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Giraffe Panther tank-destroyer prototype, Germany, 1970s? (lemmy.world)
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[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So they put a cherry picker arm on a tank to... What, have a guy with an RPG hang out in so he can get sniped at?

[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 17 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

The idea was, plop a missile launcher up there and you could get some truly ludicrous range out of it and even fire from cover. Basic idea was sound, but it came with so many problems (speed, mechanical failure, the launcher being an obvious target) that they eventually gave up on it entirely.

[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)
[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 4 points 10 months ago

Reading that is actually what inspired me to search this old beast up again!