, The Tank Museum Curator, as he examines one of the more unusual vehicles in the collection – and discover how it became a focus for political espionage in the early 1930’s. 00:00 | Introduction 01:56 | Tank Design & Vickers 03:15 | Heavy Tank Requirements 05:26 | Initial Blueprints & Prototypes 10:57 | Test-bed Vehicle 14:39 | Myths, Issues and Life after Trials 19:15 | Does it lead to anything? ________________________ ◈ Created by The Tank Museum #tankmuseum #tankchats #DavidFletcher