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]

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Chrysler TV-8
Chrysler_TV-8.jpg
Concept design of the Chrysler TV-8
Typeamphibious medium tank
Production history
DesignerChrysler
Designed1955
ManufacturerChrysler
Specifications
Mass25 tonnes (25 long tons; 28 short tons)
Length8.94 metres (29 feet 4 inches)
Width3.40 metres (11 feet 2 inches)
Height2.92 metres (9 feet 7 inches) (over the remote-controlled machine gun)
Crew4

Armorspaced 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
EngineChrysler V-8 petrol engine and two electric motors
300 horsepower (220 kW)
Power/weight12 hp/t
Transmissionelectric
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