Chrysler TV-8
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The Chrysler TV-8 was a tank design project by Chrysler in the 1950s. The tank was intended to be a medium tank capable of land and amphibious warfare. The design was never produced.[1]
Amphibious medium tank
Chrysler TV-8 | |
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![]() Concept design of the Chrysler TV-8 | |
Type | amphibious medium tank |
Production history | |
Designer | Chrysler |
Designed | 1955 |
Manufacturer | Chrysler |
Specifications | |
Mass | 25 tonnes (25 long tons; 28 short tons) |
Length | 8.94 metres (29 feet 4 inches) |
Width | 3.40 metres (11 feet 2 inches) |
Height | 2.92 metres (9 feet 7 inches) (over the remote-controlled machine gun) |
Crew | 4 |
Armor | spaced armor |
Main armament | 90mm T208 smoothbore gun |
Secondary armament | two coaxial 7.62 mm machine guns and one remote-controlled 12.7 mm heavy machine gun |
Engine | Chrysler V-8 petrol engine and two electric motors 300 horsepower (220 kW) |
Power/weight | 12 hp/t |
Transmission | electric |