Tsar Tank

Russian tank with improvided armor

Key facts

Place of origin: Russian Empire
In service: 1914–1915 (experimental)
Used by: Russian Empire
Mass: approx 60 t (59 long tons; 66 short tons)
Length: 18 m (59 ft)
Width: 12 metres (39 ft)
Height: 9 m (30 ft)
Main armament: cannon and machine guns (turret and sponsons)
Engine: 2x Maybach engine, 240 hp (180 kW) each

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The Tsar Tank (Russian: Царь-танк), also known as the Netopyr' (Russian: Нетопырь, literally "pipistrelle") or Lebedenko Tank (Russian: танк Лебеденко), was a Russian armoured vehicle developed by Nikolai Lebedenko, Nikolay Yegorovich Zhukovsky, Boris Stechkin, and Alexander Mikulin from 1914 onwards. The project was cancelled in 1915 after initial tests deemed the vehicle to be underpowered and vulnerable to artillery fire.

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