I Redesigned The Century Tank 

I think the premise of designing an assault vehicle with a huge front facing window section is inherently problematic, but fun designs nonetheless.

Also, the Angry Caterpillar is BRILLIANT. When the body raises, I noticed the lower half of the windshield is covered. That would give the pilot much needed protection. Well done! Keep it up! All of your designs are great.

These all really make me think of weird stuff that the imperial remnant would make i love them That being said I'm going to give them all names. 1st redesign: Century tank heavy assault. Overhauled version of the century tank for difficult worlds to subdue deployed for planets where walkers would be ineffective. 2nd redesign: Tie Breaker. Single manned Tank deployed to take out enemy armor and turret implements 3rd redesign: Tie harasser. Made for urban combat, designed to dart in and around city streets and tight corridors to fight against guerrillas 4th redesign: Tie Wheeler. Using data from the Cis Hailfire droid in creating a manned attack craft for fighting in desert environments. 5th redesign: Tie recon: a small Nimble tank designed for resonance. 6th redesign(not really): TTST. A field modification to an ATST of simply mounting the main hull of a Tie fighter on the leg unit of an ATST. 7th redesign(still not): Tie Sprinter: A cheaper method of giving a Tie hull legs through mounting ATST legs directly to the hull with this modification dubbed the "Tie Sprinter" the walker can reach speeds comparable to most speeder bikes, the only drawbacks are loss of turning speed and stability if trying to take turns to quickly.

The first one would technically be a one-manned tank destroyer - Small, fragile, powerful canon for it's size, it's only goal is to hide and snipe armored targets. You could even remove 360 turret for something that has smaller articulation, and give it even stronger canon.

It feels like a manufacturer whos only ever made starfighters, especially the TIE line, veing forced to make a ground vehicle without any experience. And really... That sounds about right for Sienar

I find it easier to believe a type of spider like tank, like an in between AT-TE and the actual spider droid

TIE Hailfire Droid and TIE Kugelblitz are quite cursed. Though the more conventional tank might’ve actually ended up looking more Star Wars esque if you made it hover.

6:57 the Probe Deoid on the back reminded me of the ACTUAL imperial "Compact Assault Vehicle" and how it should have mounted droids as well. Since it's designed as a forcd multiplier for isolated worlds with very small garrisons.

a TIE AT-ST is totally something i could see a desperate imperial remnant using.

I really dig this concept of taking current star wars vehicle designs and giving them a new iteration/concept pass.

This was such a fun video to watch I am obsessed with the Very Angry Caterpillar and little speedwalker guy

Having just discovered this I have thoughts, On the Tie Speed ball (the round tread tank) there would be some issues, notably that by having a round tread you loose a huge amount of ground contact (modern RL tanks work based on the treads effectively acting as the contact surface of a massive circle (the treads being that tiny bit on the bottom of the circle that actually contact the ground). For flavor I'd say the tie speed ball works based off a combination of tie repulsor tech (enough to reduce the ground pressure but not enough to actually fly) being a hackjob workaround for limited repair replacement tech. While the treads act as a manouver/ propulsion system and a mediocre backup in the event the repulsors are damaged/fail.

The first redesign is basically a Star wars equivlent of a Stug or Hetzer. With the added bennefit of a half track.

you know those strandbeest walking sculptures made by Dutch dude? I think those would be good inspiration for Empyreal land assault vehicles given their love of walkers.

I'm a fan of "Cursed but surprisingly practical" designs, so my favorite is the angry Caterpillar. It feels like a scouting and light assault vehicle that could be effective. Makes me think of the IRL examples of ugly practical designs, like Shunt Trucks and the Fiat Multipla. Both look ugly as all hell, but are surprisingly useful

Das KugelBlitz Tie. Also things look earth like often in star wars, don't sell yourself short.

tbh i feel like a blend between the first and second design could be perfect! or heck just the second design (the one with the turret) but with the treads closer together could be actually kinda practical maybe?

I really like the ball turret design, maybe try to put it on the back of an AT-AT?

Tanks don't need turrets. Ignoring the British heavy tanks of the first world war (which were the first tanks), and ask the other teams of that era, and looking at something more modern: the Swedish Stridsvagn 103. In service as late as 1997, no turret.

This type of cockpit only ever makes sense when mounted on an agile fighter that isn't built to receive frontal hits, it might work with those leg designs as an anti-infantry vehicle if you put a machinegun on it, but with this sort of a cockpit you aint making a tank, and really, shouldn't even be placing it on a frontline, support artillery/vehicle at best.

I was always under the impression that it was supposed to be stupid. That it came from a colossal mad house of desperation with people cobbling things together to fight.

This thing makes 40k designs look reasonable

You know you're shit when the TIE Mauler looks at your design and says "Wow. You suck."

Imagine being a New Republic serviceman who transferred from being a pilot to fighting on the ground and feeling happy that you don't have to see the countless identical TIE fighters that you've come to really hate anymore and then you get intel that an Imperial remnant force is approaching your position and when they roll into view it's these

My personal favorite is the first redesign as it's basically a tank destroyer with that non-turreted turbolaser. Plus, the new brace on the back opens up a wide degree of customization, allowing it to be easily outfitted for multiple roles. I imagine variants including a portable med bay, cargo, rocket pods [similar to the hailfire droid] and probably much more.

I'm going to imagine these as a bunch of Imperial last ditch designs made late into the war out of various parts they had on hand.

The hoverboard design evokes the hailfire droid alot actually

That little upside down cockpit turret tank is genius! Maybe if it were a repulsor vehicle it could fit a bit more into the star wars aesthetic

That tiny fast walker would give the pilot extreme motion sickness I love it!

My favorite is the wheely-tie tank. Another advantage is that it repurposes the body of a tie fighter with minimal modifications, allowing a standardized control/weapons platform to be used in a new role (just detach pylons, add treads, give motivating imperial speech and watch your units become scrap metal). That makes a lot of sense for the tie tank concept as the more the hull changes the more the question arises "why not build an original dedicated tank?" Answer: you can build a hell of a lot more of these and dump them under an enemy's air defenses. Imperial tie-swarm doctrine, bludgeoning its way past a problem that fighters can't solve themselves. The improvised AA capacity is also likely to please some daft admiral out there obsessed with winning air superiority by any means. I also really dig the first design as an infantry-supported tank destroyer (very fun concept for Star Wars), but if we're being sensible I'd add armor plates over the cockpit glass (giving the pilot only narrow slits to look out of. +1 for survivability and +1 for intimidation factor even if -5 for perception).

"A tank needs a turret" *Strv 103* : "Heard you were talking shit"

8:27 “Lord Vader I think we may have given the engineers to much coffee.”

The transition from well designed tanks to the Angry Caterpillar and the AT-RT with back problems was amazing. Please do more of these

I love how the wheel Tie has an actual Tie silhouette. Imagine being a rebel soldier, fighting in a trench for some reason. The ground starts to shake, and you see the shadow of the infamous Tie Fighter fall over you. You glance over expecting to see a Starfighter, and instead are greeted with the sight of this giant wheeled vehicle leap over your trench, sending a flurry of blaster fire at other squads, and squashing one of your comrades in arms when it lands on the other side. That is traumatic in a way that suits Star Wars perfectly. You cooked so much more than you had any right to.

Kugelblitz tie is not something I thought I needed until this moment. Still as is reflected by the rest of the comments, the first two as essentially being a command and standard variant of the century and the best redesigns in the video is my thoughts on this experiment.

Right, so, for the "earth based" tie tank, while the design itself is definitely good, it does lack the star wars image to. But, if you wanted to fix it, I suggest using the tie interceptor or bomber "wings" for the tracks. While the tracks would be bigger, you could then move the ball cockpit/turret up, making it look something like a tie brute of sorts. This is just an idea of course, and frankly what you have show already is pretty damn amazing.

The way this fluctuates between "Super cool concept" and "Utter abomination" is beautiful in a horrific kind of way

It's a shame the Empire never though of the application of TIE cockpits as wheels.

so your first itteration made it a Tank Hunter, your second one we get a light tank armed with a battle ship cannon, the Very angry caterpillar ends up being a Tankette, then you just get wired LOVE IT!

So we have a self propelled field gun, a proper TIE based light tank, german interwar tank, hailfire but downgrade, goofy ah hah tank, TIE/AT-ST field mod, and baby zombie with gun. Of those the open top field gun style does feel the most Star Wars, and I could totally see an imperial remnant faction swapping out a damaged AT-ST cockpit for a retrofitted TIE cockpit.

Design 1 looks like a Tank Destroyer like those in WWII, low armor, but high firepower Design 2 looks like a self propelled artillery role, low armor, but heavy gun for indirect fire support options Wonderful work! Much more realistic Now we need a Star Wars movie with an Imperial Proving ground to see all the odd prototypes in use

I’m a big fan of the first design. It’s like a mix between an M113 and a WW2 British infantry tank. Very utilitarian and looks easily convertible for other jobs. Swap the turbo for a second platform and you get a neat Tie truck or a couple more chairs and something to cover the passengers to get a decent infantry transport. Add a probe droid mount and some missile pods or the telescoping laser from the SPMA-T and you have an artillery platform. A pair of Tie cockpits or even a pair of old LAAT bubble turrets, turn them upward, and you’ve got an AA vehicle that can multitask. Mobile shield gen, sensors, comms, artillery, AA, logistics, infantry transport, you could do a little bit of everything with this thing.

I honestly love the first redesign. Its janky and dumb but theres something about the open platform for troopers to shoot from and the giant clunky gun that makes it feel right for star wars.

I think a mix of the First and Second would look great, Move the cockpit to the right (a la Tie bomber), But the Turret gun in the center back, keep the crew to the right side, and BAM you have a killer attack vehicle with Troops and a pretty beefy laser.

The second and third Tie designs are truly impressive and seem to blend seamlessly into the Star Wars universe. The fifth one resembles an Imperial adaptation of the CIS Hellfire Droid. What stands out most in the video are the satisfying explosions and the fluid animations.

I liked the tank looking one, but I thought the first two fit the best. The Tie AT-ST looks absolutely absurd and it’s awesome for that!

I had the lego set, and even that improved the design in some ways not shown in the official guide to vehicles; first, the connection to the cockpit to the tread wells were hinged so it would move across terrain like the Scorpion tank from Halo does and could aim its blasters up and down instead of just straight ahead. Second, it had hidden missile racks embedded in the tread wells. I think combining your circular treaded design with some missile racks and making what is essentially an Imperial piloted version of the hailfire droid would be pretty cool.

I gotta admit the little mobile security tower turret has potential I can easily see it being used to hold city checkpoints or far out installations or dig sites as a cheap as balls security solution. A pennypinching Admiral would probably love it. The little walker modification has potential as well considering I read that tie factories could produce as many as 1000 of those pods a day it would make sense to stick it in whatever situation you can.

The two first redesigns you did that remained within the confines of the original Tie Tank frame honestly works really well to get rid of how flimsy it looks. I would classify those as Light for the version with infantry/cannon loadout and Heavy with the extended main hull and center turret

the whole "T.I.E" ground vehicle concept is flawed and just as bonkers as the "Flying AT-ST head", the INT-4 Interceptor. doesn't matter if it's the TIE crawler, or the TIE Mauler, they're flawed in that they: A) Have most of their firepower slung beneath the cockpit, making ground clearance an issue B) are made out of spacecraft components, which have to compromise durability over weight and are better used to make starfighters. And probably the most egregious sin committed; C) are incredibly easy to score an Op-kill or Operational Kill against, as each tank has a single crewman who is the driver, gunner and commander, and has a big, wide, easily visible "shoot me here to decrew me" window, that any pleb who's a half decent shot could nail at decent range, vaporizing the poor SOB assigned to drive these terrible, terrible vehicles. Aircraft, and by extension, spacecraft, do not make good ground vehicles, just as how ground vehicles, do not make good aircraft. completely different requirements, needs and design principles for both. and whilst an admirable attempt to fix the issue has been made on your part, as the old saying goes, a well polished turd, is still, inevitably, a turd.

putting storm troopers ontop the "tread support brace" with light battlements made my brain happy. thank you.

the firstwo redesigns are my favs. that first one's a solid command vehicle variant, but it should've had modular weapons and combine it with the second design so the base tank is a troop platform with two fwd static blasters, but the modularity allows; single light turbolaser on the back, twin missile/torp battery on the platforms, 2 quad lasers on the platforms, 2 front, 2 rear facing ewebs for IFV functionality, just keep going. one design flaw for the light turbo turret version: the barrel can block the hatch and I think the turret ON the ball would look better. with two hatches on either side on the middle portion. if the hatch IS placed on the front (potentially under a barrel) it should be a bivalve or rear sliding. this vid was fantastic. i didn't think this was worth trying to save

The infantry assault version really feels like something that would be in a movie. Almost a Higgins Boat on tracks.

Can I make a suggestion? Could you take the little ball turret design and draw some inspiration from the Rebel T2B Repulsor Tank? I think with some of the imperial angular design it could fit quite reasonably.

Personally, I like the first and second iterations--especially the first. It sort of gives me vibes of a "half track" transport from WW2 when I look at it-it can fight, but can also transport a squad of troopers who perform double duty of defense.

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This went from really good redesigns to “good lord what have you done” really quick and I love it

The "Very Angry Caterpillar" design gives off heavy Tick Tank vibes from Command and Conquer with the way it sets up a defensive position.

The Tarkin Doctrine is all about intimidating the enemy with the overwhelming presence of Imperial vehicles. The Lunchquest Doctrine is all about making the enemy laugh so hard they can't fight back with those AT-STs (AT-STIEs?). But seriously, this was such a cool design exploration. I love how well the first approach, with the fixed cannon, works, it really feels hefty and like the kind of thing we could see from the Empire. Mounting the turret behind the cockpit I think did the best job with being both a tank and a TIE fighter. The swivel cockpit is a little too Earth-like, like you said, but I think it wouldn't take much to make it fit. The one on the giant circular treads 1000% feels like a background design for a playset or Star Wars game that people would eventually remember fondly and force back into cannon. The compact assault vehicle looks a little silly (I think because of how skinny it is), but I think it's a cool idea; a small squad would be devastating. The TIE walkers are just good old fun, and I love you admitting that the last one is just fast with nothing else really going for it. These were some great designs; you've got me inspired.

8:25 Imagine yourself, in a trench, seeing this thing coming towards you through binoculars. You don't know whether to die laughing, or prepare to fight...

The second redesign is my favorite as far as vehicles go, though there's something charming about the last TIE walker design.

I really like the last design, because it's just straight up a worse Tie-Fighter, which totally sounds like something the empire would make

I imagine some head of department showing of these designs to other higher ups pointing at one of the crazier designs and being like “And as you can see here, the designer was either high of death sticks or going insane”

I like the runner models. It gives the vehicles a feel of being desperately slapped together by Imperials from whatever available on the battlefield, instead being created by a mad engineer or devious businessman. You got legs from a destroyed ATST and a cockpit from a downed TIE fighter slapped and overcharged, with a quad turboblaster and heat dissipators, you get a TIE Runner, which is fast and good at firepower. Other armored vehicles will probably have armored blinds slapped on the cockpit, when they have to be lasersponges.

I love how two of the designs here reflect real world vehicles like the Kugelblitz and the Universal Carrier Praying Mantis.

The cockpit with legs on the side feels like something someone with either too much money or too much access to a scrap yard would make I love it Its skrunkly

The century tank by default looks like someone found a partially intact tie fighter and slapped some treads on it. The redesign looks like someone found that and had some more engineering experience.

8:17 And here we see the Tiurkey in it’s natural habitat, running in perpetual fear of everything

That Caterpillar design was a bit funny but when the idea it could go turret style was shown, that was sick.

When a Tie Fighter and a ditch digger love each other very much... Favorite one was the ball turret sidetrack. Maybe as a hover vehicle with half panels froma Tie Interceptor on the side it'd look more Star Wars

the first one with the APC invokes the british Bren carrier, so we're off to a decent start already, it says "we have a surplus of turbolaser cannons and we're bringing everything that has automobilityy to bring them to the front and start blasting." respectable attitude. Now the TIE Bigwheel, that looks like the best thing you can do if you're stuck with some no longer manufactured hailfire droids and a surplus of TIE bodies. a suitably skilled pilot can render support fire (starfighter grade blasters pick apart most non-tank ground defenses for a reason) AA help, and if he is using the speed boosting capacities (and the probably not removed repulsor that TIEs use to render gunship support) he probably has the most agile heavy weapons platform on the ground. Tie Caterpillar: the little monster finds you blinds you explodes two of your tanks and your infantry has the "evil eye of the empire" blasting them. TIE walker: TIE is all about fast and blast, so i can see a small horde of these just hauling through the first trenchline, and picking apart Rebel AA emplacements, ammo stacks and fuel stores.

Your hoverboard of doom reminds me a lot of a hellfire droid from Attack of the Clones. slating the wheels and adding missiles would make it look sick.

I love the idea of the trooper supported one, make a small unit of 3, the first, the second, and one with the same base, but give it an AA turret to protect the group from airspeeders and boom, a okay functioning mass production unit

This is amazing! Finally someone tackling this incredibly niche question to an odd little detail from Dark Empire!

1:46 It's like the opposite of the problem of Soviet tanks, instead of having NO Gun Depression... It has no Elevation and it is also blocked by the terrain about... 80% of the time if we're being VERY generous? Yeah let's go with that.

Hubris curve on this is great to see. I think my favorite might be that first one; asymmetrical designs don't always do it for me but I like it here. Love the incorporation of the probe droid as well and was pleasantly surprised by the caterpillar's assault mode. Great work!

5:34 As someone who lives and breathes 'hoverboard of doom', I greatly appreciate your sentiment here

Having a space for infantry on the top is genius

Man, I love that you went all out with these redesigns and weren't afraid to go goofy with some of them! Also the presentation is excellent!

The first one looks like a fun "tank destroyer' styled vehicle

That first redesign looks like an unholy combination of a Hetzer and a Hanomag. I love it

Props for the compact assault tank being so considerate of actual conditions and being absolutely feature-packed. I also love the added detail that the maglev support structure acts as an armored shield for the cockpit and it's more stationary configuration as it would be taking on more direct fire, likely from infantry and thus likely From Below. The only thing I could see adapting would be nestling the chassis between the treads, which would bring it more akin to the original design while using the Treads as cover. This would further lower the profile of the tank, something it's raised configuration isn't concerned with

Some of those designs got a little silly again

The original design looks like the most repulsive, disgusting piece of garbage to ever come from a sci-fi universe.

*@Seth Lunchquest* My favorite tank will be the *Tie ATAT* (ATieATie, or ATATie, if you will) almost seen (imagined) in the background at 7:54 :D

instant sub. this was entirely unique. looking forward to literally any other content at this styke of humor or visuals.

Redesigns 1 and 2 are both really solid designs, i could see them actually being a thing in the setting while both being far more practical than the original design. You're right that Redesign 1 isn't really a tank, but it would make for a solid Assault Gun, similar to the German Stug III of WW2 fame. The Angry Caterpillar does look a bit silly when on the move, but that cherry picker like deployed mode is really clever, i could see that design being a real menace when deployed behind some cover with just the ball turret peaking over the top.

Star wars technical star wars technical.

i definitely enjoy first redesign best because of the infantry and the asymmetrical design

While the idea of using a TIE cockpit in any ground based vehicle is ridiculous, these designs are so goofy and adorable that you have to love them.

I like the borderlands style here. Nice touch.

About 15 years ago at the primary school's playground my best friend and I would imagine star wars episode 7 and play pretend the scenarios. One of them involved a TIE factory that produced AT-ST with TIE bubble-turret. I'm shocked to see a 3D design of one of my finest childhood piece of imagination. Cheers !

The little murder waddler at the end nearly made me spit out my sandwich XD

I like the first redesign the most. It reminds me of fighting vehicles like a Bradley. Meanwhile the TiE Mauler is similar to a Humvee in its intended purpose, primarily used as a reconnaissance vehicle.

These are brilliant, especially the second one, not sure who the madman is at imperial engineering that thought it would be a good idea to stick a TIE cockpit onto some treads but you have managed to make it work in a manner that is practical to ground based warfare. I wouldn’t let this fall into rebels hands, otherwise they might get the same idea with their ships.

Tie Stug lol

6:31 literally the Saint Chamond French tank from WW1 but Star Wars-sy

Screw it, imma label all these tanks. Tie crawler #1/TIE-Crawler: [S version] -the S stands for “support”, as it’s designed to transport troops, and to support an attack Tie crawler #2/ TIE-Crawler: [A version] -the A stands for ‘assault’, as the tank is based for more combat heavy missions. Tie crawler #3/TIE-Crawler: [I version] -the I stands for ‘infiltration’, I think it looks like it’s for more Blitzkrieg type missions, being more agile. Tie crawler #4/TIE-Crawler: [T version] -the T stands for Transport, maybe it’s just use for getting around ? Idk. Tie crawler #5/TIE-Crawler: [M version] -The M stands for ‘mini’, as its smaller than all the others, you tell me what this thing does lol (And yes, put the SpongeBob jokes in the replies) Tie crawler #6/TIE-Crawler: [W version] -the W, of course, stands for ‘Walker’, this version could be used for difficult and rough terrain, since the other tanks wouldn’t be able to really move along the ground. Tie crawler #7/TIE-Crawler: [SW version] -The SW stands for ‘Speed Walker’, maybe this version could be used as a suicide bomb vehicle ? *BONUS:* TIE-Crawler: [OG version] -the OG stands for ‘Original’, this tank is commonly known as ‘the scrap tank’, since it’s so inferior to the other designs, it eventually was put out of production by the Imperial Army. Thanks for reaching the bottom, leave a reply with your thoughts or nitpicks, Cheers.

that last one is literally just mike wazowski as a vehicle

Literally the first redesign with the stormtrooper squad. BUT NOT WITH A TIE COCKPIT. But an AT-ST chassis instead, so the pilot isn't a bold circled target with anything as small as a blaster rifle. "Captain, why isn't the driver moving us out?" "Well you see... about that...." *gestures over the front to window.* [There's a still smoking cauterized hole in the windshield where a bolt passed through, the pilot's helmet slumped forward against the controls just barely visible from this angle].