Twenty-one proto-tanks and tank concepts that never made it to battle 

In defence of DaVinci, he usually drew all his schematics with inherent flaws if they should be stolen, he also wrote all note using mirror so that the text was inverted.

"The hull and turret could be separated for air transport." The turret looks like it could BE an air transport...

17:25 * slaps wings on a tank * Russian engineers: Yeah, that seems about right

tzar tank might not've been great, but imagine being in the trenches. You look out and see a line of those thirty-foot-tall monstrosities rolling towards you. Jesus that would be terrifying.

funny thing about davinci's designs: he intentionally put critical flaws into nearly all of his sketches/renditions/etc because people were *CONSTANTLY* stealing his shit and quite frankly a lot of the stuff he came up with was stuff he never wanted to have actually built. the sucess rates of his actual prototypes and even a lot of the details in his artwork heavily support the idea that the majority of these critical issues were intentional. Tesla was pretty similar come to think of it, for exactly the same damned reason, eddison was quite literally the father of industrialized patent theft to the point where he managed to crowd out and outright kill off most of the thousands of other assholes hounding the area to steal anything trying to make it's way through the patent offices.

The Ratte's size is stupid we know.... But c'mon,,, it looks badass. Who wouldn't want to blast a castle to smithereens with that.

at 14:04 "so how large do you want the front wheels to be" "Yes"

Probably the nearest anyone came to armoured warfare in the pre industrial age may have been the Hussites with their protected wagons and horses that converted into mobile forts

The idea of battle droids with a british accent is hilarious and I'll never forgive George Lucas for passing up on a wonderful opportunity

Little Wars is so wholesome. The idea that he invented this game to play with his kids and loved it so much they just kept expanding it and adding ideas. In parts he talks about how he needed more terrain so they acquired some handy pieces of lumber. Its really amazing for anyone who is a fan of war gaming.

The Rattle looks like something straight out of Warhammer 40k.

Let's squeeze no. 22 in there: 1420 and the Hussite war wagons. Technically a proto-APC really, but when equipped with a bunch of handheld guns or howitzers, they could also act as tanks in a defensive role.

"I'll be honest, that was a little bit weird"

The Ratte would fit perfectly into the Warhammer 40k setting.

1:31 I like that they used the form of a aries as a ram because they watched nature and saw that aries always ram into stuff effectively. It is cute!

@ 5:02 I would definitely interpret that as an indication that the cannon was able to swivel simply because it isn't drawn or colored like the rest of it. Besides, that'd be much more effective for such a design. I'd also like to make note of how similar it is to antiarmor guns from the past century. Maybe that's where they got the idea from, or it's just such a simple design that makes sense that it was only natural it'd reappear.

18:39 Imperial Guard engineers furiously taking notes

18:36 "Apocalypse Tank reporting for duty." "I am the apocalypse." ah red alert, the good ol' days.

This is probably one of the Lindybeige videos I've watched the most. There's just something about Lloyd critiquing ridiculous tank designs that never ceases to amuse me

It's a shame the Ratte was so impractical It looks so cool 😔

I lost it as soon as he said “11 inch naval guns” while talking about a tank

"8 demi gods can't move Da Vinci's tank.." Ezio: Hold my wine.

6:25 This tank design lacks a plank for throwing spies into a sarlacc pit.

16:18 As a child I designed my own tank and it looked VERY similar to this, I feel really good about myself. Hahaha! Now I love your video buuuut on this particular tank? Unless those slits over the guns were added by the person who made the model, and the picture with the plans are made by someone other than the designer, It was designed to where you could see out of it. The tiny vertical slits above all of the cannons and guns were more than enough for someone to be able to see from especially considering the thing is basically two giant wheels. If a forward gunner needed to see something it would be nothing to stop and pivot left and right to pan the area, if the guns could not swing on their own, which honestly it does look like they could. Or even better serpentine until you sight something to shoot. Anything bigger than a slit on a tank is 5 alarm stupid when you actually have to have a person looking out of the literal HOLE in the tank... The only thing that would have honestly have been iffy, was the fact that it was gas tight..... Back then? Gas tight might have translated into AIR-TIGHT... and THAT might be a problem. Especially since I am willing to bet the engine heat alone might have made it unbearable.... Not to mention poor ventilation in the event of exhaust leaks. But who knows? Perhaps they would have worked all of that out? I wanna build one now.

4:10 this was intentional so nobody could just steal his design and sell it.

"We just built the design for a tank with naval guns, 2 Maus cannons, and anti aircraft guns! Not to mention it has 14 inch armor!" "But does it work?" "What?"

That "nuke-proof" concept reminds me of the turret of the more modern Merkava variants. Sloped armor gonna slope, I guess.

ngl, when I heard that B-1 near the end say "we are a bit rubbish", I felt that.

Twenty-One Proto-Tanks is my favourite band.

Could it be that HG Wells' design had such a tall roof so if any smoke was trapped inside it would rise?

#4 'I do like a tank with dormer windows. We don't see that enough.' I agree.

@14:25: That Tsar Tank looks like the inspiration for the IG-227 Hailfire-class droid tank from Star Wars.

Leanardo's tank design included the flaw with the gears as a type of security against people copying his design, similar to how cartographers put roads that don't exist onto parts of their map so they can tell if someone copies their work

Honestly those tanks are useful "if" aircraft weren't invented

A Lindybeige meet and greet is definitely on my bucket list lol. Informative video as always Lindy

Mom help me, there is a weird British man in the house and he is talking to me about tanks and wants me to subscribe to the great courses plus!

Engineers: so how big do you want your tank to be? Germans: Yes!

I love his sense of humour. It makes his videos informative and entertaining. Like that teacher at school who always put a little humour into his or her lessons that made them all the more interesting.

I feel like having a lot of cannons regardless if all were operational or possible to fire was more of a deterrent. Probably was purposely made to make enemies fear it.

"It has a turret with guns, so it was definitely a tank" **angry tank destroyer noises**

If you screw up your eyes, and squint... That Assyrian Siege Tower could very well pass for a certain Trojan Horse? Especially if you're writing about The 'Siege' of Troy, several hundred years after the fact. We all know how these authors love to embellish their tall tales?

I absolutely LOVED this video. Thank you so much for making it!

Tank you for posting these!

I love how some British armor designs looks like they got ideas from kitchen wear

Ratte. Everyone: that's way to heavy. Me: what would the Imperium of Mankind think?

Some really interesting concepts amongst those designs. I enjoyed this video, thanks!

10:05 that lil addition was adorable i love it

Everyone: TONK Me seeing Dutch writing throughout the exhibition: _Wilhelmus intensifies_

World of tanks: *now this looks like a job for me*

First video I saw from you , and the TANKS part at the beginning was enough for me to subscribe 😂👍

Da Vinche was quite intelligent. While giving a few pointers to inevitability, he also seems to project a humorous disdain for war. I 👾

Lindybeige: This tank weighs over a thousand tonnes. It's not exactly stealthy. The enemy will just drop bombs on it. Baneblade crew: HEEEREEETIC!!

De Vinci would deliberately design failure in his drawing because sometimes the Sponsor would just steal the design and not pay him.

I'd love to get copies of the models. Whoever built them took a lot of time to get the details.

15:59 its basically samus irl

Just imagine beeing in the Ratte's loo and the whole thing fires the navel guns. What a mess...

"Wheel move good" --"But what if wheel but men inside? Not be killed?" "Yes, better" --"But what if men but with weapons?" And thus, the *T A N K K*

I thought that that orb-shaped tanks would be my favorite, but your saved the best for last. That DARPA tank is on point.

Now I know where all those Numidians were getting their designs from. Very crafty George!

Lads, I think we are all dead and are in heaven

5:44 *rips line of coke* "LETS PUT A FIRST RATE ON THE LAND" "wha-" "GIVE IT S P I K E S" "i don-" "ITS CREWED BY HORSES" "ludwig sto-" "IT NEEDS W I N D O W S" "its open topp-" "S P I K E S"

6:55 I think this tanks purpose is not a mobile tank to be used during an assault, i think this is a mobile fortress. The spears could be removed when moving it to keep of the branches, and you could deploy it anywhere you like (well not in rought terrain) and then be used to keep of attackers or lessen numbers before they reach their real target.

With the DaVinci tank. It’s not that the design was necessarily flawed, rather DaVinci is known for purposely putting “traps” in his blue prints. That way if his blue prints were ever stolen they couldn’t be used without the proper corrections being made.

5:15 Ah! Yes, the horse-traumatizer 500.

DARPA Ground-X looks like a vehicle the Combine would drive.

Tanks for another high quality video.

the always amusing and often informative LindyBeige

Everyone else: tries to make a viable war machine. America: Makes a tricycle, a hamster wheel and a ball. Yee-haw indeed.

3:30 “Open 2 3, Out 2 3, Bang 2 3, Bang 2 3, In 2 3, Shut Which quote turns up later in the video - sorry Lindy😔

I recall from the days of books and libraries that Leonardo's design had its flaw deliberate to prevent people from easily copying it.

I am improbably charmed by the crash-test-dummy markings on the horses.

Coming to World of Tanks in patch 2.0 along with wheeled artillery.

14:06 The two giant wheels of the tsar tank oddly reminds me of that hail fire tank from the star wars prequels, Wonder if they took inspiration

TANKS for making this video

Tanks for doing this

Now I want to see an alt history movie about 17th century kingdoms fighting each other using horse drawn armoured personnel carriers, and dropping musket wielding soldiers into battle like modern war films.

22:00 looks like something the Combine would build

Tanks for sharing... the ONLY & I say ONLY Channel I'll not fast-forward the commercial.

I really like your content Lindybiege. It's always so interesting....

Whaaaaat? Another Lindy vid this soon!? What have we done to be so blessed!?

Lindy be like: yeah can I get a side of tanks with my tank make it extra armoured

17:35 opressor mk3

everytime I see this video pop up in my recommended, I can't help myself, I have to rewatch it every single time

We're living in the unfortunate timeline wherein Ludwig's castle-tank idea never took off.

"You wouldn't want to be next to a petrol tank with explosives flying around..." *britishgrenadiers.mp3*

Awesome ! Presenting serious information in such a funny way

16:19 Now I know where the Slug Ball from Metal Slug Attack got the idea from.

lol, the electric wheel reminds me of a warhammer skaven Doomwheel, which in the total war warhammer game basically functions like a cavalry/artilery piece

0:14 for a second i thought he was going to say "World War 3 Tanks" and was scared the British were planning something.

He just said "festooned in cannons". How does one not come to love Mr. Lindybeige?

4:31 that was actually a bit of sabotage in case Davinci had the plans stolen. Its done so noone could use it if built.

5:28 What if the Orks and Empire of Warhammer were actually friends and after a drunken night decided to celebrate it by making a war machine together.

15:31 I legit thought that was just an electric fan for a second....

The editing of this video is amazing

This has been in my recommended for a year. Glad i clicked.

slightly less catchy than 21 pilots, i can see why they changed it

I feel like the second design of ludwig"s with all the spikes was meant to get into the middle of an enemy formation then fire all the guns.

8:24 that made me laugh a lot, well done

Tanks a lot for firing off an exquisite show of armymen and how they kept their long barrels cover by heavy armor for protection from bad effluents.

I think the Ratte was meant to be used as mobile artillery and not as a traditional tank. Using it that way would be more practical. I don't think that rail mounted guns were as large as the guns on the Ratte and since the Ratte was tracked, it didn't' depend on rails. Even with that said, logistics still would have been a major issue. Bombers would have been far more efficient than this type of artillery.