The Nuclear Tank: Chrysler's TV-8
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- Опубликовано: 8 дек 2024
- There were a lot of wacky tank concepts spawned during the early Cold War, but probably the most insane was the Chrysler TV-8 nuclear powered tank, developed as part of the US Army's ASTRON tank program. What could possibly go wrong with an amphibious tank running off of nuclear fuel that also has a turret heavier than its hull? A lot, I imagine.
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Sources:
Abrams: A History of the American Main Battle Tank - R.P. Hunnicutt
Patton: A History of the American Main Battle Tank - R.P. Hunnicutt
The Army's Nuclear Power Program: The Evolution of a Support Agency - Lawrence H. Suid
Astron Concept Studies - Ordnance Tank Automotive Command
Chrysler TVS Tank Concept - Defense Engineering Division Chrysler Corp.
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Move over Maus, there’s a new record for chonkiest turret.
Not in weight but the sheer size compared to the hull
At least the Maus did not look like it has a giant tumor as a head.
Ah, yes, the Megamind tank.
The "Where do you work out? - At the library!" tank
it's big *for a reason*
If it’s the mega mind tank
where’s the minion tank?
*"Ah, don't worry. A Nuclear Reactor in a Battletank! What should go wrong?"*
~Chrysler Engineers
you shoot it and you cant go near it for 600 years
@@tunderstorm2769 I mean, if you're invading a country with that tank, no one will want to shoot at it since that place will be inhabitable for the next couple centuries.
And by the way.. I faked every orgasm - Frank Drebin
@@baconpower3472 bruh
Well we got nuke subs all over the world if they were to go off we r fked lol
Just because we can doesn’t mean we should.
This is a giant irradiated tractor with a gun. Not an fully functional ai human.
Go home Elon your not okay
Tv8: gets shot in the reactor
Tv8: explodes
Enemy team: well that guy just shut himself. Why’s my arm feel funny?
"Do you taste metal? What is that?"
Funni arm
"Why do my 7 arms feel funny?"
@@kaustuv5682 "Quit asking your third head Vasily!, I want you to use your hands more than i speak with my mouth!."
"But Comrade Commander!, you are talking out of your ass!, literally."
That one driver from Chernobyl: Про що мова хлопці? Я не відчуваю що-небудь.
Gaijin be like "stick it at 9.7"
m4 sherman vs nuclear tonk
9.7? 2.7
@@thecentralintelligenceagen9963 2.7? Reserve
@@riccards reserve? -1
@@thecentralintelligenceagen9963 -1? -3
In game
Option 1:Let it kill the entire enemy team
Option 2:Enemy team kills it and immediately ends the game
Like the black ship in Shogun 2 Total War lol if you manage to swamp it with fast ships in boarding action and capture one. You kill FLEETs OTZ
Obj.279: finnaly a worthy oponent! *Our* battle will be legendary
P1000 Ratte: Cute
Bob Semple: Aw, that's cool
@@Doman9191 P.1500 Monster: You are cute.
"well fed tick than a tank"
Yep seems about right.
"Let's make a tank with a big turret and a nuclear reactor what could go wrong"
Chrysler
* Let's
@@heliogonzalezsanchez8227 thanks
@@vitallist_vr2488 no problem 👍
They could use the tank reactor power to shoot a railgun, which could replace the usual gun
They could also use lasers as a secondary weapon and an electromagnetic forcefield on the tank to help with defense against rpgs
Retrofuturistic tank
If this gets added to War Thunder, upon the tank's destruction, the reactor would contaminate the surrounding area and would slowly injure the crew of any vehicle within a certain radius of it, unless the vehicle is one of a handful tagged as having CBRN protection (pretty much exclusive to high-tier stuff without oscillating turrets).
Make it an april fools lmfao.
Unless the surrounding tanks have biological and nuclear protection
Nah Gaijin should make it that if the tank get destroyed every tank and planes with a 10 mile radius also get destroy because the designer of the tank decided to put the nuclear reactor in the turret. Also tanks that enter the 10 mile radius after the explosion well have their crew weaken because radiation.
@@mcphan6881 That’s what I was saying. CBRN stands for “Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear”.
Tbh most tanks above 8.0/8.3 are equipped with NBC protection
When somebody think putting a nuclear bomb to a refrigerator is a good idea.
If it’s lead lined an cushioned
is not an nuclear bomb is an nuclear powered engine
@@the_bane_of_all_anti_furry an it can turn into a nuke
@@nolkerss how?
@@registrado54 At risk of sounding like a condescending dick I’m pretty sure they don’t realize that just because something nuclear doesn’t mean it’ll turn into a nuclear explosion when shot
50s-60s tanks are my absolute favorite. The designers were like “right, what if we did this, but the whole thing is made of uranium”
I mean really that goes for almost everything from the 50s and 60s, engineers suddenly decided that everything could be solved with nukes and nuclear power which led to some really hilarious and impractical ideas.
Engage the linkage, Omnissiah! We shall have our victory!
Wow, didn't know such a thing. Thanks, I learned something new lol
Honestly, I wish people talking about this tank would focus less on the fact that there is a nuclear power plant proposed. It doesn't seem to be the main focus of the vehicle. This would be very interesting to see for a war thunder mod or something similar.
3:10 the big reason in Sci-fi mech development that Nuclear fission engines are a terrible idea. Looking at you Gundam SEED.
The tank that transended universes and came from the Fallout universe
That sweet sweet subnautica tune in the background
I wouldn't mind if TV-8 is going to be some event tank in WT
Instead of dropping nukes you drop a TV-8
Utterly stupid and useless? Of course. But it would be fun to see.
Whenever it explodes it would slowly kill the crew of every other tank
I sure hope so. It probably won't be added though because not even a prototype was built. It is more realistic to believe that it will pop up as a playable vehicle in some event game mode.
The only problem is that gaijin would probably make it like 8.0
1:33 Even Spookston isn't immune to HEAT "produces a molten copper jet", which has been disproven by actual US Army testing. Edit: Reference ARL-SR-150
Hello. I have a very high interest in such tests. Where can I find something about them?
I assume you mean the fact the copper isn't in a liquid state because of temperature but because of the intense pressure from the explosion
@@joaolucaslages7792 ; Try ARL-SR-150
@@badgermcbadger1968 ; Yes, the thermal reaction happens as far I am aware from contact with the armor.
@@badgermcbadger1968 But isn't there no liquid state no matter why? As far as I remember it's still "solid", but changes its shape due to the immense pressure or something
Was fun seeing this referenced in the Loki episode.
spookston:"ive seen people claim that a prototype was made but that is just not true"
me:"ferb, i think i know what we're doing today"
Fun Fact:
The TV-8 tank had a cameo in Loki Episode 5!!
Chrysler should stick to making cars. Their TV'S are very dangerous
I mean they can't even build a transmission to handle a diesel that reactor would go meltdown from startup.
Nuclear-powered TV's actually sound like an existing '50s concept, regardless of the sheer ridiculousness.
@@wireworks4252 technically there are already nuclear powered TV, they just have a very long extension cord
Chrysler is FIAT, and FIAT can't build cars either.
They can't even make decent cars now
It's so crazy seeing spookston upload about the TV-8 just days before it showed up in Loki. I wonder if it is the first ever depiction of the TV-8 in modern media.
Oh.
*So this is where World of tanks Blitz's Yoh line come from.*
1:02 "looking more like a well fed tick than a tank"
My monke ass of a brain : "damn that's some THICC tick"
A tank so weird it even came up in Loki
Here's a bit of funny pop culture for you... in Loki episode 5, right around the 37:30 minute mark, one of these tanks can be seen overgrown and partially buried, as well as damaged, but the shape is unmistakable and it's on screen enough it could be nothing else.
Its a bit sad that i actually recognised what tank that was when i saw it
@@stastu6484 I like the implication is that someone somewhere sometime thought that it would be a smart idea to build one of these
Really enjoy these videos where you talk about irl vehicles
What you get when engineers get high on their job: a huge target, that kills its crew, has a bad gun, terrible mobility on land but can float (maybe). Never DUI (design under influence)
Improvised nuke
Amazing how it had cameras so the crew wouldn't go blind off a nuclear flash. Really tells you how close we were to war
pretty much everything the us had that was in some way nuclear related had protection for the flash, bombers with special sunshades, some pilots (i think for the f-106, and other nuclear capable aircraft) would wear an eyepatch when deploying a nuke just in case the shades didn't work, they would be left with at least one good eye.
I was watching the game play at 0:37 and I realized that you shot me! that made my day great video keep up the great work!
Soviets: tank! fire!
USA: yeah, about this tank... don't think shooting at it is a good idea...
Soviets: aw shit, here we go again
Thinking about it like that, its a brilliant idea. Does the enemy either a. Risk a catastrophic radiation leak by attacking you, rendering the target area unlovable. Or B, just let you take the target area with the hope that they can retake it later when the mobile RBMK isn't there.
@@TolerablyInterested That's what i always thought. Do you think nuclear tanks and armament would have the same effect that nukes have? (mutual annihilation).
@@alanwatts8239 load of Russian tanks drive into Washington, load of US tanks drive into Moscow. Both governments wonder whether or not the should shoot at risk of destroying them and the enemy. Kind of like grandiose suicide bombing
@@TolerablyInterested Exactly, makes you think.
I've always found it ironic how the most destructive weapon humanity has ever created is so powerful that it doesn't even need to be used.
@@alanwatts8239 it is a weird one isn't it? I wouldn't necessarily say don't need to be used, I'd say can't practically be used, as soon as one country pokes the red button, everyone else will then boom, no one left to use the weapons.
But wait, there’s more! The 8 now has a TV! No more hassling with the wires trying to connect it to the nuclear reactor. *As seen on TV.* Call now for a chance to win a 2 for the same price coupon! Don’t wait, call now.
Good vid
"Enemy spotted!"
"Fire!"
"Direct hit!"
5 years later: "Today we remember the nuclear fallout that happened 5 years ago on the battlefield"
Just realized that u use Subnautica Music, i rlly enjoy ur vids tho thanks for doing them
this video is amazing
Imagine nuclear powered cars and how many nuclear accidents per day we would happen
It’s why we won’t have flying cars either, don’t give the common stupid hazardous stuff that can take out so many people
You see them everywhere in Fallout.
@@Elipsyclips and that’s if we have the technology of a actual practice flying car. Because shock of all shock, planes has different needs than a car.
@@Elipsyclips I guess it isn't so much the fact that you can drive and fly with one vehicle, but that flying requires a lot of different skills and preparation.
If nuke powered cars were legal, we would be growing extra arms and brains within a couple of weeks
Just here to say that I regularly drive a Maus and the vehicle your driving is the bane of my existence, and all German heavies for that matter.
I geeked a little bit when I spotted this tank in the latest Loki episode
Can't believe the TV8 is in the new looking series episode
Hey spookston, if you ever make another wierd tank prototypes vid, please include the Aerie and Falcon from the book by Hunnicutt about the history of the M1 Abrams, it's such a ridiculous looking thing that more people should know about it. It's around page 34.
Amazing video
I imagine it being a reasonable concept now with the advances in nuclear technology
We need a video on large caliber self propelled guns since they are already in warthunder and provided a vital support role
Americans, getting drunk with the boys 1 night: You see that coke bottle? what if like, you could make a tank out of it.
I'd love to see a historic video on the T92 light tank program, or maybe the interesting history of US post-war light tanks in general.
I also saw a plan to make a portable nuclear generator for military bases... sounds good until an insungent lobs a few mortar shells right into it
The #1 challenge of designing a viable nuclear-powered tank would be an efficient method of storing all that energy when not in use (AKA when you're not moving) as nuclear reactors are so slow to gain or decrease their output. You'd either need some amazing flywheels (could be directly attached to the engine drive shaft), a huge battery or a way to reliably piss away all that energy constantly.
Challenge #2 would be an electric engine(s) capable of driving both the reactor setup and the tank itself which back in the day would have to be huge.. Today however, we're getting really good at creating micro nuclear reactors that can fart out as much as 20 MW and companies like Tesla are mass-producing 500+ horsepower electric engines with massive amounts of torque that only draw like 15-20 KW.
Once you look at all the facts, it's really surprising fully electric tanks haven't been made standard yet.
i love how you spit some facts about these tanks while you are just absolutely shredding people apart in warthunder
Speaking of oversized: a 152mm revolver cannon was considered at some point. I recently stumbled across the DTIC document suggesting it, but I haven't had a chance to read it yet. Seems to be from the gun/launcher program that led to the M551's gun.
This is like a battletech tank lmao
Japan : where everything that floats can become and aircraft carrier
USA : where everything can be powered by a nuclear reactor
Me after dropping my friends TV while helping home move: "The TV was also very unbalanced."
Spookston, are you going to talk about how yesterday the M4 (76) sherman could penetrate the Panther UFP?
Tank with a nuclear reactor seems crazy and unrealistic, but both USA and USSR had actual plane prototypes with nuclear reactors flying around at that time. Both counties thankfully abandoned those projects in early 60-s.
the subnatica music goes hard
TV8: Most tanks have to be concerned about being bombed. My concerns are that I am self propelled nuclear bomb.
Wouldn't suprised me if this thing existed at some point in the Fallout universe.
Anyone here after seeing one in Loki Episode 5?
Yep, that was the easter egg I was most excited for! Lol
@@abysmalprosecutor6182 I was honestly more excited of their making the Thanoscopter canon but I will admit I nearly choked on my dinner when I saw the TV-8. Its not a really well known tank and it really doesn't have much reason to be in a marvel tv show but I won't complain that this unique design gets a little time in the sun.
when you see a tank floating in the water so you shoot at it with ur Dska and it sinks
Harkening back to the tanks roots; from WWI where the engine exhaust vented in the crew cabin to space age technology where you crew gets eventually exposed to lethal amounts of radiation from on onboard nuclear reactor.
I did *not* know this thing was meant to be amphibious, I guess that explains the bizare shape.
Also subnautica music huh? Works pretty well here.
And, If you get hit, you turn tank destroys the enemy with it's special self-destruct mechanism!
"the driver and gunner were located in the front with the driver on the left and the gunner on the right, the commander sat behind the gunner while the loader sat behind the driver"
I want to see a trap remix of this
Funnily enough I saw this tank in the latest episode of Loki
The same engineers that put the alternator in the block 😩
If is we’re to get shot that’s just a big loss of money
The Cold War was truly a magical time
If 5Head were a tank:
next week on war thunder page " new rank 5 US premium tank in the upcoming patch"
Nuclear powered trains work, and make sense
merry Chrysler
nice
Spoiler alert, Loki sent me.
I’d like to see the other two proposals
Nuclear tank?
Well if there's a nuclear tank I can't wait for there to be a nuclear helicopter
Dragonfly probe might count.
Funny how this thing ended up in the Void
Nice that I saw this tank in Loki
I like your videos do you read comments
BWR would have spread radiations and created a steam explosion, but a MSR solved these problems when the USAF asked for a nuclear powered bomber.
These reactor are wayyy safer than anything else.. in the end, the lobbying of the USN won and BWR and later EPR were the standard reactor design
Maybe this was next level thinking? If you use this tank in enemy territory it would probably be more damaging destroying them.
Played with spook yesterday on berlin! We did good asf gg.
I love every one of your videos, but bro, slow down when speaking. It may be nervousness or something else, but every once in a while it's hard to understand a word or two of what you're saying without accurate subtitles. Great content as always, though!
Me: Gaijin could you give us the tv8?
Gaijin:We already have a tv8 in the game
The tv8 In the game:
-*M103*
They could use the tank reactor power to shoot a railgun, which could replace the usual gun
They could also use lasers as a secondary weapon and an electromagnetic forcefield on the tank to help with defense against rpgs
Retrofuturistic tank
A stupid request im sure but could u take a look at the tank and vehicle designs from the Killzone series especially 1 and 2 they looked pretty realistic and would probaply make a good video
I think deviating from War Thunder and doing some videos on prototype tanks like this one would be cool
spookston i was just in your game!!!! you were an kv 1 c 756 lol
I think it would be cool if they did the next April Fools event using these. Make it on that flooded city map and added a few more bridges/landmasses and boom, "Splish Splash."
*B i g B r a i n*
Watching you use T92 makes me ask : Why aren't you carrying few HEAT rounds? They are useful for finishing off King Tiger drivers and any open-top tanks.
Why is the T92 so popular right now? I've seen one in nearly every 6.7 match the last few days.
I honestly hope we see the TV-8 as an April Fools vehicle one year. It would be perfect for it.
neat
What could possibly go wrong detonating this things reactor.... Or just hitting it, or ammoracking it