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]
| Chrysler TV-8 | |
|---|---|
 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 |